GOP makes weak pitch as Senate rejects Mayorkas impeachment articles
by MSNBC News
MSNBC News— More than a month after House Republicans impeached Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, despite the GOP’s inability to find any evidence of him committing high crimes, the articles were finally delivered to the Senate on Tuesday. Republicans in the upper chamber responded by demanding a full impeachment trial. They didn’t get one. As NBC News reported, the Senate Democratic majority dismissed both of the articles against the DHS chief just hours after the proceedings began. There...
TheHill—Cruz: Democrats tossed ‘two centuries of precedent’ by rejecting Mayorkas articles of impeachment. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) ripped Democrats in the upper chamber for dismissing two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Wednesday, claiming they tossed over two centuries of "precedent" in the Senate. "Yesterday, Chuck Schumer threw over two centuries of precedent in the United States Senate out of the window," Cruz wrote
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Elko Daily Free Press—Video: What Senate rules say about dismissing Mayorkas impeachment. There are 26 Senate rules that lay out the process for an impeachment trial that will guide the chamber for Alejandro Mayorkas' trial.