House GOP’s Stupid and Failed Impeachment of Alejandro Mayorkas

We wrote on this blog last year that some House Republicans were stupidly considering impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. We figured that they would try this and if they did it would blow up in their faces. House Speaker Mike Johnson proceeded with like Captain Ahab to continue his mad quest to try and impeach Secretary Mayorkas. So Johnson brought the bill up for a vote and as predicted the motion to impeach failed.

The Hill reported that:

A House GOP effort to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas failed in an embarrassing fashion Tuesday as three Republicans joined Democrats in voting against what would have been the second-ever impeachment of a Cabinet official.

The 214-216 vote is a stunning loss for a GOP that has faced continual pressure from its right flank to impeach a Biden official, even as the party has waffled over which one to focus on.

To their credit three republican congressmen voted against impeachment: Ken Buck, Mike Gallagher, and Tom McClintock. At this rate the GOP should prepare itself for possible epic level losses in the House and possibly may even lose their chance at holding the Senate. We can speak with absolute certainty that many republican voters like ourselves will vote against most of our party nominees because of stupid and irresponsible stuns like the one pulled today. On this the 113th birthday of Ronald Reagan we can’t help but hear his ghost looking at the current Republicans in congress and shouting in disgust at how they have betrayed his legacy.

Here’s to moronic politicians get there asses kicked! 

UPDATE: Our old nemesis Utah Senator Mike Lee just went on Laura Ingraham’s show and said that they should impeach both President Biden and Mayorkas. Apparently proving the old adage of being unable to learn from the first or in this case the five hundredth kick of a mule, Lee and his gang of useless idiots has decided to completely destroy their credibility. Also we heard that Speaker Johnson wants to bring the Mayorkas impeachment up for another vote. Brilliant move Mikey! You’ll be the first House Speaker to have two failed impeachment votes on their record!

Watch here:

Fresh off of Republicans losing an impeachment vote in the House, Ingraham is complaining that Republicans should impeach Biden instead of Mayorkas. Mike Lee says they should impeach them both pic.twitter.com/16ZJ2Jcokq

— Acyn (@Acyn) February 7, 2024

Congressman Pat Fallon Files Impeachment Articles Against Homeland Security Secretary

Congressman Pat Fallon (R-Texas)

The Hill reports that Congressman Pat Fallon (R-Texas) has filled a motion to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. According to the Hill:

The resolution claims Mayorkas “engaged in a pattern of conduct that is incompatible with his duties,” complaining that he has failed to maintain operational control over the border.

The resolution comes amid a busy week in the Biden administration. President Biden visited the border over the weekend for the first time since taking office, pledging to deliver more resources to the officers who patrol the region.

The primary basis for the articles of impeachment is the claim that Mayorkas lied to Congress — a case they back by pointing to two instances in which the secretary told lawmakers he believed the Southern border was under control.

DHS said Tuesday that Mayorkas has no plans to resign and argued that the grounds for impeachment pointed to by the GOP were both inaccurate and failed to meet the standards to qualify as high crimes and misdemeanors.

“Secretary Mayorkas is proud to advance the noble mission of this Department, support its extraordinary workforce, and serve the American people. The Department will continue our work to enforce our laws and secure our border, while building a safe, orderly, and humane immigration system,” Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Marsha Espinosa said in a statement.”

Our reaction as conservatives who believe in rule of law, and following sensible customs is that this move by Congressman Fallon is completely stupid and a waste of time. We have many political differences with the Biden administration but impeaching his Homeland Security Chief is just an example of useless showmanship. For starters Mayorkas is not going to be impeached, and even if he was Biden would appoint an acting head of Homeland Security. As more evidence that our fellow Republicans shouldn’t have sold their souls to Trump, it is likely that the Democrats will just use similar tactics towards them and probably much more effectively. If Congressman Gallon’s goal is to make sure the Democrats retake the House in 2024 he is off to a good start.