dtucker300 Loc: Vista, CA

More proof that the Democrat party does not want to follow the Constitution.
Democrats sink both impeachment articles against Mayorkas on Senate floor without debate or trial
The two impeachment articles against Mayorkas alleged a "breach of trust" related to Mayorkas describing the southern U.S. border as secure as well as a "willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law."

By Nicholas Ballasy
Published: April 17, 2024 1:47pm

Updated: April 17, 2024 4:33pm


The Democratic-led Senate k**led both impeachment charges against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Wednesday, cancelling the impeachment trial before it could get off the ground.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., offered a deal to the Senate GOP where senators would have time for floor debate and Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, and Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, would be able to force v**es on a full trial as well as the establishment of an impeachment committee. Schumer said v**es on dismissing the impeachment articles would follow. Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., said on the Senate floor that he objected to v****g to dismiss the charges without a full trial.

After his objection, Schumer motioned for a floor v**e on the constitutionality of impeachment article one against Mayorkas. Schumer argued that it does not rise to the level of "high crimes and misdemeanors."

Cruz requested a v**e that the Senate move to a closed session to debate the constitutionality of impeachment article one, given that Schumer didn't outline evidence on the Senate floor to support his position. Schumer shot back, saying he gave the GOP a chance to debate the articles in public but Schmitt objected. The motion raised by Cruz failed to pass.

Schumer's motion to deem article one unconstitutional ultimately passed 51-48. He then made a motion to deem article two unconstitutional, which also passed 51-49. The Senate passed a motion to adjourn the trial.

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said the Senate set a very "dangerous precedent" by ignoring the House's directions to have an impeachment trial.

"No evidence, no procedure. This is a day that's not a proud day in the history of the Senate," he said.

Lee called Schumer's move to cancel the trial without debate "historic," given that a verdict was never reached. He said that "nothing could be further" from the U.S. Constitution.

The two impeachment articles against Mayorkas alleged a "breach of trust" related to Mayorkas describing the southern U.S. border as secure as well as a "willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law."

Mayorkas told Congress under oath that the southern border was secure when migrants attempting to enter the U.S. was surging. Migrant encounters have continued to set records and the Biden Administration has been releasing millions into U.S. communities. House Republicans estimate that there have been 8 million migrant encounters to date under Biden. They also estimate that about 3.5 million migrants have been released into the U.S.

Senate Republicans had argued that the chamber should not set a precedent that lying to Congress to not an impeachable offense.

Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, noted that never before the history of the U.S. have impeachment articles been dismissed before impeachment managers have a chance to present their case.

Some senators such as John Thune, R-S.D., tried to make several arguments on the floor as to why the Senate should hold a trial, including that the "worst border crisis" in U.S. history has unfolded since 2021. The presiding office, Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., said the Senate was not in a debatable position and called for order.

"The Senate will be in order," she said.

Schumer said earlier on Wednesday that he would allow a floor debate on the impeachment articles but called on senators to dismiss the charges.

"For the sake of the Senate's integrity and to protect impeachment for those rare cases, we truly need it. Senators should dismiss today's charges," Schumer said in a speech on the Senate floor. (this is the attitude Democrats should have taken during the Trump impeachments.)

"So when we convene in trial today to accommodate the wishes of our Republican Senate colleagues, I will seek an agreement for a period of debate time that would allow Republicans to offer a v**e on trial resolutions, allow for Republicans to offer points of order and then move to dismiss," he added.

McConnell, R-Ky., said on Wednesday that "tabling articles of impeachment would be unprecedented in the history of the Senate."

After the articles were dismissed, House Republican leaders released a joint statement condemning Schumer's handling of the trial.

"By v****g unanimously to bypass their constitutional responsibility, every single Senate Democrat has issued their full endorsement of the Biden Administration’s dangerous open border policies. Secretary Mayorkas alongside President Biden has used nearly every tool at his disposal to engineer the greatest humanitarian and national security catastrophe at our borders in American history," House GOP leaders said.

"Tragically, Senate Democrats don’t believe this catastrophe merits their time or a discussion on the Senate floor. Instead, they’re signaling to millions demanding accountability that the cabinet official directly responsible for this disaster – who has ignored the law and misled Congress repeatedly – is above reproach. The American people will hold Senate Democrats accountable for this shameful display," he added.

Liberty Tree

You are not really surprised are you?

nwtk2007 Loc: Texas

Without a majority it is kind of a waste of time, just like it was to v**e 30 or 40 times to repeal Obamacare when they did not have the v**es to do it. The current GOP is out of their league.

LogicallyRight Loc: Chicago

Anyone who v**es democrat for president, senator, or representative after that childish unconstitutional move by schumer and the democrat senators, is v****g for the destruction of America. Unquestionable.

Schumer has just taken America one giant stop closer to the time when we will have to shoot the bastards and start over.

nwtk2007 Loc: Texas

Trump h**ers and l*****ts just see it as a win for them and another strike against Trump. The GOP needs lessons in politics.

dtucker300 Loc: Vista, CA

I get your point that there was no chance of a conviction. However, it is not a waste of time. The attempt to repeal Obamacare proved that McCain was a sheep in wolf's clothing with a RINO agenda...who would not put the interests of the American people ahead of his own petty petulant vindictive retribution against Trump. This Mayorkas impeachment exposes the Democrats as the anti-constitutionalists they are. When you v**e next time remember which Senators (with an R behind their name) v**ed for upholding the Constitution and which Senators (with a D behind their name) subverted the original intent of the Constitution. The Democrats are on record by their v**es. These same Democrats should have v**ed consistently this way before the Trump impeachments. We have a single-tier asymmetrical justice system that prosecutes conservatives and turns a blind eye to the l*****ts letting them have their way and only their way.

Strycker Loc: The middle of somewhere else.

The People's House called for a trial and the Democrat elitists in the Senate gave them the finger. It has become very apparent that The Constitution, Rule Of Law or any ethically behavior at all mean nothing to any and all Democrats. Both are only an inconvenient impediment to the democrat tyranny to come and will be ignored. I fear for freedom's future.

nwtk2007 Loc: Texas

That is mostly true but I think there is a huge group of republicans who don't care as long as they can satisfy their Trump h**e, whwether he is the best thing for the country or not.

dtucker300 Loc: Vista, CA

Not at all. How is this a strike against Trump? This has nothing to do with Trump. This has to do with the asymmetry of the Democrats' principles. How do l*****ts and Trump h**ers see this as a win for themselves? What lesson does the GOP need in politics? The Democrats need lessons in being American. Party politics aside (I know that is difficult for most people) The House v**ed for articles of impeachment and the Senate just gave the American people and the Constitution the BIG MIDDLE FINGER. Not that Republicans haven't also done this at times. But it is the common practice by the Democrats on far more issues than by the Republicans, RINOs and Repugnicans notwithstanding.

nwtk2007 Loc: Texas

You, of course, are correct, but we are dealing with l*****t i***ts!!

dtucker300 Loc: Vista, CA

Yes, we are dealing with L*****t i***ts and Appeasers in the Biden administration. History has taught us nothing if appeasers think they can change the course of tyrants and our enemies through magnanimity.

Wonttakeitanymore

If that creep Biden doesn’t show up isn’t that contempt!