Massie Might Pick Up Republicans to Impeach Sec. Hegseth
Rep. Thomas Massie on Monday introduced articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, accusing him of waging war against Iran without congressional authorization and abusing the powers of his office.
Only Republicans can lose an election and then impeach themselves.
Massie is not really a Republican, but he will likely have some Republicans on his side.
High Crimes and Misdemeanors
There should be a very high bar for impeachment, but the bar is now often based on who wants to get whom and how much. A good example is the impeachment of Bill Clinton. They didn’t have a case for high crimes and misdemeanors. The same goes for the cases against Donald Trump.
Massie accused Hegseth of high crimes and misdemeanors in a 34-page impeachment resolution with eight articles. Three charges accuse him of abusing the powers of the Department of Defense by waging war against Iran without congressional authorization. The administration can do that if it stops within 60 days, and it will make the case for that.
A House impeachment vote will likely take place this week.
Massie also alleged that in the conflict, Hegseth ignored laws that minimize civilian casualties, citing the strike on an Iranian school earlier this year. Another impeachment article points to the Pentagon’s boat strikes in the Caribbean, while one cites the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Another centers on free speech and the Pentagon’s scrutiny of Sen. Mark Kelly after he was among a group of lawmakers who released a video calling on service members to “refuse illegal orders.”
Massie argued that Hegseth “has demonstrated that he will remain a threat to the Constitution if allowed to remain in office, and has acted in a manner grossly incompatible with his duties and the rule of law.”
No one talked about impeaching Lloyd Austin. I googled, “What’s the name of the secretary who didn’t show up for work,” and Lloyd Austin popped right up. The Internet never forgets.
Austin Gave us the disastrous surrender of Afghanistan and the horrendous withdrawal with the loss of 13 Americans. No one talked about impeaching him.
Democrats might have the power to destroy everyone in the administration and the President.
Hegseth doesn’t appear concerned, at least outwardly.
“A disgruntled, defeated congressman, along with all his Democrat allies, has also dropped sham articles of impeachment against yours truly, just like they tried against President Trump twice,” Hegseth said in a video posted on X last week. “You see, their policies don’t work, so their obsession with political theater disguised as power drives them to try to destroy their opponents. It’s all about the politics of personal destruction. Didn’t work against President Trump, and it won’t work with me.”
Hegseth told reporters Monday, “we’re not worried about that.” He said he planned to hold a news conference Tuesday morning on the impeachment effort.
Several Republicans have expressed concerns about Pete Hegseth, including James Comer, French Hill, and fake Republican Don Bacon. Many on both sides of the aisle are unhappy with how the war is going.
President Trump and Vice President JD Vance are strongly supporting Secretary Hegseth.
The Democrat targets are actually Donald Trump and the Republican Party.
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