Eight RINOs Side With Democrats To Save DHS Boss From Impeachment

On Monday, House Democrats, with the help of eight RINOs, successfully blocked an effort led by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene to impeach Homeland Security Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas in a straight up or down vote.

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The final vote was 209-201, with eight Republicans joining all Democrats in support of the latter party’s motion to stop that floor vote.

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— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) November 14, 2023

Instead, they referred the impeachment resolution introduced by Greene to the House Homeland Security Committee.

Twenty-four members of the House, 12 Democrats, and 12 Republicans did not vote on the measure.

The eight Republicans who joined the Democrats included:

Ken Buck, Colorado.

Darrell Issa, California.

Tom McClintock, California.

Patrick McHenry, North Carolina.

John Duarte, California.

Virginia Foxx, North Carolina.

Cliff Bentz, Oregon.

Mike Turner, Ohio.

From Fox News:

Greene introduced the resolution to impeach Mayorkas on Thursday, which would have forced a vote on impeachment without a hearing or a committee markup. If voted on and passed, it would have sent his impeachment straight to the Senate for trial.

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The Department of Homeland Security responded to the vote with a statement accusing Congress of “wasting time,” and calling on it to “do its job by funding the government, reforming our broken immigration system, reauthorizing vital tools for DHS, and passing the Administration’s supplemental request to properly resource the Department’s critical work to stop fentanyl and further secure our borders.”

“Secretary Mayorkas continues to be laser-focused on the safety and security of our nation. This baseless attack is completely without merit and a harmful distraction from our critical national security priorities,” the statement read.

Mayorkas has faced increased calls for his impeachment over the past year concerning his handling of the border crisis. At the same time, Republican lawmakers have repeatedly raised concerns about the risk to national security and public safety posed by the numbers of illegal immigrants evading overwhelmed Border Patrol agents amid the crisis.

Speaker Mike Johnson: "The evidence that's built up against Mayorkas is so complete, I think he's probably one of the worst cabinet secretaries on the evidence, subjectively speaking, in the history of the country." pic.twitter.com/rloJv3LnEw

— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) November 14, 2023

Under Mayorkas, migrant encounters at the southern border hit an all-time record in September with a massive 260,000 encounters as border officials continue struggling to cope with the large influx, sources told Fox News Digital.