Actually never thought he would have any problem beating the charges against him.

Recently Massie brought 8 points of impeachment against Pistol Pete and brought them before the House for a vote….

The resolution accuses the defense secretary of waging war in Iran without congressional approval, ignoring laws about minimizing civilian casualties and directing the Defense Department to carry out extrajudicial killings.

It describes US actions in Iran, Venezuela, Yemen and its strikes on ships in the Western Hemisphere thought to be carrying narcotics. At least 80 vessels have been destroyed and 243 people have been killed in those operations since they began last year, with the Pentagon not providing public evidence for its claims against the people it killed.

In Iran, the articles accuse Hegseth of directing the US armed forces to enter into hostilities absent a declaration of war, other statutory authorization or a national emergency.

The articles state that Hegseth “abused the powers of his high office” by “executing an unlawful order to commence hostilities despite the absence of a declaration of war, specific statutory authorization, or a national emergency created by an attack upon the United States, its territories or possessions, or its Armed Forces.”

https://www.cnn.com/2026/11/09/politics/pete-hegseth-impeachment-congress

Then it went before the House for a vote….

he House on Tuesday turned aside a resolution to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, halting an effort to remove the Pentagon chief for his conduct in office and his handling of the war in Iran. The House voted to effectively kill the impeachment motion by sending it to committee, the New York Times reports. The vote was 211 to 204, with seven Republicans and 11 Democrats not voting. Kentucky Republican Thomas Massie, who introduced the articles of impeachment on Tuesday, was the only Republican to vote with Democrats to keep the motion alive. If they had succeeded, there would have been a final vote on impeachment on Wednesday.

The vote came as Republicans grapple with the fallout from sweeping midterm losses that some in the party have blamed on the war in Iran and the resulting surge in gas prices. But after President Trump signaled strong support for Hegseth, GOP lawmakers largely stood by the secretary on Tuesday, the AP reports. The vote may only delay an impeachment push against Hegseth, with Democrats set to take control of the House and Senate in January.

The vote failed thanks to Dems….who thought this would not happen?

Now we get the excuses for the missed vote….

A Capitol traffic snarl may have helped stall the impeachment push against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Four of 11 Democrats who missed Tuesday’s vote on a Republican motion that effectively sidelined articles of impeachment say a traffic jam near the Capitol complex kept from away until moments after the vote closed. Reps. Melanie Stansbury, Jonathan Jackson, Laura Gillen, and Marilyn Strickland all said they would have voted no on the motion if not for the traffic incident, reportedly involving a police-escorted bus, per Al Jazeera and the Hill. Stansbury later filed a statement recording her intended “no,” saying “Pete Hegseth must be impeached now.”

The House voted 211–204 to send the impeachment articles, introduced by GOP Rep. Thomas Massie, to the Judiciary Committee, a move expected to bury them for this Congress. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was among Democrats to express frustration over the vote, which she tied to attendance issues, per the Independent. While some lawmakers were reportedly caught in traffic while returning from an Elect Democratic Women event about 1.5 miles from the Capitol, Rep. Nancy Pelosi was in California accepting a Lifetime Advocate for Veterans Award, Rep. Lou Correa was undergoing a medical procedure, and Rep. Steven Horsford’s office said he had a personal emergency. Rep. Brittany Pettersen simply said she was “denied the ability to vote.”

Does anyone believe these excuses?

I want to know how many of the 11 get their cash from the Defense industry.

Pelosi?  I always knew she was worthless.

To be fair I will give Pistol Pete’s defense….

Pete Hegseth is digging in. In a Tuesday morning news conference, the Pentagon chief pushed back against a newly launched push in the House to impeach him. “In the 250 years of our American republic, no secretary of war or secretary of defense has ever been impeached for carrying out lawful military operations,” Hegseth declared, reports the AP. By contrast, the congressman who introduced the articles of impeachment, GOP Rep. Thomas Massie, contends that recent military actions in Iran, Venezuela, and elsewhere were not lawful. Hegseth, though, called the Iran war the “tough, right thing” and noted there was no impeachment vote against defense chief Lloyd Austin during the chaotic pullout from Afghanistan in 2021, per the Washington Post.

Hegseth made the case that impeachment is an over-the-top response to disagreements over policy. “The proper remedy for a policy disagreement: It’s legislation. It’s debate. It’s the next presidential election,” Hegseth said. “It’s not handing the House and Senate floor to the Democrats so that they can run a show trial against the president and the secretary of war while Republicans still control Congress.” Hegseth continues to have the support of President Trump, who wrote on Truth Social that “Hegseth gets an ‘A’ PLUS, PLUS, PLUS for his defense against a disgruntled, angry, defeated, former Congressman, Thomas Massie, a TOTAL LOSER!”

I would expect nothing less than his bullshit insults.

The Defense Industry wins again…..their bribe money was well spent on this day.

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