House Rejects Impeachment of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth
ok so i think the way the hegseth impeachment vote shook out is a good reminder that a) republicans are the same pieces of shit they were a week ago b) dems better show the fuck up because expectations are sky high and people are actually gonna notice now when you miss a vote
Marisa Kabas3944also dems need to get better at explaining shit, even if it’s seemingly arcane house rules stuff. leaving everyone both mad and confused is a treacherous combo. mamdani the situation and make a quick video explaining what happened.
Vague Pariah210Even El-Sayed is on TV telling Dems to do their damn jobs
Jœy AF137It’s really mind-boggling that any dem would miss the VERY FIRST opportunity to show up
thunderous-clouds.bsky.social75I don’t care whether it mattered. People out here completely missing the zeitgeist of anger. We will bite their ankles the entire way to the building if we have to, from here out.
✍️ Craig Gary Phillips ✍️49This incident sure seems suspicious (I at least know Stansbury would absolutely not miss this procedural vote otherwise)
Conradsview29If every Dem showed up, the Rs would have held the vote open until they got a majority. The issue is that NO Rs would vote for impeachment. See you all in January.
JJ in DC24✍️ TWO KEY TAKEAWAYS from yesterday's failed Hegseth impeachment process: 1️⃣ WE DON'T have the votes yet; the GOP is still holding firm except for Massie. Don't expect that to change until January. 2️⃣ SHOW UP! Even though we never had the crossovers, we are watching & noting who misses key votes 🤨
Wings: NDN Silver17The incumbent Dems are the original doomers. "Oh, it doesn't matter if we don't show up b/c they'll still rig it." Yeah, AND? You show up, do your goddamned job that we pay you to do, then make political hay out of their fuckery for the next 7 weeks. It's not complicated, you apathetic hacks.
CK Gobble till You Wobble DexterHaven 🦃8Good, quick thread on the missing Dems and yesterday’s impeachment vote. I think point B landed and is rippling through the caucus. Local area groups like Indivisble can take advantage now by highlighting missed votes, and prompting calls to members who miss these key votes.
hot dogs are charcuterie sandwiches8there are teenagers getting fired from wendy's for being late to a work meeting
J.J. 6The frustration here is that the GOP playbook has always been "be so hyper-focused on fuckery that it's challenging to maintain the energy to stop us" and the electorate SHOWED THE FUCK UP to say "yes, do that" and the first vote of consequence included low-energy excuses. Huge leadership issue
Anxious Rage5Congress is the best no-show job, Exhibit 10538927
Bonnie Ross-Forrest (She/her)4We know that this is not the newly elected Congress, and we know that they were going to lose this vote no matter what. BUT, folks are engaged and paying attention at this moment, everybody is watching now, and missing this vote sends a message whether they like it or not.
NotoriousMIZ4These are the kinds of sloppy mistakes on low stakes situations that suggest you shouldn't get the top job for high stakes situations.
Ciggy Smoke Bringer aka Riotous Blottoness4I do think its a bit much to be super pissed about it but its like, people wanna see hustle before Jan as a way of deducing potential hustle after and got that weird ass 22 dem senate votes thats kinda mixed bag instead, same day
fidelioscabinet3Good piece, as you’d expect from @marisakabas. The Democrats can turn this around in January, if they can pass a similar vote, AND THEN make a point of saying “We couldn’t effectively demand accountability before, but now we can. Thanks for that. Please go to work on your Senators. Don’t let up.”
I would camp out at the Capitol the night before a Hegseth impeachment vote like I was trying to get tickets to The Cure. Just saying.
Kim Sherrell72Will be watching for the Hegseth impeachment to come back around. Hopefully at their earliest convenience.
Pugz☮️46Whatever the excuses are, the optics of it were hideous.
David Corbett44The Cure killed more Americans than Covid! —Sen Ron Johnson (R—WI)
selenel.bsky.social34We had people standing in line for hours to vote and yet they are right there, but somehow missed it? I don’t get paid 6 figures and have spent months in vacation recesses. I expect them to not miss a vote on a WAR criminal.
Jesse Ellis22Maybe the traffic story is true. But after Jeffries met with Kushner to talk “affordability” (an explanation no one believes), it’s hard to give him the benefit of the doubt.
cdfchrispost.bsky.social19Stop it people. You eat an elephant one bite at a time. Healthy conflict only and maintain a high trust state. Don't fall for the division trap. Be part of the solution and not part of the problem. Keep your eye on the ball. Stay the course. January is coming.
