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 don’t think you even understand what’s going on
The vote didn’t really matter. It’s political theater just to get Republicans on record protecting Hegseth
It was always guaranteed to fail, just expected to do so in the senate, rather than the house
The failure in the house was an unforced error, because a lot of house members didn’t particularly value getting there to vote, since they understood it was theater
I dont think you know whats going on… 11 democrats no showed. If 7 showed and voted the outcome is different
If they all showed up and voted, the effort would have died in the senate instead. Minor change in the plot of the political theater, same outcome. In both cases Hegseth remains in his post
Do you just enjoy being contrarian, or did you think you had a point?