Nancy Pelosi, Who Hates Donald Trump, Screwed Thomas Massie???
The House blocking the impeachment of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth doesn't make a lick of sense, on a number of levels.
How do I figure?
According to the War Powers Resolution of 1973, any given U.S. President has 60 days to use miliary force without congressional approval. The WPR goes on and on, but that short sentence gives you the gist.
Hegseth very clearly violated the resolution, last striking Iran 3 days ago, or 256 days since the beginning of Operation Epic Fury.
So when Hegseth's impeachment vote came up, it should have been a slam dunk, he very clearly, and unequivocally, bombed Iran outside of the Resolution's window and Democrats should have been sharks in blood-soaked waters.
Hegseth defense? "Just following orders."
Okay, then impeach Trump too.
"Well, then we're going to have to impeach every President and Defense Secretary since Nixon" is your counterargument?
Okay.
Libertarian-leaning Thomas Massie didn't want a vote on Hegseth just to impeach him, he also wanted to set up battle lines for 2028.
With the exception of Massie, all House members that showed up voted along party lines. But Speaker Emerita, Nancy Pelosi, who often threatened (D) members who didn't vote the party line, declined to vote. Why? She had no interest in moving Massie's agenda if it meant helping him for 2028. After Dems take the majority in January, they can still impeach Hegseth and Trump themselves and give Massie no credit.
She was playing politics.
You notice that nice infographic about Hegseth at the top of the page? We stole it from Al Jazeera. The author? Al Jazeera staff, which means either AI, or a handful of low-level staffers, or both, in the country of Qatar, asked the question: Did Democrats save Pete Hegseth from impeachment?
Why Al Jazeera? Because no one wants to hurt the Democrat and Republican duopoly in America.
As Democrats take a bit of heat for not getting impeachment done, they took to the press and said that they really, really wanted to impeach Hegseth, but it had nothing to do with Massie, there was a traffic jam.
I shit you not:
"Traffic Jam" - USA Today
"Traffic Jam" - WISN
"Traffic Jam" - ABC News
"Traffic Jam" - The Independent
"Traffic Jam" - The New York Post
"Traffic Jam" - Yahoo!
"Traffic Jam" - Washington Sun
"Traffic Jam" - MSN
"Traffic Jam" - The Hill
"Traffic Jam" - Newsweek
You can put this article in the time capsule and see who was right.
If the House re-votes on impeachment in early 2027, you'll know Beacon of Speech was right about Pelosi and her ilk....
I'm sorry, I just can't get past the traffic jam excuse-
And neither can the Daily Beast: Reporter Calls BS on Dem’s Excuse for Botching Hegseth Vote
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