Posted on 11/13/2023 5:23:45 PM PST by Coronal
WASHINGTON, Nov 13 (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Monday to pause the effort to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, halting a Republican campaign that alleges he has been derelict in his duty of in managing the U.S.-Mexico border.
The articles of impeachment, introduced by Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene on Thursday, contend that Mayorkas, an appointee of Democratic President Joe Biden, violated his oath of office by failing to constrain the record numbers of migrants arriving at the border.
The House voted to refer the articles back to the House Homeland Security Committee, which is carrying out its own investigation of Mayorkas's alleged dereliction of duty.
The move comes as Congress has less than five days to extend funding or send the U.S. into its fourth partial government shutdown in a decade.
The impeachment comes after months of threats from Republicans, who blame Biden's administration for rolling back harsh restrictions on accepting migrants and asylum seekers put in place under then-President Donald Trump, a Republican.
If the Republican-controlled House impeaches Mayorkas, he will almost definitely be found innocent after a trial in the Senate, which Democrats control by a slim margin.
In response to the initial impeachment motion, a U.S. Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said lawmakers should stop "their reckless impeachment charades and attacks on law enforcement" and instead "deliver desperately needed reforms for our broken immigration system."
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And so he becomes EVEN MORE arrogant as he has so far no comeuppance at all.
The pause that refreshes? What, do they all have to pee?
Pathetic bastards.
The dems are the mafia and the pubbies are the cops that gat paid to look the other way.
Disgusting
Great description. Truly pathetic.
Not a surprise at all: courage is lacking!
Pause getting the Hamas murderers.
Pause bringing the Bidens to justice.
Pause on Mayorkas.
Think I’ll pause paying taxes and pause on holy vigilante justice.
Oh, I can’t?
Cowardice.
Meant to say pause on refraining from holy vigilante justice.
Oh I can’t.
Great analogy
It states, very clearly in the former Constitution, nothing shall interfere with the GOPs inalienable right to a perpetual, uninterrupted circle-jerk...
They (Uni-Party RINOs) just don’t have the nerve.
At the moment of truth, they fold up like a beach chair.
not a “hair” among the whole lot!
Who were the EIGHT Republican Cowards? Anyone know?
Coitus Interruptus
“...violated his oath of office by failing to constrain the record numbers of migrants arriving at the border. ...”
He deliberately failed to enforce the existing immigration law. That’s enough to convict and imprison him!!!
Totally worthless all of them. Totally spineless sickening jellyfish. Cowards of the worst kind. They would sell out their own Grandma.
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