Top House Democrats are already salivating at the prospect of holding top figures in the Trump Administration accountable for their actions over the last two years. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, likely to be the next Speaker of the House of Representatives, fully backed a resolution from Kentucky Republican Thomas Massie to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in an appearance on ABC This Week. ‘I’m a hard yes on the Hegseth resolution,’ Jeffries told anchor Jonathan Karl. ‘The so-called secretary of defense has abused his power, undermined our national security and engineered this reckless and costly war of choice in Iran, which has skyrocketed prices on the American people and made the country less safe,’ the top House Democrat continued.
‘Pete Hegseth has got to go,’ Jeffries added. The Minority Leader did not commit to throwing the full support of his caucus behind the measure, saying he would ‘have that conversation Tuesday morning,’ with fellow Democrats. California Representative Robert Garcia, the top Democrat on the Oversight Committee, shared his own scathing comments about the Trump administration on CNN’s Sunday morning show. The Democratic congressman blasted Trump’s family as ‘corrupt’ and vowed an uncompromising investigation into the president’s new chief of staff, Stephen Miller.
