EXCLUSIVE — Former Texas Rep. Will Hurd suggested that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's (R-CA) impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden and the Biden family's business dealings may unintentionally help the incumbent.

"To me, it appears that, with some of the evidence that we do have, that Joe Biden, when he was vice president, used his position to help his son," Hurd told the Washington Examiner on Tuesday. "And Congress should use ... all of its resources to determine whether there was a violation of law."

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"But we've also got to be clear that this kind of activity, if you're going to use this investigation as merely a political bludgeon against your opponents, Republicans could potentially do what Democrats did and, ultimately, solidify Joe Biden's base at a time when he's losing his base," he said.

Simultaneously, Hurd, a 2024 Republican primary candidate who is campaigning as a critic of former President Donald Trump, dismissed speculation an impeachment inquiry into Biden could similarly assist Trump by distracting from the GOP front-runner's own legal problems.

"If you're concerned with Hunter Biden being a national security threat, then you should also be concerned about Donald Trump being a national security threat by having classified documents in the bathroom," he said.

As Trump averages a 40 percentage point advantage over his nearest rival, Hurd is struggling to register in polls and did not qualify for last month's first debate in Milwaukee. The former CIA operative, who resigned from Congress in 2021, told NBC last weekend he would reevaluate his prospects this winter, but he remains optimistic that he will take part in the Sept. 27 debate in Simi Valley, California.

"I'm not surprised by the amount of support Donald Trump has. He has a very loyal base, and they're going to be with him — they're going be with him to the end," he said. "So part of it is engaging those people who want to see something different and making them realize that, if you want to see something different, now is the time. You've got to start making those steps in September. You don't get to wait until November."

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Hurd, who was booed during an Iowa Republican Party fundraiser last summer after he criticized Trump, also downplayed the possibility of him contesting next year's general election as a third-party candidate for No Labels.

"I've made it clear: I'm not running for No Labels," he said. "I'm running to be the Republican nominee."