President Donald Trump is currently feasting on what one analyst described as his “comfort food” after articles of impeachment were filed against one of his cabinet members Monday.
Rep. Thomas Massie(R-KY), who is leaving Congress at the end of the year, filed eight articles against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. The resolution cited the war in Iran, the strikes against alleged drug boats in international waters, the unauthorized seizure of Venezuelan head of state Nicolás Maduro, and other issues that Alyssa Farah Griffin, Trump’s communications director during his first term, described on CNN’s “The Arena” as “Democratic priorities.” The resolution could be voted on as early as Wednesday.
David Chalian, CNN’s Washington bureau chief, described the upcoming fight as “comfort food” for Trump. He added that it is unlikely that Trump relents and allows Hegseth, who supports the president’s war against Iran, to be removed, Chalian added.
Griffin said the impeachment move was a “dry run for the next Congress.”
“If you just simply put up an up-or-down resolution of disapproval on the handling of the war in Iran, that would probably get you a massive majority in the House of Representatives,” Griffin said, caveating that the Hegseth articles may be shot down in the current Congress.
“But what I see is, let’s see where the vote tallies come down, because I imagine similar articles will come up in the new Congress when Speaker Hakeem Jeffries or whoever it ends up being is going to have a lot more votes to work with,” she continued. “And there may even be some Republicans who go over. But even so, remember, convicting in the Senate requires a supermajority. So, it takes 67 votes to convict. And that, even with these new numbers, is an uphill battle.”
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