{"id":1932479,"date":"2023-05-17T09:29:15","date_gmt":"2023-05-17T13:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/impeachment-of-major-biden-admin-official-gaining-momentum-key-republicans-say-its-time\/"},"modified":"2023-05-17T09:29:15","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T13:29:15","slug":"impeachment-of-major-biden-admin-official-gaining-momentum-key-republicans-say-its-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/impeachment-of-major-biden-admin-official-gaining-momentum-key-republicans-say-its-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Impeachment of Major Biden Admin Official Gaining Momentum &#8211; Key Republicans Say It&#8217;s Time"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fimpeachment-of-major-biden-admin-official-gaining-momentum-key-republicans-say-its-time%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=1932479&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>    News  <\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden and Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas attend a naturalization ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington on July 2, 2021. (Patrick Semansky \/ AP)<\/p>\n<p>  \u00a0By Jack Davis   \u00a0May 17, 2023 at 5:59am      As the nation\u2019s southern border further resembles a sieve, restive House Republicans want to strike back by impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.<\/p>\n<p> Several House Judiciary Committee members are champing at the bit.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cHe should be impeached as soon as humanly possible,\u201d Republican Rep. Chip Roy of Texas told reporters Tuesday, according to Breitbart.<\/p>\n<p>  Republican Rep. Ben Cline of Virginia seconded that notion.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cI support beginning impeachment hearings. I\u2019ve said that to Chairman Jordan,\u201d Cline said, referring to Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. \u201cMy constituents think it\u2019s long overdue, and I feel as though once we lay out the facts for the American people and for my colleagues in the House, it\u2019ll be inevitable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>   Impeaching Mayorkas has been discussed among Republicans since February. Issues holding back hearings on the matter include the fact that while Democrats control the Senate, acquittal on the charges there is a foregone conclusion. Knowing impeachment will fall short of removing Mayorkas from office, some House Republicans have not supported the process.<\/p>\n<p> But the world changed last week as the Biden administration finally achieved its goal of ending Title 42, a Trump-era bit of pandemic health rulemaking used to expel illegal immigrants at the border.<\/p>\n<p>  Now, thousands of migrants a day are crossing into the U.S., overwhelming border security that is in place.<\/p>\n<p> That has given new life to efforts to remove Mayorkas.<\/p>\n<p> Republican Rep. Andy Biggs of Arizona, who proposed impeaching Mayorkas as far back as 2021, is \u201cfull steam ahead,\u201d his spokesman said Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>   Breitbart reported that based on what it called a person familiar with the matter, Jordan is trying to find the right strategy to pursue impeachment.<\/p>\n<p>  House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of California has called for Mayorkas to step down but has been less direct on the subject of impeachment.<\/p>\n<p> On Monday, Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia met with McCarthy to push for impeachment, according to CNN.<\/p>\n<p>  \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of renewed interest,\u201d Greene said.<\/p>\n<p> The last Cabinet secretary to be impeached was William Belknap, secretary of war in the Ulysses Grant administration, who was impeached by the House but acquitted by the Senate in 1876.<\/p>\n<p>  \u201cI know people are very frustrated with [Mayorkas],\u201d McCarthy said, indicating he wants to avoid the appearance of impeachment \u201cfor political reasons.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>  Do you think Mayorkas should be impeached?<\/p>\n<p>     Republican Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska termed an impeachment effort \u201ca lot of tires in the mud\u201d and said the focus should be on the person giving the orders, not the one executing them.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cIn the end, President Biden owns this and is responsible and I hope the voters hold him accountable in November,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>  On Sunday, Mayorkas seemed to dismiss talk of impeachment.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cI am focused on the work in front of us, meeting the challenge not only with respect to the southern border but meeting the challenge of cyber, the cyber threat from cyber criminals and adverse foreign nations states,\u201d he said in an interview on CNN\u2019s \u201cState of the Union.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> \u201cI am focused on the increasing severity and frequency of extreme weather events. I am focused on the adverse actions of the People\u2019s Republic of China, North Korea, Iran, Russia.<\/p>\n<p>  \u201cI am focused on the work of the Department of Homeland Security. I will continue to focus on that work throughout my tenure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>       Tags:<\/p>\n<p> Alejandro Mayorkas, Biden administration, border crisis, border security, illegal immigration, immigration, impeachment, Kevin McCarthy, politics, Republicans, US news<\/p>\n<p>   SummaryMore Biographical InformationRecent PostsContact<\/p>\n<p> Jack Davis is a freelance writer who joined The Western Journal in July 2015 and chronicled the campaign that saw President Donald Trump elected. Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and military issues.<\/p>\n<p>   Jack Davis is a freelance writer who joined The Western Journal in July 2015 and chronicled the campaign that saw President Donald Trump elected. Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and military issues.<br \/>\n Jack can be reached at jackwritings1@gmail.com. <\/p>\n<p> Location <\/p>\n<p> New York City <\/p>\n<p> Languages Spoken <\/p>\n<p> English <\/p>\n<p> Topics of Expertise <\/p>\n<p> Politics, Foreign Policy, Military &#038; Defense Issues <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News President Joe Biden and Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas attend a naturalization ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington on July 2, 2021. 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