{"id":2556689,"date":"2026-01-29T07:25:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T12:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-push-for-noem-impeachment-despite-little-appetite-to-oust-trump\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T07:27:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T12:27:31","slug":"democrats-push-for-noem-impeachment-despite-little-appetite-to-oust-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-push-for-noem-impeachment-despite-little-appetite-to-oust-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats push for Noem impeachment despite little appetite to oust Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fdemocrats-push-for-noem-impeachment-despite-little-appetite-to-oust-trump%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=2556689&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>Nearly 160 House Democrats have cosponsored impeachment articles introduced by Rep. Robin Kelly against Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, accusing her of obstructing Congress, violating public trust, and self-dealing.The number of co-sponsors grew after recent shootings of Minnesota residents by Border Patrol and ICE agents. Democratic leaders\u2014including Hakeem Jeffries, Pete Aguilar, and Katherine Clark\u2014have not backed Kelly\u2019s resolution and have urged other tactics, such as pressuring President Trump to remove Noem, arguing impeachment would be politically risky and likely futile in a Republican-controlled Senate. Past attempts, like Rep. shri Thanedar\u2019s impeachment filing against Trump, were withdrawn after pushback from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-latino-caucus-rips-both-harris-and-trump-calls-for-all-asylum-seekers-to-be-let-in\/\" title=\"California Latino Caucus Rips Both Harris And ..., Calls For \u2018All Asylum Seekers\u2019 To Be Let In\">caucus leaders<\/a>. Some strategists say pursuing resignation or leveraging budget fights over Homeland Security funding would be more effective, while progressive voices urge bolder action and formal impeachment. Trump has publicly defended Noem, and immigration officials are scheduled to testify before the House Homeland Security Committee.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Nearly 160 House Democrats want to impeach Noem but won&rsquo;t bite on Trump<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2487213\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/impeachment\/\">Impeachment<\/a> has become a calling card for progressive <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democrats\/\">Democrats<\/a> upset with the Trump administration, often used as a response to every action, big or small, taken by the president. But few Democrats are outright in support of impeaching Trump yet, instead focusing their ire as of now on Homeland Security Secretary <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kristi-noem\/\">Kristi Noem<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Robin Kelly (D-IL) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/4418544\/house-democrats-introduce-impeachment-articles-against-kristi-noem\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-plan-post-midterms-biden-impeachment-plans\/\" title=\"...ublicans Plan Post-Midterms Biden ... Plans\">introduced impeachment articles<\/a><\/a> against Noem earlier this month, accusing her of obstructing Congress, violating public trust, and self-dealing. The articles have <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/119th-congress\/house-resolution\/996\/all-info\">close to 160 official co-sponsors<\/a>, growing drastically after 37-year-old Alex Pretti was shot and killed by Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis on Saturday. This came a few weeks after an <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ice\/\">Immigration and Customs Enforcement<\/a> officer fatally shot another Minnesota resident, 37-year-old Renee Good. Both Good and Pretti were U.S. citizens.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4436983\/red-line-republican-fight-brews-push-give-illegal-immigrants-legal-status\/\">&#8216;Red line&#8217;: Republican fight brews over push to give illegal immigrants legal status<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4436803\/gop-lawmakers-break-from-trump-in-taking-attack-against-omar-seriously\/\">GOP lawmakers break from Trump in taking attack against Omar seriously<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4436679\/wes-moore-defends-maryland-redistricting-push-critics-say-stealing-votes\/\">Wes Moore defends Maryland redistricting push as critics say he&#8217;s &#8216;stealing&#8217; their votes<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Democratic leadership has been wary of supporting impeachment pushes from its members, particularly those targeting Trump. House Minority Leader <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hakeem-jeffries\/\">Hakeem Jeffries<\/a> (D-NY) and Democratic Caucus Chairman Pete Aguilar (D-CA) have previously argued that there are more important issues for the Democratic caucus to be focused on.<\/p>\n<p>Jeffries and the Democratic leadership have called on Trump to fire Noem and said that if he refuses, the option to impeach Noem is on the table. Neither Jeffries, Aguilar, nor House Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-MA) has signed on to Kelly&rsquo;s resolution, however.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I have said before from this podium, this is not the right approach we should be taking,&rdquo; Aguilar said in May 2025 after Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-MI) filed seven articles of impeachment against Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Thanedar <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3411097\/thanedar-pressure-pulls-trump-impeachment\/\">ultimately pulled<\/a> his impeachment articles, which he had filed as &ldquo;privileged&rdquo; to force an immediate vote, after a pressure campaign from caucus leaders and members, who called his resolution &ldquo;not timely&rdquo; and &ldquo;unserious.