𝐃𝐄𝐌𝐎𝐂𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐒, 𝐀𝐅𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐇𝐄𝐆𝐒𝐄𝐓𝐇 𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐄𝐀𝐂𝐇𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐕𝐎𝐓𝐄, 𝐕𝐎𝐖 𝐓𝐎 𝐆𝐎 𝐀𝐅𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐎𝐏𝐒 𝐍𝐄𝐗𝐓 The House put down Rep. Thomas Massie's surprise impeachment push against Defense Secretary 𝐏𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐠𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐡 this week, voting 𝟐𝟏𝟏-𝟐𝟎𝟒 to send his articles to committee — a procedural death blow that ends the effort for this Congress. Every Republican but Massie voted against it. Hegseth, who calls himself 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐖𝐚𝐫, shrugged it off. “𝘈 𝘧𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘪𝘵,” he said. President Trump is standing by him. Democrats aren't done. “𝘞𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯,” one Democrat said in remarks aired on the segment, previewing what's coming once Democrats take over House committees in January. It doesn't stop at Hegseth. Panelists noted Democrats are also eyeing 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬 for carrying out orders from their own commander-in-chief — not just the man who issued them. “𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘞𝘢𝘳, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭, 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳-𝘪𝘯-𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘧, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵,” a co-host said. Removing Hegseth would still require a two-thirds Senate vote to convict, a bar Democrats can't come close to clearing today. But with a bigger House majority come January, the referral Massie forced this week becomes the floor, not the ceiling. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐞. Source: Youtube