The ill-fated impeachment trial of Homeland Safety Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas was lastly speculated to take heart stage for Home Republicans this week after Speaker Mike Johnson pulled it final week. The Home impeachment managers introduced the articles to the Senate Tuesday afternoon, in what’s speculated to be a solemn and grave continuing—impeachment is as severe because it will get in Congress.
Mayorkas’ impeachment is meant to show the Home GOP’s resolve on immigration and border coverage and show that it might really get one thing achieved, however the antics of extremist Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Thomas Massie have utterly overshadowed it. Home Republicans introduced the impeachment to the Senate, and nobody gave a rattling.
As an alternative, the blockbuster information of the day is Massie becoming a member of with Greene on her risk to oust Johnson, making the impeachment try much more of a ridiculous sideshow. It’s additionally hilarious that it’s Greene—who spearheaded the sham impeachment to start with—who’s derailing it.
If Johnson is able to studying, this needs to be a lesson to him about attempting to appease the hard-right faction of his celebration. Greene not solely filed this embarrassing movement to question, however she’s additionally on the impeachment managers staff. Letting her free on the Senate ground throughout what’s speculated to be a severe second is a harmful transfer.
Greene gave a preview of her doable antics throughout a DHS price range listening to Tuesday morning.
“I demand that Chuck Schumer holds your impeachment trial within the Senate, as a result of that’s precisely what we needs to be centered on proper now,” Greene advised Mayorkas. Certain, Marge. Certain.
Greene’s demand means squat to Senate Majority Chief Chuck Schumer.
“Impeachment ought to by no means be used to settle a coverage disagreement, Schumer stated. “Speak about terrible precedents. This could set an terrible precedent for Congress.”
The Senate shouldn’t be going to convict Mayorkas, as even some Republicans suppose it’s bullshit. However senators are nonetheless obligated to take day out of a busy week to take care of the charade. They need to spend time Tuesday receiving the articles, after which they should waste a piece of Wednesday being sworn in as jurors, although the impeachment push goes nowhere.
The entire spectacle is only one extra instance of Home Republicans’ ineptitude and what occurs after they let the likes of Greene run the present.
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