&rdquo; Even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-issues-injunction-blocking-several-directives-from-l-a-countys-new-controversial-d-a\/\" title=\"Judge Issues Injunction Blocking Several Directives From L.A. County\u2019s New Controversial D.A.\">progressive leaders<\/a> were opposed to taking a &ldquo;doomed&rdquo; impeachment vote.<\/p>\n<p>Thanedar also filed articles of impeachment against War Secretary Pete Hegseth following the &ldquo;Signal-gate&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >text message scandal involving war plans<\/a>. Jeffries has said that Hegseth has &ldquo;got to go,&rdquo; but he admitted last year that Democrats would likely not pursue a formal impeachment process due to Republicans holding a trifecta.<\/p>\n<p>But some Democratic strategists warn that calling for impeachment could come off more as a &ldquo;publicity stunt,&rdquo; even in Noem&rsquo;s case, given the party&rsquo;s eagerness to throw around the once-rare procedure to remove a president or official who committed high crimes and misdemeanors.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Moving for impeachment may be a little too much,&rdquo; said veteran Democratic strategist Hank Sheinkopf. &ldquo;Forcing a change would probably be better. &hellip;Impeachment is a rather final event. They can&rsquo;t claim victory if they don&rsquo;t get an impeachment. They would be able to claim victory if they had a resignation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Democratic strategist Brad Bannon said he thinks impeachment should be a &ldquo;lower priority&rdquo; for congressional Democrats&nbsp;and that they should focus more on the&nbsp;budget fight&nbsp;in the Senate over Homeland Security funding.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think the Democratic energy should be focused on forcing Trump to get her out, to force her to resign, to keep up the pressure on her that way,&rdquo; Bannon said. &ldquo;Push very hard on the budget battle, and take your foot off the gas on impeachment, because I think fighting the budget battle could get you what you want.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Bannon said &ldquo;impeachment is an empty process,&rdquo; since at least 67 votes were needed for conviction in the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>Both Bannon and Sheinkopf said Democrats should instead pressure Trump to remove Noem, rather than the party venturing down a likely failed avenue.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Demanding that there be a resignation because American values are violated, and this is not what we do as a nation, allows Democrats to rattle American values in front of people&rsquo;s faces,&rdquo; Sheinkopf said. &ldquo;The word impeachment, it&rsquo;s just lost its meaning. Why was Clinton impeached? Sex behavior. Trump was impeached twice in what amounted to nothing.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Calling for an impeachment sounds great, but it&rsquo;s more of an intellectual argument than it is an emotional one,&rdquo; Sheinkopf added.<\/p>\n<p>Not everyone agrees with that advice, however. Corbin Trent, a former Bernie Sanders strategist and former communications director for Ocasio-Cortez, argued that pressuring Trump won&rsquo;t get the party anywhere.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think Trump gives a s*** what Democrats think,&rdquo; Trent said. &ldquo;So I don&rsquo;t think Democrats calling on her to resign plays even an iota with what Trump ultimately does or thinks.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump defended Noem on Wednesday, giving a one-word answer of &ldquo;no&rdquo; when asked if Noem would step down. He said, &ldquo;I do,&rdquo; later in an interview with Fox News when asked if he had confidence in Noem.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4435733\/ice-immigration-directors-testify-house-homeland-security-committee\/\"><strong>ICE AND IMMIGRATION DIRECTORS TO TESTIFY BEFORE HOUSE HOMELAND SECURITY COMMITTEE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trent said now that impeachment has become less of a &ldquo;solemn undertaking&rdquo; and is now &ldquo;done in the public square,&rdquo; he thinks Democrats need to be &ldquo;bolder.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think it&rsquo;s important to do,&rdquo; Trent said of the impeachment push. &ldquo;I think Democrats need to be stronger. I think they need to show some spine, an alternative vision for America. And they&rsquo;re going to have to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-elise-stefanik-is-still-pushing-for-cuomos-arrest-after-his-resignation\/\" title=\".... Elise Stefanik Is Still ...ing For Cuomo\u2019s Arrest After His Resignation\">clean house<\/a> at some point. You might as well start talking about doing it now.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>160 House Democrats push Noem impeachment, not Trump<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2648,"featured_media":2556690,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hakeem-jeffires-house-democrats-speaking-capitol-building.webp?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[3685,3636,32359,72170,3634],"class_list":["post-2556689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-democrats","tag-impeachment","tag-kristi-noem","tag-south-dakota-politics","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hakeem-jeffires-house-democrats-speaking-capitol-building.webp?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2556689","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\/2648"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2556689"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2556689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2556693,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2556689\/revisions\/2556693"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2556690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2556689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2556689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2556689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}