{"id":2227324,"date":"2024-04-22T15:19:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T19:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tammy-baldwin-calls-mayorkas-impeachment-political-games-but-she-spearheaded-impeachments-of-george-w-bush-and-dick-cheney\/"},"modified":"2024-04-22T15:20:24","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T19:20:24","slug":"tammy-baldwin-calls-mayorkas-impeachment-political-games-but-she-spearheaded-impeachments-of-george-w-bush-and-dick-cheney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tammy-baldwin-calls-mayorkas-impeachment-political-games-but-she-spearheaded-impeachments-of-george-w-bush-and-dick-cheney\/","title":{"rendered":"Tammy Baldwin criticizes Mayorkas impeachment as &#8216;political games&#8217; despite leading impeachments of Bush and Cheney"},"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\">30<\/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%2Ftammy-baldwin-calls-mayorkas-impeachment-political-games-but-she-spearheaded-impeachments-of-george-w-bush-and-dick-cheney%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=2227324&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>Senator Tammy Baldwin of\u2063 Wisconsin criticized the recent \u2064impeachment of \u200cHomeland Security Chief Alejandro Mayorkas as a\u2062 political maneuver. She condemned the impeachment as devoid of evidence and focused on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michigan-ag-absolutely-enough-evidence-to-charge-2020-gop-electors-seemingly-part-of-a-bigger-conspiracy\/\" title=\"Michigan AG: \u2018Absolutely\u2019 Enough Evidence To Charge 2020 GOP Electors, Seemingly \u2018Part Of A Bigger Conspiracy\u2019\">scoring political points<\/a> rather than addressing real border issues. Baldwin, who had previously advocated for impeaching Bush \u2063and\u200d Cheney, emphasized the solemn duty \u2062of Congress to hold officials accountable for misconduct.  <\/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<figure><figcaption> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\tSen. Tammy Baldwin (Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images)\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D., Wis.) objected to the impeachment of homeland security chief Alejandro Mayorkas last week as &#8220;political games.&#8221; But earlier in her career, she spearheaded fringe attempts to impeach former president George W. Bush over &#8220;climate change&#8221; and his vice president, Dick Cheney, for &#8220;aggression against the Republic of Iran.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Baldwin joined her Democratic colleagues and Republican senator Lisa Murkowski (R., Alaska) in rejecting the GOP-backed impeachment charges last week against the Department of Homeland Security secretary, whom conservative critics blame for the record-high surge in illegal immigration.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baldwin.senate.gov\/news\/press-releases\/senator-baldwin-statement-on-vote-to-dismiss-impeachment-of-dhs-secretary-alejandro-mayorkas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a>, Baldwin slammed Republicans for playing &#8220;political games&#8221; and said impeachment was a &#8220;sacred and solemn duty of Congress that is solely reserved to hold those accountable for high crimes and misdemeanors.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Unfortunately, what we had in front of us today entirely failed to meet that high standard, lacked evidence, and was just an attempt to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/21-house-republicans-vote-against-awarding-medals-to-all-police-who-were-at-january-6-riot\/\" title=\"21 House Republicans Vote Against Awarding Medals To All Police Who Were At January 6 Riot\">score cheap political points<\/a>, while moving us no closer to fixing the real issues we face at our Southern border,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Baldwin\u2019s comments are a contrast to her positions earlier in her career, when she helped lead an unsuccessful campaign to impeach former president Bush and then-vice president Cheney over climate change, failure to prevent the Sept. 11 attacks, and for being too tough on Iran.<\/p>\n<p>While serving as a House member in 2008, Baldwin was one of only 11 lawmakers to cosponsor articles of impeachment against Bush.<\/p>\n<p>The impeachment <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/110th-congress\/house-resolution\/1258\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">charges<\/a>, which were drafted by former representative Dennis Kucinich (D., Ohio), accused Bush of spending &#8220;public dollars on a secret propaganda program to manufacture a false cause for war against Iraq&#8221; and for failing to &#8220;take proper steps to protect the nation prior to September 11, 2001.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The charges said Bush also &#8220;ignored the peril to life and property posed by global climate change, manipulated scientific information and mishandled protective policy, constituting nonfeasance and malfeasance in office, abuse of power, dereliction of duty, and deception of Congress and the American people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Baldwin also called for impeaching Cheney in 2007. She cosponsored impeachment charges with Kucinich that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/110th-congress\/house-resolution\/333\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">accused<\/a> Cheney of &#8220;fabricating a threat of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction to justify the use of the United States Armed Forces against the nation of Iraq&#8221; and said the Republican vice president &#8220;openly threatened aggression against the Republic of Iran.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In a statement at the time, Baldwin said Cheney\u2019s actions had &#8220;reached the point where evidence of high crimes and misdemeanors by these highest ranking officials cannot be ignored or condoned through inaction.&#8221;\t<\/p>\n<p>Republicans have been united in their support for impeaching Mayorkas, arguing that he has failed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsom-recall-petition-close-to-success\/\" title=\"Newsom Recall Petition Close To Success\">enforce immigration laws<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Wisconsin Senate race is expected to be one of the most competitive in the country, and it could determine party control of the upper chamber next year. Baldwin, who has served two terms in the Senate, is running for reelection. She is expected to face off against Republican challenger Eric Hovde, a businessman from Madison, Wis.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Tammy Baldwin from Wisconsin criticized the impeachment of Homeland Security Chief Alejandro Mayorkas as &#8220;political games.&#8221; However, she previously led efforts to impeach former President George W. Bush for &#8220;climate change&#8221; and Vice President Dick Cheney for &#8220;aggression.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":2227325,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/senators-duckworth-and-murray-discuss-alabamas-court-ruling-on-ivf-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2227324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/senators-duckworth-and-murray-discuss-alabamas-court-ruling-on-ivf-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2227324","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\/120"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2227324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2227324\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2227325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2227324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2227324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2227324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}