Staff Reports
The House of Representatives is making moves, folks! And by moves, we mean impeachment articles against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The Republican-controlled House committee pulled the trigger on this one, voting 18-15 along party lines to approve not one, but TWO articles of impeachment against ol’ Mayorkas.
House GOP builds momentum for Mayorkas impeachment with panel vote https://t.co/J4z5MuS7Yj https://t.co/J4z5MuS7Yj
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) January 31, 2024
The charges? Well, they’re accusing Mayorkas of willfully and systematically refusing to comply with the law and breaching the public trust. Yikes! That’s some serious stuff right there. And let’s be honest, ain’t nobody got time for that kind of shenanigans, especially not those trusty Republicans.
Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green is feeling pretty pleased with himself and his panel’s handiwork. He’s crossing his fingers and toes that the entire Republican party will jump on board with this impeachment train. Next stop: the House Rules Committee, and then a floor vote, likely next week. All aboard, folks!
Oh, there are still a few wishy-washy Republicans who haven’t made up their minds yet, but come on, what’s there to mull over? The House GOP leadership team is gung-ho about this whole impeachment business. House Speaker Mike Johnson is doing a happy dance, calling it a “solemn but necessary step” to boot the Biden Cabinet official out the door. But let’s be real, this effort is about as likely to pass the Democratic-controlled Senate as pigs are to fly. Oink oink.
And what are the bigwigs in the GOP saying about all this? Well, House GOP Conference Chairwoman Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York is cheering on Chairman Green and the Homeland Security Committee for stepping up to the plate. She’s all in on holding Mayorkas accountable for playing fast and loose with federal immigration laws and creating what she calls the “most pressing humanitarian, national security, and homeland crisis in our nation’s history.” That’s a mouthful, but it sure sounds serious!
On the other side of the aisle, those pesky House Democrats are calling foul play. They’re crying politically motivated impeachment and denouncing the whole shebang. Rep. Bennie Thompson, the top Democrat on the committee, is throwing some serious shade at the Republicans, accusing them of shutting down debate on their “sham impeachment articles” in the dark of night. Sounds like a real drama-filled soap opera, doesn’t it?
But wait, why all this fuss over Mayorkas anyway? Well, the GOP is pointing fingers at him for the crisis down at the southern border. They’ve been racking up more illegal immigrant arrests than ever, and they’re not pleased about it. They’re blaming Biden for enticing the influx by promising to undo Trump-era border initiatives. Meanwhile, the Democrats are chalking it up to global migration trends. It’s a classic case of “he said, she said.”
In case you’re wondering just how big a mess Mayorkas is in, well, since he took office, over 7.5 million illegal immigrants have been encountered trying to sneak into the U.S. That’s a whole lot of people sneaking around where they shouldn’t be! And guess what? The majority of them are getting a free pass and aren’t even required to show up in court for years. Sounds like border control is about as effective as a screen door on a submarine, if you ask me.
And if Mayorkas ends up getting the boot, he’s gonna make history, folks. He’d be the first Cabinet official to be impeached since way back in 1876. That’s a real blast from the past!
