Now, you might remember this was their second attempt to impeach Mayorkas over his handling of the southern border. The first vote, well, that failed in a stunning and embarrassing fashion just last week. Now the GOP-led effort moves to the Senate, where Mayorkas will stand trial. walk us through, good morning, walk us through what happens next for Mayorkas. Well, in the immediate sense, he keeps doing his job. This has no material impact. This is a non-binding resolution.
To give you a sense of how partisan this affair was, Congressman Steve Scalise, who returned to Capitol Hill from receiving cancer treatment, it was his vote that was the necessary vote for Republicans to achieve this. They just eked this out by one vote. But not all Republicans... Republicans went along with this. You had Congressman Gallagher, Buck and McClintock, who essentially argued that a policy dispute that it didn't amount to an impeachable offense that Mayorkas didn't engage in things that you traditionally think of as impeachable offenses like public corruption.
Or abusing power. Still Republicans, they felt strongly enough about this to move forward with this effort. They've been talking about it a long time, and they argue that Mayorkas is breaking the law. Let's listen to these lawmakers. The Senate really ought to take seriously the message that was sent is that we're serious about securing the border and the Secretary's failed to do his job.
You can try to put lipstick on this pig. It is still a pig and this is a terrible impeachment that sets a terrible precedent. So the Senate, led by Democrats, they do have to take this up, but they are telegraphing that they have no appetite to do so. What they could do is dismiss these two articles of impeachment on a simple majority vote before each side even argues the case.
