Biden Calls Impeachment Of Mayorkas 'Unconstitutional' And 'Petty'
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House Republicans managed to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas without any evidence of his alleged crimes.
President Joe Biden issued a swift condemnation of House Republicans’ impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday, accusing them of playing “petty political games.”
“History will not look kindly on House Republicans for their blatant act of unconstitutional partisanship that has targeted an honorable public servant,” Biden said of Mayorkas, noting that he’s a “Cuban immigrant who came to the United States with his family as political refugees” who “has spent more than two decades serving America with integrity in a decorated career in law enforcement and public service.”
Republicans managed to narrowly impeach Mayorkas Tuesday in a 214-213 vote, with three GOP lawmakers defecting. He is the first cabinet secretary Congress has voted to impeach in nearly 150 years.
The vote came one week after House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) flubbed the math on a previous attempt to impeach Mayorkas, who’s tasked with carrying out current immigration laws.
Republicans have not proven that Mayorkas committed any crimes, let alone the high level ones required to meet the threshold of an impeachable offense. Nevertheless, House leadership has put a target on him, accusing him of “willful” refusal to follow immigration laws and a mishandling of the surge in migration along the U.S.-Mexico border.
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