{"id":1765688,"date":"2022-12-07T06:03:28","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T11:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1765688"},"modified":"2022-12-07T07:49:22","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T12:49:22","slug":"rinos-romney-and-collins-dismiss-impeaching-dhs-sec-mayorkas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rinos-romney-and-collins-dismiss-impeaching-dhs-sec-mayorkas\/","title":{"rendered":"RINOs Romney and Collins Dismiss Impeaching DHS Sec Mayorkas"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frinos-romney-and-collins-dismiss-impeaching-dhs-sec-mayorkas%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1765688&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Impeaching\u00a0DHS Secretary\u00a0Alejandro Mayorkas for failing to secure the southern border does not appear to have the support of the\u00a0some Republican senators.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a8d-pre\">As border patrol has encountered more than 2.3 million illegal aliens at the border, with over\u00a0230,000 migrant encounters in October, establishment Sens. Mitt Romney (R-UT) and Susan Collins (R-ME) appear averse to holding\u00a0Mayorkas accountable for the southern border invasion.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"story-text__paragraph\">\u201cSomeone has to commit a high crime or misdemeanor for that to be a valid inquiry,\u201d Romney <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/12\/06\/republican-senators-mccarthy-impeachment-00072420\">told<\/a> <em>Politico<\/em> about impeachment standards. \u201cI haven\u2019t seen any accusation of that nature whatsoever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-text__paragraph\">\u201cThere are a lot of things I disagree with \u2026 but that doesn\u2019t rise to impeachment,\u201d he said about\u00a0Mayorkas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-text__paragraph\">Collins, a pro-Donald Trump impeachment vote and McConnell ally, brushed off the question of whether Mayorkas should be impeached.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"story-text__paragraph\">\u201cThat\u2019s not something I\u2019ve heard discussed over here,\u201d Collins replied.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_22762803\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/GettyImages-1245259475-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22762803\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/GettyImages-1245259475-1.jpg\" alt=\"WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 16: Sen, Susan Collins(R-ME) walks through the halls of the US Capitol before heading into the Senate to vote on putting the Respect for Marriage act on a glide path to victory, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Bill O&#039;Leary\/The Washington Post via Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 NOVEMBER 16: Sen, Susan Collins(R-ME) walks through the halls of the US Capitol before heading into the Senate to vote on putting the Respect for Marriage act on a glide path to victory, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Bill O\u2019Leary\/The Washington Post via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"story-text__paragraph\">Sen.\u00a0John Thune\u00a0(R-SD), the second highest ranking GOP senator, said an investigation of\u00a0Mayorkas\u2019s open border should ensue before rushing to impeachment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-text__paragraph\">\u201cI think there is a legitimate need for oversight \u2026 but, I mean, I think it needs to be focused on some specific areas,\u201d Thune said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-text__paragraph\">Romney and Collins are at odds with some of their Republican colleagues. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) have been more aggressive. Penning a letter to Mayorkas in October, they accused Mayorkas of \u201ca gross dereliction of duty and a violation of your oath of office,\u201d and stated a failure to correct the inflow of illegal migrants is grounds for impeachment.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"story-text__paragraph\">\u201cThis is gross dereliction of duty and, if not corrected swiftly, could provide grounds for impeachment,\u201d they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/mayorkas-defends-dhs-record-illegal-border-crossings\">wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-text__paragraph\">If impeachment proceedings were launched against Mayorkas, they would be first initiated in the House and then conveyed to the Senate. It is unlikely Republicans have enough votes in the Senate to follow through on impeaching Mayorkas, even if the House successfully voted to impeach.<\/p>\n<p>Some GOP House members <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/11\/22\/kevin-mccarthy-calls-for-alejandro-mayorkas-to-resign-threatens-impeachment-if-dhs-secretary-resists\/\">support<\/a> impeaching\u00a0Mayorkas, like GOP House leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA).<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIf Secretary Mayorkas does not resign, House Republicans will investigate every order, every action and every failure, and will determine whether we can begin an impeachment inquiry,\u201d McCarthy said in November.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mayorkas has \u201cno plans to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/11\/23\/dhs-mayorkas-resign-impeachment-inquiry\/\">resign<\/a>.\u201d Instead, Mayorkas has defended his failure to secure the southern border. Speaking with the <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> on Monday, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/mayorkas-defends-dhs-record-illegal-border-crossings\">said<\/a> the open border was a result of a \u201cbroken immigration system\u201d and his failure to enforce the law.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe immigration system, our laws, have not been reformed for more than 40 years,\u201d\u00a0Mayorkas said. \u201cThe problem from administration to administration, regardless of party, is the fact that we are fundamentally working within a broken immigration system, and that is the foundational challenge, with respect to the border.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Wendell Huseb\u00f8 on\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WendellHusebo?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\"><em>Twitter<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0@WendellHuseb\u00f8. He is the author of\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Politics-Slave-Morality-Wendell-Husebo-ebook\/dp\/B08PPYQSDZ\"><em>Politics of Slave Morality<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Impeaching\u00a0DHS Secretary\u00a0Alejandro Mayorkas for failing to secure the southern border does not appear to have the support of the\u00a0some Republican senators. 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