House Republicans have successfully impeached DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for his failure to protect the southern border. Now, prominent GOP voices in the Senate are pressuring Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to push for a Mayorkas trial.
According to an exclusive Axios scoop, Sens. Mike Lee, R-Utah, Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and 11 GOP colleagues on Tuesday plan to send a letter to McConnell to ask that the chamber “fully engage our Constitutional duty and hold a trial.”
From NEWSMAX:
The New York Times on Wednesday reported that Senate leaders plan to move quickly to reject the articles of impeachment against Mayorkas, setting up a speedy trial in hopes of preventing House Republicans from using the platform to expose the Biden administration’s actions.
In their letter to McConnell, the Republican senators said the efforts by Democrats to dismiss the impeachment articles would be “an action rarely contemplated and never taken by the U.S. Senate,” Axios reported.
If the tables were turned, “the opposition would be fierce and the volume from Democrats would be deafening,” the senators added.
Lee told Axios that he and Cruz met with McConnell a week ago, arguing that Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., should not be allowed to simply set aside the impeachment articles so quickly.
GOP leadership must push for an impeachment trial for DHS Secretary Mayorkas.
We cannot allow Chuck Schumer to sweep the Biden administration’s border invasion under the rug. pic.twitter.com/qg1EFCdoF3
— Mike Lee (@SenMikeLee) February 20, 2024
