Transcript of Breaking: Impeachment of Hegseth is Coming!

Buckle up. Accountability is beginning. Pete Hegseth will likely be impeached by the United States House of Representatives as soon as the end of this month. An impeachment vote will be scheduled next week. Congress is coming back into session even before Democrats are able to take over the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. Republicans in Congress are officially tired of the Secretary of Defense. He may be the first, but he may not be the last to be impeached. Impeachment is a very rare tool. It is not used often. A president has only been impeached 4 times.

The lawful conduct of United States military operations, the integrity and credibility of the United States Armed Forces, and the Constitution, if allowed, to remain in office, and has acted in a manner grossly incompatible with his duties and the rule of law. Peter Brian Hegseth thus warrants impeachment and trial, removal from office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust, or profit under the United States.

That is Thomas Massie announcing the impeachment resolutions. Here is how this is going to work. Impeachment in the United States House of Representatives only requires a majority vote. There is nothing stopping this from happening. A resolution has been put forth. The vote will be forced. Republicans behind the scenes told CNN there are enough votes, more than enough, to impeach Pete Hegseth. But Hegseth is not the only one. Articles of impeachment have been filed against individuals like RFK Jr., the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Linda McMahon, the Secretary of Education, and others.

I am, uh, I ain't feeling like that. No, listen, I'm feeling good because I think that the people spoke. And, you know, the message that they sent was just loud and clear. They're tired, right? They're tired of the corruption and the grifting. They're tired of the fact that we are fighting wars that nobody asked for. They're tired of the fact that the president is putting tariffs on us. And the president said the tariffs were going to be a boon for the American people, but all they've been is a bill for the American people.

You won by almost 30 points in your race, which is pretty significant given the fact that people forget you had a Republican governor in this state just a few years back. This is not this has been a swing state back and forth. But the bigger win, I think, is the question three win, which also won by a wide margin. What happens next?

So, you know, I tell people that this is a monumental win for the people of Maryland, because the people of Maryland, in an overwhelming fashion, they spoke. And they said that at a time when we were watching Donald Trump trying to unilaterally redistrict this country to try to make this pain permanent because he doesn't want to be checked, this is the time for Maryland to be able to push back. And the people of Maryland agreed. And so now what we see is that the courts have spoken, the people have spoken, and so now Maryland must meet the moment.

So right now, Maryland has a 7-1 map. Democrats have 7 seats. Republicans have 1 in their congressional seats. Do you expect to redraw it such that it becomes an 8-0 map?

Well, I expect that we are going to have fair maps inside of our state. And the truth is, is that when you're looking at this country, about 92, 93 percent of our congressional districts, they are not competitive, right? The biggest challenge is a Democrat. The biggest concern they have is a primary to their left. The biggest concern for a Republican is a primary to their right. And that is what's causing so much of this of this division that we have. And frankly, Maryland is not immune to that if you look at our maps.

I want to get your reaction to something Vice President Vance said today. He said, quote, "The reason we lost is the war, and everyone knows why we lost. Any honest conversation about where we go from here must start there." What's your reaction?

You know, my reaction is I have I have never seen a grown man grow a spine. That comment would have been great six months ago before we started bombing people. That comment would have been great before the president started spending tens of billions of dollars and started giving away national treasure, both of blood and of finances. So, you know, I'm glad that, I guess, that J.D. Vance has said the truth.

You talk about the war. You talk about accountability. There is rumblings, at least right now in D.C., that Hegseth may be going soon. The president may consider firing Hegseth, or there could be an impeachment vote in the House of Representatives in the next couple weeks. Do you support Hegseth leaving his term as Secretary of Defense?

I don't think he should have been there in the first place. He's the most he is and listen, as a veteran myself, as someone who served overseas and served in Afghanistan, you know, I take that role very seriously. This is a person who is in charge of making sure and maintaining the health and welfare and safety of our nation's soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines. The one who's in charge of making sure that we are fighting and winning our nation's wars, and we're doing it smartly, the one who's in charge of ensuring that they are giving the president the right counsel.

It's a new day in America. Democrats are going to have the House of Representatives. They're going to have the United States Senate. What should they be doing right now?

I think they should be focusing on what are we going to do to immediately address what the American people just told us. And I think it's going to be twofold. I think the American people said that they need that we have to be able to address this corruption and this grifting that is going on. And we need to make sure we are doing things that's making their life easier. And I don't think we should have to think about what is the choice between those things. And so, you know, everything that we can do to rein in these wars, to let the president of the United States know that you do not have the authority to unilaterally fight or wage wars on people, that that matters.

Now, Donald Trump has changed his tune over the past 12 hours, saying now he wants to work with Democrats. He doesn't want to veto everything like before. That's what he's been telling reporters lately. Now, over the past 18 months, he hasn't really wanted to work with you much. He has disinvited you from events. He has stonewalled you whenever he had the opportunity. Do you see that changing over the next two years?

I don't. I mean, in the words of Jay-Z, we don't believe you. You need more people. You know, so listen, I would love for that to be the case. There has just been no evidence that that is the case. And I really do believe in, you know, in the old school beliefs of trust but verify. And since there is since all trust has been broken by this president, we're just going to be forced to just verify. And we've just seen no evidence that that is what he wants to do.

You talk about rolling back things like tariffs, ending the war in Iran. If you had it your way over the next two years, but even beyond, four years, six years, what does the Democratic Party stand for?

Results. That it's that this become a party that actually addresses the issues that people have been asking for, not for years, but in some cases, generations. I don't understand why we have not yet fixed the issue of child poverty in our society, except we've made the choice not to. I don't understand why it's still so difficult to build affordable housing inside of our country, except we've just chosen to make it difficult. I don't understand why we can have a public school system in this country that is not preparing our children for either jobs or higher education and why we don't have a public education system universally that is making sure that our children are not just trained to be employees, but employers.

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