{"id":2224240,"date":"2024-04-18T13:58:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T17:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-press-mayorkas-in-tense-faceoff-one-day-after-senate-dismissed-impeachment-articles\/"},"modified":"2024-04-18T13:59:31","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T17:59:31","slug":"republicans-press-mayorkas-in-tense-faceoff-one-day-after-senate-dismissed-impeachment-articles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-press-mayorkas-in-tense-faceoff-one-day-after-senate-dismissed-impeachment-articles\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans grill Mayorkas in heated confrontation post-Senate impeachment dismissal"},"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%2Frepublicans-press-mayorkas-in-tense-faceoff-one-day-after-senate-dismissed-impeachment-articles%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=2224240&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>Republicans challenged Homeland Security \u2064Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas \u2062in a meeting following \u200bthe\u2064 dismissal of impeachment articles by Senate Democrats. During the session, Senator Ron Johnson criticized Mayorkas for his\u2064 border\u2062 policies&#8217; role \u200cin American deaths. Meanwhile, Senator Rand\u2064 Paul expressed \u2063disappointment over\u200d the \u2063situation, emphasizing \u2062the gravity of the matter. Senator Mitt Romney also raised \u2062concerns\u200c over the administration&#8217;s detention\u2064 policies\u200c for\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-happening-president-trump-issues-warning-swing-states-that-found-massive-voter-fraud-which-is-all-of-them-cannot-legally-certify-these-votes\/\" title=\"IT\u2019S HAPPENING: President Trump Issues Warning \u2013 Swing States that Found MASSIVE VOTER FRAUD, which is all of them, CANNOT LEGALLY CERTIFY these votes\">illegal immigrants<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republicans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Republicans\">Republicans<\/a> took off the gloves in their first face-to-face meeting with Homeland Security Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/alejandro-mayorkas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Alejandro Mayorkas<\/a> since Senate Democrats dismissed the articles of impeachment against the Biden administration official a day earlier.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Senate<\/a> Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee pressed Mayorkas on Thursday, hounding him over his handling of the southern border crisis during a hearing on the department\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-live-senate-homeland-security-committee-holds-hearing-with-alejandro-mayorkas\/\" title=\"Tune in live: Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing featuring Alejandro Mayorkas\">fiscal 2025 budget request<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you ever, when you go to bed at night, do you have any regrets? Do you have any remorse for your complicity in these crimes you have as your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/constitutional-crisis-or-political-war\/\" title=\"Constitutional Crisis or Political War\">open border<\/a> policies aided and abetted the murder of Americans?\u201d Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) asked Mayorkas. \u201cPeople lost their loved ones because of this catastrophe, this open border policy. Do you have any remorse? Do you have any regrets?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mayorkas said he empathized with the victim\u2019s families but that \u201cthe criminals who committed those crimes are responsible for their criminal conduct.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey wouldn\u2019t have been let into this country had you not allowed them in through your open border,\u201d Johnson continued. \u201cYou blew it all up. And that\u2019s the result. That\u2019s the result! That\u2019s the catastrophe! And you\u2019ve been denying before this committee repeatedly that this isn\u2019t even a crisis \u2014 not your problem, Senator, it\u2019s a challenge. This is a catastrophe, Mister. And I cannot believe you have no remorse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Republicans berated and rebuked Mayorkas less than 24 hours after Senate Democrats voted the two articles of impeachment against Mayorkas were unconstitutional, effectively dismissing the trial before it could get started.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t see this as a happy day or a day that I take relish or pleasure in, but it\u2019s a sad day \u2014 a sad day in the sense that it\u2019s come to this. This isn\u2019t a debate over policy. This was a debate over malfeasance \u2014 a debate over whether you\u2019ve been telling the truth and whether you\u2019ve been enforcing the law,\u201d said Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), the top Republican on the committee.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) asked Mayorkas about the Biden administration\u2019s detention of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/with-trump-gone-the-media-no-longer-cares-about-kids-in-cages\/\" title=\"With Trump Gone, The Media No Longer Cares About \u2018Kids In Cages\u2019\">illegal immigrants arrested<\/a> at the border and instructed Mayorkas to look back at the impeachment articles for additional information.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would refer you to the articles of impeachment, which I presume you\u2019ve had the chance to read. Is that right?\u201d Romney asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cActually, I have not read the articles of impeachment,\u201d Mayorkas said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI probably would want to do that because it alleges that you haven\u2019t, that you did not follow the law,\u201d Romney said, visibly stunned by Mayorkas\u2019s admission. \u201cEither you or your legal counsel ought to read that and make sure that you are following the law of the United States of America.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>Mayorkas publicly admits he has not read the articles of impeachment against him and Romney explains why that\u2019s problematic<\/p>\n<p>Romney: \u201cI would refer you to the Articles of Impeachment, which I presume you&#8217;ve had the chance to read. Is that right?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mayorkas: \u201cActually, I have not\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cq3xTYbyTu\">pic.twitter.com\/cq3xTYbyTu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Anna Giaritelli (@Anna_Giaritelli) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Anna_Giaritelli\/status\/1780982607691346158?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 18, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) shared examples of Missouri residents who were stabbed or killed by illegal immigrants, including the death of 12-year-old Travis Wolfe. <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr. Secretary, I know that you think your policies are a success. You\u2019ve sat right there in that chair and told us over and over, \u2018Our policies are working.\u2019 You\u2019re on the record years and years saying that,\u201d Hawley said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe they\u2019re working for you. But they\u2019re not working for Laken Riley or <a href=\"https:\/\/fox2now.com\/news\/missouri\/new-details-revealed-in-head-on-collision-that-killed-12-year-old\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Travis Wolfe<\/a> or the people of my state,\u201d Hawley said. \u201cThey are, in fact, a travesty. What you have done is a travesty. And sir, it is long past time for you to go.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republicans confronted Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in a heated meeting post-Senate impeachment dismissal. 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