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’s been proven very effective.
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Christ, Hakeem Jeffries is useless. “What’s the point of bringing articles of impeachment against Hegseth if Republicans won’t advance them?” It’s about the messaging. It’s about putting representatives on record. It’s about doing something, fucking ANYTHING, about these illegal strikes.
What’s the point of Hakeem Jeffries?
To manifest impotency?
He can talk for a very long time then flex like he did something.
None whatsoever.
He’s as useful as tits on a bicycle, like my dad never used to say.
I’m going to write a letter saying “Hegseth is a bad man and should be punished”. Then I’ll crumple it up and throw it into the ocean.
You should be happy with that, right? I mean, I’m doing SOMETHING and it will have the same impact as bringing articles of impeachment. In fact, my way is more efficient since no legislative time would need to be spent to do this meaningless act.
“Send a message”? “Important to have a record”? What the fuck have you all been smoking over the last 10 years that you think that means jack shit anymore?
You won’t get anyone on record. Mike Johnson won’t allow it to get that far and Jeffries knows it.
It’s all performative, literally nothing will come of it.
It’s all performative, literally nothing will come of it.
That’s where the DNC lives, though. Except their supposed leader can’t even do their usual West Wing impersonation right!
He really IS totally and unequivocally useless to everyone except the rich people and abusive governments keeping him in (probably) legal bribes.
He’s useless because he’s literally not in power. His job now is to flip the House in 2026. That’s the only thing he can do that will have any consequence.
I mean if that’s his argument, why have a government at all? Honestly that’s probably exactly what he wants, to do absolutely nothing at all unless he has a supermajority. What a feckless Cunt.
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.
Don’t consider. Do it. It might get buried or stifled in government proceedings but there will at least be some media coverage on it. It will show that you tried.
