The House has voted 211 to 204 to refer the articles of impeachment filed against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to committee, effectively killing the impeachment effort spearheaded by Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky.
Tuesday’s vote short-circuits any potential floor vote on the articles of impeachment, and virtually guarantees the measure will not be taken up before the current session of Congress expires.
The vote provided a surprise reprieve for President Trump’s embattled Defense Secretary, who was facing an impeachment vote by the full House as early as Wednesday.
Massie reintroduced the articles of impeachment on Monday, accusing Hegseth of high crimes and misdemeanors in connection to the war with Iran and U.S. strikes against Iran and on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean Sea and Eastern Pacific Ocean.
I’ve been seeing some comments about the 11 Dem no votes, but apparently that’s because the GOP ended voting early. Apparently the usual practice is to hold the vote open for a while to let stragglers make their way to the chamber to actually get their votes in.
Most blamed traffic delays, but as another legislator put it
Others were in their home state, had a personal emergency, or couldn’t travel until medically cleared.
The vote was held at 18:02 EST. Democrats who didn’t vote
Did not run for reelection. Retired.
Won reelection.
Won reelection.
Won reelection.
Won reelection.
Did not run for reelection. Retired.
Won reelection.
Won reelection.
Did not run for reelection. Retired. (For clarification, ran and lost again El-Sayed, endorsing his opponent,)
Won reelection.
Did not run for reelection. Retired.
I’m going to give those outgoing representatives a pass, which is generous and undeserving because people are elected until they’ve finished their term, not months before. But everyone else, who were just reelected, the fuck? You had a job to do and you just won an election, do your job.
it’s how they operate. they won, so of course they don’t have to work anymore. welcome to how the dems operate: like quiet republicans.
I’d only give the ones with an emergency or medical excuse a pass.
Stevens is firmly pro-Israel, whose government dragged the US into the unauthorized war. Their Israel lobby funding might be worth checking. However, plenty of Democrats with significant funding nonetheless likely attended to vote, because Hegseth is that awful.
That kind of shenanigans always makes me think that the mental capacity of many in government peaks at age 6.
Makes me think that republicans are better at showing up
To be fair, that is because this kind of shenanigans keeps working.
“We won on a technicality so you lose smelly face!”. It is the “No homers club” all over again.
Democracy at work!
Is that… allowed?
Shit seems to be held barely together by a gentleman agreement. And with shit I mean US democratic institutions.