Rep. Thomas Massie’s stated goal was to get Pete Hegseth out of the Department of Defense as soon as possible.
If not for a group of House Democrats who didn't show up to vote in the lame-duck session, Hegseth would be impeached right now.
The final vote on a resolution to send Thomas Massie’s articles of impeachment to committee was 211-204.
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A quick bit of math tells you that out of 435 House members, only 415 voted on the measure. Only Massie broke with his party and voted against referring the articles to committee, which was a vote to kill the impeachment.
There were 20 members who didn’t vote, and 11 of them were Democrats.
If eight of those Democrats show up to vote, Hegseth is impeached.
Here is the list of 11 House Democrats who allowed Hegseth to avoid impeachment today:
Brownley, Correa, Hollen, Hosford, Jackson (IL), Pelosi, Pettersen, Stansbury, Stevens, Strickland, Wilson (FL)
Haley Stevens has abandoned Congress. Her office is locked, and no one is there. Some of these members, like Pelosi, are retiring. There is no excuse for not showing up to vote to impeach Pete Hegseth.
Pete Hegseth will wish he had been impeached today.