We’re now learning that some of the Dems who missed the Hegseth vote tonight were at a reception for one of the AIPAC passthroughs. Meanwhile, here’s Pat Ryan:
Statichaze39This is the first time on my feed that this reception part was being mentioned. May i have a more direct source please?
AGirlCriesFoul31PAT RYAN IS MY REPRESENTATIVE AND I WILL DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO GET HIM ELECTED SENATOR, TO TAKE OVER CHUCK SCHUMER'S SEATBIN 2028!!!!!!
Cannonball Adderall27Wait *Jasmine Crocket* missed this vote? After all that shit in the primary?
Dr. Hamburger18Every single one of them has accepted aipac money. www.trackaipac.com
karicort.bsky.social13Jasmine Crockett was not one of the 11–
glscienze.bsky.social12Did AIPAC schedule their shinding during the vote? It benefits some people if hegseth stays in office. Looks suspicious. Shows where the loyalty is with at least 11 people that the reception WAS MORE IMPORTANT THAN VOTING ON IMPEACHING A WAR CRIMINAL. First act of a new era and they shit on it
The sad reality is that the vote on the Hegseth impeachment failed by 7 votes. 11 Democrats did not bother to show up. If they had showed up and voted with their party, Hegseth would be on his way out the door. Is this the sort of "leadership" we can expect to continue under Jeffries?
RoscoAmerican31Usually I am with you, but pretty disappointed in you here Personally I would have preferred to see those D votes keep this alive a little longer but without some crossover R votes it was going nowhere and the R-controlled Senate would have done even less Please don’t add to the chaos gratuitously
𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝25That's not quite fair. Several Democrats were en route to the Capitol when Johnson closed the vote. Some were delayed by traffic and a motorcade, and others had legitimate reasons for their absence. Blaming Jeffries while ignoring Johnson's role leaves out a critical part of the story.
cdfchrispost.bsky.social24Stop it people. You eat an elephant one bite at a time. Healthy conflict only and maintain a high trust state. Don't fall for the division trap. Be part of the solution and not part of the problem. Keep your eye on the ball. Stay the course. January is coming.
Jon o’ Montana24How would he be out the door? The current GOP Senate majority wouldn’t go along.
Martin Luther Zen16I don't get this. If all 11 Democrats showed up and voted yes, why wouldn't Johnson just keep the vote open until he could round up 4 more Republican votes?
Dana Decker9Regarding the debate raging on bsky: If Dems should impeach this session, Jeffries failed to whip for that. If Dems shouldn't impeach this session (saving it for 2027), Jeffries failed to whip for that. Either way, it's a failure of leadership and messaging.
𝒲𝒜ℒ𝒯 🇪🇺💯✊🏼💙🌊🏳️🌈🏴🦋🫘🔵4Jeffries is NOT the Leader you need right now. He couldn’t lead a dog!
Christine Cooper 🇨🇦🏴3And this, in of itself, lays at the root problem of the Dems. After everything that Hegseth has done & cost, to drop the ball like this, has become their playbook. That time is done. Nothing changes unless something changes and America clearly voted for change. This is a new day.
Susan Berger2OMG. This is a terrible start.
Severi Hämäri2This is just stupid 🤦♂️
Merlin's Mikey 🇨🇦 🏳️🌈 🇺🇲2Not true - He would not be "out the door" until the House impeaches him AND the Senate tries & convicts him. Not gonna happen with the current Congress. Wait 'till the new Congress is sworn in - We have a much better chance then.
NEW: Rep Brittany Pettersen (D) missed the Hegseth impeachment vote as absent Dems doomed the effort. Pettersen says she was "denied" the ability to vote. She was at an event but her team won't say which one. They said she got stuck in traffic and Rs should have held the vote.
Langdon Grant42"Absent Dems" didn't doom the effort. Republicans doomed the effort. If those Dems had been there, Johnson would've just held the vote open until enough Republicans got there to kill it. Blaming it on "absent Dems" is adopting the same tired "everything is Dems' fault, Republicans... /1
Xander27If I’m not on time to work there are consequences. Not sure why she feels her position should operate any differently. Very disappointing to put it mildly.
glscienze.bsky.social17Was she at the AIPAC reception?
Strongarm37🇺🇦🇨🇦16Apparently it was an event with EDW, which among other things, does receive significant money from AIPAC’s Super PAC. And AIPAC does not want Hegseth impeached. He supports Israel’s policies and supports linking our military with theirs. We will be watching what Dems do. More than ever before.
