Two Republicans are now opposing the impeachment of the Homeland Security Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas, complicating efforts for the Republican Party to pass the two articles.
Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Calif., followed Rep. Ken Buck, R-Colo., by announcing he would vote ‘no’ on the resolution to impeach Mayorkas.
“The only way to stop the border invasion is to replace the Biden administration at the ballot box,” McClintock wrote on Biden and unconstitutionally extends the impeachment that will one day take place. bite Republicans.”
McClintock was so convinced he wouldn’t oust the secretary that he called a 10-page memo to the Republicans in the House of Representatives who oppose it.
Buck, who is retiring after this term, received a similar warning on Monday, saying a “partisan impeachment” would “boomerang and hurt Republicans in the future.”
With the Republican party’s wafer-thin majority, it is not yet clear whether impeachment will be put to a vote on Tuesday evening. Rep. Dave Joyce, R-Ohio, has not yet said how he will vote. All Democrats are expected to oppose.
Still, Whip Tom Emmer said he was “confident” Mayorkas would be removed barring unexpected absences.
“I’m confident that if we have our members here, we should be able to do this,” he said on Fox News Tuesday morning.
Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Wash., who was previously undecided, said Tuesday morning he would vote in favor of the articles.
“Mayorkas has willfully refused to enforce federal immigration laws. It is one thing to disagree with a policy, but directing DHS not to follow the law is inexcusable,” he said in a statement.
It is not clear whether the Senate will hold a trial; he could vote to reject the articles with only a simple majority.
Yet Republicans have already named their impeachment managers to argue for impeachment before the Senate: Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green, Texas, State Department Chairman Michael McCaul, Texas, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Georgia, Ben Cline, Va., Michael Guest, Miss., Andy Biggs, Ariz., Andrew Garbarino, NY, August Pfluger, Texas, Harriet Hageman, Wyo., Laurel Lee, Florida.
Buck has opposed all impeachment efforts during his time in Congress — he has called the movement to impeach President Biden “theatre” and has twice voted against impeaching former President Donald Trump.
‘The Constitution is clear. I will vote no on the impeachment of Secretary Mayorkas,” the congressman continued.
The vote to repeal Homeland Security Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas will reach a razor-thin margin on Tuesday, while Colorado GOP Rep. Ken Buck opposed the effort
Buck said Mayorkas has “completely failed in his job,” but “mismanagement or incompetence does not create what our founders considered a criminal offense.”
Speaker Mike Johnson said Friday he would talk to Buck this weekend, but a source close to Buck told DailyMail.com he had not received any calls from Johnson over the weekend.
If the vote is successful, Mayorkas will be the first Cabinet secretary to be ousted since Secretary of War William Belknap in 1876.
“If Mayorkas were removed from office, it is likely that President Biden would appoint another incompetent person to carry out the same failed approach,” Buck reasoned.
The articles of impeachment were passed by the Homeland Security Committee on party lines last week.
If the vote is successful, Mayorkas will be the first Cabinet secretary to be ousted since Secretary of War William Belknap in 1876.
Republicans have filed two articles of impeachment against Biden’s border chief Mayorkas — one accusing him of deliberately undermining immigration laws through catch-and-release and another accusing him of obstructing and lying to Congress.
Republicans cite Mayorkas’ “deliberate and systematic refusal to obey the law” as hundreds of migrants continue to pour into the US every day.
They allege that Mayorkas is guilty of “high crimes and misdemeanors” amounting to a “refusal to comply with immigration law” and a “breach of the public trust.”
The impeachment resolution stated: “Alejandro N. Mayorkas willfully and systematically refused to enforce immigration laws, failed to control the border at the expense of national security, endangered public safety, and violated the rule of law and the separation of powers in the constitution. , to the obvious detriment of the people of the United States.
Passage only requires a majority in the House of Representatives. The Senate would hold a trial, and a conviction would require a two-thirds majority, an extremely unlikely outcome in the Democratic-led Senate.