House Republicans block effort to impeach Pentagon chief Pete HegsethTrump ally, accused of an array of illegal acts, had earlier condemned impeachment push as ‘a farce and a stunt’
Trump ally, accused of an array of illegal acts, had earlier condemned impeachment push as ‘a farce and a stunt’
House Republicans on Tuesday blocked an effort to impeach Pete Hegseth, rejecting allegations that the defense secretary had repeatedly violated the constitution through his handling of the Iran war and other conflicts globally.
The vote came a week after Republicans lost control of the Senate and House of Representatives in their worst midterm election in more than a half century, and underscored how lawmakers remain wary of crossing Donald Trump, who has signaled his continued support for Hegseth.
Thomas Massie, a Republican congressman who lost his primary after breaking with the president, had proposed impeaching Hegseth in September, alleging an array of illegal acts, including killing civilians in Iran, launching unauthorized operations in Venezuela and Yemen, and retaliating against a Democratic senator.
11 democrats did not vote to let it fail
That's impossible. The blue wave was proof that things were going to change!
The people elected in the blue wave won't be sworn in until January. This is the same old people doing the same old thing for now
Yup. Nancy Pelosi didn’t even bother to show up.
Now we just have to sit at home and keep winning! Right guys.. right?
I mean. The Dems don't take control until January.
This was theatre
Hm. Pelosi showed 'no vote'. Maybe the 2024 sitout voters need to take note how not voting gets the results the other side wants. And how not voting implies you support the other side, even if you do, or don't.
Dumbasses
Strategically if heggy is pushed out in 2027 then the Dems get to control the replacement process. If he goes now then the Rs get to put in whoever they want.
Surely other primaried Republicans see the writing on the wall in terms a post-Trump future for the Republican Party and could have distanced themselves from Trumpism with this vote for a potential return to politics in 2028?
Must be loyal. Spine retreat. ( as robot voice… )
The end is near, Kegsbreath.
Shouldn't Massey have known this was doomed from the beginning? What did he have to gain from this? Does his effort to impeach hinder a future attempt at impeachment? I don't know enough about the strategies and such.
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Wasn't a forgone conclusion: the votes would have sufficed if they attended on time.
Probably the right move. I want Hegseth out as much as anyone but it's not likely to get past the senate and even if it did, Trump still has two months of a somewhat rubber stamp congress for the next bozo he nominates. Once Democrats take control, there is a better chance of getting him out and much more control of who gets in...
...deflect, delay, deny
Yup there it is .... America's false hope to do something meaningful and doesn't follow through with it
You don't disappoint me by disappointing me
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