{"id":2183822,"date":"2024-02-22T12:41:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T17:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rick-scott-says-mayorkas-needs-to-be-convicted-over-border-crisis\/"},"modified":"2024-02-22T12:43:35","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T17:43:35","slug":"rick-scott-says-mayorkas-needs-to-be-convicted-over-border-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rick-scott-says-mayorkas-needs-to-be-convicted-over-border-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Rick Scott calls for Mayorkas&#8217; conviction over border crisis"},"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%2Frick-scott-says-mayorkas-needs-to-be-convicted-over-border-crisis%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=2183822&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--><h2>Sen. Rick \u2063Scott Calls for Conviction of\u2063 Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas<\/h2>\n<p>Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) has taken\u200d a strong\u2064 stance \u2064against Homeland\u2062 Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, stating\u2063 that he should\u2062 be &#8220;convicted&#8221; for lying about \u200cthe state of the border. In a recent\u2064 appearance on Fox Business&#8217;s Mornings with Maria Bartiromo, \u200cScott discussed his letter to Vice President Kamala Harris, urging her to preside over Mayorkas&#8217;s impeachment \u2063trial.<\/p>\n<p>Scott believes that the Democrats are avoiding a trial, and \u2062Harris, as the border czar, should be well-informed about Mayorkas&#8217;s actions. &#8220;He&#8217;s lied to \u200bus. He lied to me straight to my face,&#8221; Scott asserted. According to the senator, Mayorkas&#8217;s claims of a secure border are completely false, and he holds the \u2063secretary responsible for opening the border as per President Biden&#8217;s directives.<\/p>\n<p>Despite \u2062Scott&#8217;s letter,\u2064 Harris has\u200d yet to respond. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has chosen Senate President\u200c Pro\u200d Tempore Patty Murray (D-WA) to\u2063 preside over the impeachment trial, which is set to take place when the chamber\u2062 reconvenes \u200bon \u2062Feb. 26. In\u200d order to \u200bconvict Mayorkas, at least two-thirds of the \u2062Senate \u2064would \u2064need \u2064to \u200bvote guilty on one of the two articles\u200d of impeachment.<\/p>\n<p>While Schumer is\u2064 expected to dismiss the trial, it is worth noting that no impeachment has ever been \u200ddismissed in U.S. history. The \u2062outcome of this highly anticipated trial remains uncertain.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How might the outcome of Mayorkas&#8217;s impeachment\u200d trial impact the Biden administration&#8217;s policies\u200d on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-shows-growing-democratic-opposition-to-cheap-labor-migration\/\" title=\"Poll Shows Growing Democratic Opposition to Cheap Labor Migration\">border control<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u2064 Senator Rick\u200d Scott of Florida has recently called for the conviction of\u2064 Homeland \u200cSecurity Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, accusing \u2063him of lying about the state of the border. \u2062In a interview with Fox \u200bBusiness, Scott discussed a letter he \u200bwrote to Vice President\u2063 Kamala Harris, urging her to oversee Mayorkas&#8217;s impeachment trial.<\/p>\n<p>According\u2063 to Scott, the Democrats are avoiding a\u200c trial, and Harris, as the \u2063border\u2063 czar,\u200c should be well-informed about Mayorkas&#8217;s \u200bactions. Scott firmly asserted that Mayorkas had\u2062 lied to \u2063him \u2064and the American people. He\u2064 believes Mayorkas&#8217;s claims of a secure\u200c border are completely false and holds him \u200dresponsible for the \u2062open border directives given by President Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Scott&#8217;s letter, Harris has yet to respond.\u200d Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has selected Senate President Pro Tempore Patty Murray \u2063to preside over the impeachment trial, which is scheduled\u2062 to take place on \u2062February 26\u2063 when the Senate \u200dreconvenes. To convict Mayorkas, \u200bat least \u2062two-thirds of the \u2063Senate would need to vote guilty on one of \u2063the two articles of \u200dimpeachment.<\/p>\n<p>Although Schumer is expected to\u200b dismiss the trial, it should be noted that no impeachment has ever been dismissed in U.S. history. As a result, the outcome\u200d of this highly anticipated trial remains uncertain.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, Senator Rick Scott&#8217;s\u200b call for\u200d the\u200b conviction of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has brought attention to the issue of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-red-wave-of-conservative-women-elected-to-congress\/\" title=\"The Red Wave of Conservative Women Elected to Congress\">border security<\/a>\u2063 and \u2063the conflicting views held by politicians. As the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/evidence-mounts-that-capitol-breach-was-pre-planned-eroding-incitement-allegation-in-trump-impeachment-trial\/\" title=\"Evidence Mounts that Capitol Breach Was Pre-Planned, Eroding Incitement Allegation in Trump Impeachment Trial\">impeachment trial approaches<\/a>, the outcome will undoubtedly have significant implications \u2063for both Mayorkas and the Biden administration&#8217;s policies\u200b on\u200d border control.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) accused Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas of lying about the border and called for his conviction. Scott appeared on Fox Business\u2019s Mornings with Maria Bartiromo, urging Vice President Kamala Harris to oversee Mayorkas\u2019s impeachment trial. The House has already received a letter from Scott regarding this matter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2183823,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Rick-Scott-Alejandro-Mayorkas.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2183822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Rick-Scott-Alejandro-Mayorkas.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2183822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2183822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2183822\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2183823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2183822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2183822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2183822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}