I am not sure how these eight republicans or the Democrats in general can look themselves in the mirror tell themselves what they are doing is in the best interest of the United States and then go out and try to sell this to the American people. This is all a shell game where they are scared to make a stand for fear they will not stay in their position, but the day of reckoning is coming for them. They are cowards hiding behind procedural B* S* and everyone knows it except them I guess. It is pretty clear that laws on the border have not changed since Trump was in Office and before, and NO time in history has the border been this open, so why is that? Its because Biden gave Mayorkas a directive to not enforce the immigration laws and they found a loop hole to let people in rather than doing it the right way, the fair way to all have come before and will follow when this fiasco gets shut down.
Being Duped: U.S. Citizens again…
Source Fox News
House Democrats, with the help of a eight Republicans, voted down an effort led by GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene in the House of Representatives to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in a straight up or down vote.
The eight Republicans who joined Democrats in the 209-201 vote killing the effort included Reps. Ken Buck, R-Colo., Darrell Issa, R-Calif., Tom McClintock, R-Calif., Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., John Duarte, R-Calif., Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., Cliff Bentz, R-Ore., and Mike Turner, R-Ohio.
Additionally, 11 Democrats and 12 Republicans did not vote on the measure.
Greene voiced her displeasure in a video posted on X, saying that the eight Republicans voted to “protect” Mayorkas from impeachment, which she called, “unbelievable.”
HOUSE HOMELAND SECURITY GOP REPORT ACCUSES MAYORKAS OF CEDING BORDER CONTROL TO CARTELS
Pictured from left to right: Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, and Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif. (Getty Images)
“We had eight Republicans vote with the Democrats to send my articles of impeachment back to committee where articles of impeachment go to die,” Greene said.
Rep. McClintock’s office directed Fox News Digital to a press release explaining that the “grounds for impeachment are explicitly laid out in the Constitution” and that the allegations against Mayorkas do not meet the threshold even though Mayorkas is “the worst cabinet secretary in American history.”
“Yes, Alejandro Mayorkas must be held accountable for his egregious failures – there’s no doubt about that. By giving the Judiciary Committee, under the leadership of Chairman Jordan, the opportunity to conduct a full-scale impeachment inquiry the right way, House Republicans are fulfilling the commitments we made to the American people and rising to a level that Democrats could never do,” Rep. Foxx said in a press release after her vote.
“Secretary Mayorkas has not committed an impeachable offense,” Rep. Buck told CNN on Monday night. “I disagree strongly with how he’s handling the border, I think the border is porous, I think it’s a threat to this country, but it’s not a high crime or misdemeanor, it’s not treason, it’s not bribery, it’s not the crimes or issues our founders set forth in the Constitution.”
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas speaks at a news conference on Wednesday, May 10, 2023, ahead of the lifting of Title 42. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)
In a statement to Fox News Digital, Rep. Turner denied that Republicans voted to “kill” an impeachment and that the motion was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security for proper fact finding.
“No one voted to kill an impeachment inquiry – there is currently an ongoing investigation into Secretary Mayorkas in the House of Representatives. Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene’s resolution was referred to the ongoing Homeland Security Committee’s investigation under Chairman Mark Green,” Turner said. “When his investigation is complete, he can at any time refer fully documented Articles of Impeachment to the House, which will pass overwhelmingly.”
Rep. Issa released a statement saying that Mayorkas “deserves to face an impeachment trial” and posted on social media that he “can’t wait to testify.”
“We didn’t kill a Mayorkas impeachment,” Issa told Fox News Digital. “We voted to start impeachment hearings the entire country will watch. If we impeach Mayorkas today, Senate Democrats will feel free to reject it today. We want hearings where Democrats are forced go on the record and finally have to defend Biden’s historic border disaster. That’s the last thing they want.”