Sneezy Cat14These Representatives are not exactly covering themselves in Honor
Blackbird ✨🐦⬛💙11People are becoming very paranoid. We need to just take a deep breath and wait for the truth to come out, before accusing people of betraying us. We’re all on the same team here.
suzette sommer7Evidently there WAS a big traffic mess. 🧐🧐🧐🧐
Wings: NDN Silver4So first of all, you all knew damn good and well the GOP would never "hold" the vote. Second of all, you all KNEW damn good and well this would be introduced today, so why the fuck were you at "an event"? Flatly, I don't believe this garbage.
mistermix3@pettersen.house.gov is my rep. and she missed the Hegseth vote. If any of you think that missing yesterday's vote is inside baseball that normies won't notice, think again. Colorado's best journalist, the one normies watch to understand politics, just made sure that normies noticed.
Jane Doe3I couldn't show up for work on time so the depraved war criminal gets to keep his job! No "event" was more important than this, if this wasn't intentional it's unfortunate that it looks so calculated.
all aipac and all missed hegseth impeachment vote jeffries did not crack the whip probley got a call stay home
JD Montana344Or.... And it wouldn't have mattered either way. I recommend a little patience and buying some champagne for early January.
the_lion_of_anacostia 🦁6The Clerk confirms 11 Democrats didn't vote on Roll 317. It does not say they “didn't show up,” why they missed it, or that Jeffries told them to stay home. Nor was this a vote to impeach—it was a motion to refer. And “all AIPAC” needs member-by-member funding evidence, not a meme. 🦁
Polly Firebrand5People, calm down. The Republicans still have the majority until Jan 3. You’re going to see a lot of crappy bills being jammed through between today and tomorrow when the House goes back on vacation.
Hazel Brandybuck5Oh, no! @repstansbury.bsky.social Say it isn’t so!!! Come on, Madam Representative, The People deserve better.
One Who Knows4The vast majority of Democrats take aipac money.
Doing it my way3Melanie only missed it because of a traffic accident. She showed up just as the vote ended
ABSOLUTELY INSANE. THE HOUSE DEMOCRATIC ****WHIP**** WAS THROWING THE FUNDRAISING BASH THAT KEPT DEMOCRATS FROM VOTING TO SEND THE HEGSETH IMPEACHMENT VOTE TO THE FLOOR.
Susan Gross6This can not fucking be for real. Seriously. THIS CAN NOT FUCKING BE FOR REAL. DEMOCRATS! CALL YOUR CONGRESSMEN PPL IMMEDIATELY -- IF THEY ARE DEMS -- AND DEMAND A NEW HOUSE LEADER AND WHIP. This is ABSOLUTELY APPALLING.
Ghost of HST3At the end of the day, it would not have made a difference but perception becomes reality very quickly. This was an opportunity to demonstrate that the voters were heard on aggressively fighting back against Trump… and this looks like politics as usual….
tujungadude, pleasantly surprised2Bad optics, absolutely. Very bad. Unforgivably bad. But the outcome would have been the same, because every R (but Massie) voted to table it, and they had the numbers.
JessC2we're off to a great start. I'm sure the Repubs knew this....fell right into it.
Dawn Humphrey2Not a good look, especially when last week they were given a clear mandate to work together to end corruption, end the war and improve the economy.
singerindy.bsky.social1One thing @housedemocrats.bsky.social and @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social are good at is killing historic momentum. This idiocy shows they need to get their shit together fast.
A bid to impeach US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was blocked by a 211-204 House vote referring the resolution to committee. Republican Thomas Massie introduced the measure over US military operations. Eleven Democrats and seven Republicans did not vote. #USA
mlduin.bsky.social11No matter the partisan calculation, the signal it sends is devastating. The political head of the world's most powerful military can continue to commit war crimes with impunity.
coriny.bsky.social7There's a lot of very bad maths going around. Only one republican voted with the democrats, who are the minority until January. Voting was called off early because the democrats couldn't win.
Lars J5I hope there is a better game plan behind this failure than to immediately after the election remind the voters why they hate the establishment democrats almost as much as the republicans...
This just has to be performative theater. Massie would know that any impeachment proceeding will be blocked until the newly elected legislators are in office. Expect real action after Jan 3rd.
dverhoeven.bsky.social5This is a problem for democrats, they cannot even have discipline in their ranks. If it goes like this, the will accomplish nothing with their midterm victory. Voters will be very unhappy is they fail.
Joe Jinis 🗽4An awful amount of fucking traitors.
