The House GOP’s newly announced impeachment inquiry into President Biden is scaring the bejesus out of Sen. John Fetterman.

Not really.

“Oh my God, really? Oh my gosh, it’s devastating,” Fetterman (D-Pa.) said mockingly with a few chuckles Tuesday when asked about the news. “Oooh, don’t do it, please don’t do it.”

Wearing a button-down shirt and his signature big shorts in a congressional corridor, the Pennsylvania senator made clear he doesn’t take the probe seriously.

Fetterman, who was diagnosed with a speech impairment and auditory processing issue after a stroke in May 2022, appeared strikingly articulate in his response.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) announced Tuesday that he is directing House committees to initiate an impeachment inquiry into Biden.

“House Republicans have uncovered serious and credible allegations into President Biden’s conduct” in foreign business dealings involving his family, including son Hunter, McCarthy said. “Taken together, these allegations paint a picture of a culture of corruption.

“Through our investigations, we have found that President Biden did lie to the American people about his own knowledge of his family’s foreign business dealings,” he added.

McCarthy’s announcement seemingly chafes with a prior public commitment he made to hold a floor vote to commence any impeachment inquiry.

He told Breitbart earlier this month, “If we move forward with an impeachment inquiry, it would occur through a vote on the floor of the People’s House and not through a declaration by one person.”

The speaker also previously criticized his predecessor, Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), for starting an impeachment probe against President Donald Trump without a floor vote.

In the time since, a handful of House Republicans came out in opposition to an impeachment inquiry against Biden.

McCarthy later defended the apparent about-face telling reporters that “Pelosi has changed the rules of the House [and] We’re just following through.”

Here’s what the Biden family business scandal impeachment inquiry would look like

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy launched an impeachment inquiry Tuesday into President Biden — turbocharging congressional power to acquire documents and testimony about Biden’s role in his family’s foreign business dealings while he was vice president.

House Republicans already have issued an array of demands to executive branch agencies relating to Joe Biden’s involvement with first son Hunter Biden and first brother James Biden’s international dealings — in many cases setting September deadlines that could soon escalate into litigation.

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The inquiry aims to answer a number of questions:

What’s in Joe Biden’s vice presidential emails?

While vice president, Joe Biden used the pseudonyms “Robert L. Peters” and “Robin Ware” to communicate with staff members — leaving a paper trail of nearly 5,400 written records.

The House Oversight Committee demanded those communications from the National Archives with an Aug. 31 deadline, but a source tells The Post the agency did not comply.

What do Hunter Biden’s bank records show?

Congressional Republicans are preparing to issue subpoenas to banks for accounts held by Hunter and James Biden — after previously subpoenaing some of the associates’ bank statements.

The records could show whether any money was transferred to Joe Biden from his relatives’ foreign income streams and also whether they covered a substantial portion of his expenses. It’s possible the House will later seek the president’s bank records too.

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Both Biden and the White House have vehemently ripped GOP accusations of wrongdoing by the president.

“House Republicans have been investigating the president for nine months, and they’ve turned up no evidence of wrongdoing,” White House spokesman Ian Sams said.

“[McCarthy’s] own GOP members have said so. He vowed to hold a vote to open impeachment, now he flip-flopped because he doesn’t have support — extreme politics at its worst,” he added.

On the House side, Republicans by and large cheered the development. 

Rep. Ken Buck (R-Col.), who vocally opposed an impeachment inquiry in the past, dubbed McCarthy’s move a “good idea” because it cast aside a “distraction” for Republicans as they stare down a government shutdown fight, according to an NBC reporter.

“Republicans must unite around the impeachment Inquiry into Joe Biden. The American people deserve to know the truth about his decades of corruption,” Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) posted on social media.

Freedom Caucus Chairman Scott Perry (R-Penn.) chimed in, “I think the impeachment inquiry is long overdue.”

He later stressed that impeachment itself “should not be done for political reasons.” An inquiry differs from a formal impeachment in that it is just an investigative step.

On the Senate side, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) demurred.

“I don’t have any advice to give to the House. They’ve got a totally different set of challenges,” he said. “So I think the best advice for the Senate is to do our job and we’ll see how this plays out.”

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), meanwhile, blasted the probe as a “witch hunt.”

“I have sympathy with Speaker McCarthy. He’s in a difficult position. But sometimes you’ve got to tell these people who are way off the deep end,” Schumer said. “They can’t go forward with it.”

With the impeachment inquiry, congressional Republicans find themselves with added firepower to subpoena witnesses and documents in their investigation.

McCarthy himself has publicly sought Biden’s bank records.

The speaker has faced enormous pressure from his right flank to begin an inquiry as he juggles a budget battle — with just 11 days in the congressional calendar until a government shutdown at the beginning of October.

The House gaveled into session Tuesday after a six-week recess.