I was grateful today for the opportunity to thank the men and women who wore or continue to wear the uniform of America’s armed services. The nation owes them a debt of gratitude for their commitment to service, relentless professionalism, and enormous sacrifice. Happy Veteran’s Day!
On Veterans Day, House Republicans passed a bill cutting future veterans' disability benefits.
No recorded vote. Why?
Not ONE Democrat asked for one.
A day earlier, 11 absent Democrats sank the Hegseth impeachment push, 211-204. Jeffries. Clark.
Leadership has one job: show up. SHOW UP. Jesus Christ.
BREAKING: "GET READY ASSHOLE!" Veteran Congressman-elect Richard Ojeda throws down the gauntlet to Pete Hegseth and vows to impeach him when the blue tsunami takes power.
This guy is MAGA's worst nightmare...
"For Pete Hegseth, he lucked out, he squeaked through this one," said Ojeda, referring to the Republicans' successful efforts to block Hegseth's impeachment earlier this week.
"But make no mistake about it, in the 120th Congress, he will not be so lucky. Tick tock, get ready asshole because we're coming!" Ojeda added.
Democrats will take control of both the House and Senate in January, at which point Hegseth's impeachment is all but a foregone conclusion.
The fact that Ojeda is one of the faces leading the charge to get rid of Hegseth is perfect, because he's a retired United States Army major. He's the spitting image of the kind of muscular, imposing soldier that Hegseth spends all his time fetishizing. Except in Ojeda's case, there's no need for injecting testosterone.
Ojeda is also more decorated than Hegseth, having received two Bronze Star Medals during his 24 years in the Army.
“I absolutely think that this administration definitely needs to be investigated,” he told CNN last week. “We can impeach the people that are part of the administration that have done so many horrific things.”
He added that Hegseth should "absolutely" be impeached.
“We are committed to a war with no exit strategy,” said Ojeda. “There needs to be accountability for this, and I think that we are going to absolutely do that as soon as we get there.”
Imagine this man questioning Hegseth about the failed Iran War during an impeachment hearing. That drunken Fox News poser will wilt under the pressure.
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Fascinating. Dems blew two big votes in two days -- impeaching Hegseth and letting a veterans' benefit cut go through. Lots of anger, cursing, even finger-pointing, but not really at the leaders (who afterall run vote strategy.) washingtonsun.com/congress/h…
While several House Democrats lost their seats to Democratic challengers in the midterms, not one was ousted by a Republican opponent.
Despite Republican redistricting efforts in Florida, North Carolina and Texas, every Democratic incumbent will return. wapo.st/4zbC68t
Melanie Stansbury attended EDW, a conduit for AIPAC’s United Democracy Project, between scheduled for 4:30-6:30 instead voting to impeach Hegseth & made excuses despite being on Capitol Hill the morning of the vote. She posted about it on BlueSky. xitter.twitterapi.xyz/Rep_Stansbury/status/2…
Hakeem Jeffries needs to not be doing interviews so smugly and acting as if what happened on Tuesday was because we are just so in love with him! I’m telling you, the more he talks, the louder the calls are going to get, and it has nothing to do with his skin color; it’s his tone and his repeated flippant attitude towards what the American people want vs. what the system wants!
And the biggest elephant in the room was what was done to Angie Nixon in FL, Corey Bush, and others, and those are skinfolk! So I don’t want to hear people are attacking him because he’s black. It’s happening because where there’s smoke, there’s fire!
WATCH — @RepJeffries: “There’s no indication members of Congress have been overwhelmed by any calls.”
(This gaslighting seems to contradict what @axios @AndrewSolender have reported, and the million+ signatures on a petition for new leadership @MarkRuffalo helped circulate)
Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has repeatedly said Democrats will “run Pete Hegseth out of town.”
But in their first opportunity to impeach the defense secretary on Tuesday, 11 Democrats missed a key procedural vote — and Hegseth was spared, for now. wapo.st/4kS8Z6i
I appreciate AIPAC proving it doesn’t belong in the Dem Party and especially our primaries.
From endorsing Jan 6th members to ensuring Congress remains in the hands of a 34-count felon, AIPAC is an org committed to undermining democracy at home and abroad.
See you in November.
NEW: AIPAC signaling plans to spend for Republican Mike Rogers in #MISen
"Our members remain determined to ensure that voters reject Dr. El-Sayed and his radical anti-Israel agenda in November."
