Democrats rally behind GOP lawmaker's Hegseth impeachment push, signal more to come in January
Top Democrats are lining up behind Republican Rep.Thomas Massie's effort to impeach War Secretary Pete Hegseth, signaling that the fight could continue when Democrats take control of Congress in January."Hard yes on the Hegseth impeachment resolution," House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said ahead of its introduction.The Democratic reactions online telegraph an appetite to scrutinize Trump’s administration through congressional power once their majorities are formally sworn in in January, at the start of the 120th Congress.HAKEEM JEFFRIES DECLARES BID FOR HOUSE SPEAKER AFTER GOP'S MIDTERM MASSACRERep.
Thomas Massie, R-Ky., speaks on impeaching Secretary of War Pete Hegseth outside the U.S.Capitol on Nov.
9, 2026, in Washington, D.C.(Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)Massie himself framed the effort as likely to be repeated in the new year."My Hegseth impeachment resolution is a much gentler version of what’s coming when Dems control Congress," Massie said.Already, Rep.
Al Green, D-Texas — who has repeatedly introduced impeachment resolutions against President Donald Trump — urged his colleagues to expand their horizons for impeachment moments after Massie introduced his resolution."If the Constitution is to be honored and Congress respected, a president whom many members of Congress have declared impeachable must be impeached.Failure to do so would be another step toward making the Constitution meaningless and Congress powerless," Green wrote online.Massie is filing eight articles of impeachment against Hegseth, accusing him of violating the War Powers Resolution in Iran and Yemen, failing to prevent civilian casualties, using lethal force in an extrajudicial manner, suppressing free speech and kidnapping a sovereign foreign leader without congressional authorization with the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.Although he didn’t mention Massie by name, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., echoed Jeffries’ enthusiasm."The Se...