Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.) told Axios he is considering introducing articles of impeachment against Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth over reports he authorized a second strike on a purported drug boat in the Caribbean.
Why it matters: Thanedar could once again find himself in conflict with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), who dismissed the prospect of impeachment during a press conference on Monday.
The Michigan congressman has repeatedly roused the anger of his Democratic colleagues this year by pushing rogue impeachment efforts against President Trump.
He briefly forced a Trump impeachment vote in May — as any individual House member can do with or without support from their leadership — but pulled it under intense pressure from party leaders.
It is fundamentally a waste of the little time that congress even pretend to do their jobs. And it provides ammunition for “We want to do X Y and Z but the Democrats are just being so obstructionist and wasting everyone’s time”
But yeah. There are arguments that it is GOOD to waste congress’s time and prevent them from making things even worse. And it says a lot to know that there actually IS an opposition force.
Which is the problem with Jeffries and Schumer. They are… decent “peace time” leaders. But they are acting like there is just a friendly disagreement on the tax level rather than a christofacist takeover that is dismantling the country week by week.
Could be they just aren’t invested in changing the system that much. My observation is certain Democrats don’t want to win too big. They just want to nudge the system instead of pursuing actual change. Witness: winning a landslide election and then completely folding on the shutdown. They were like “whoa shit! Back the fuck up. We only want to look like we’re in opposition.”
You’re completely right. If they start actually getting a big majority, they’ll have to actually show some results on the promises they’ve made their voter. The thing is though, they don’t actually want to do any of it, they’re super content with everything as is, it’s just the only way to make people vote for them.
The democrat leadership doesn’t give 2 shits about people starving, or being uneducated, or being tortured in some immigration camp, but it sounds great during and election to fight against torturing children.