Secretary of War Pete Hegseth walked into the Pentagon briefing room this morning for the first time since May and answered the eight articles of impeachment filed against him by Thomas Massie, a Republican who lost his primary in May. His answer: none of these are high crimes or misdemeanors, they are partisan policy disagreements from people who want to politicize the military, and in 250 years no Secretary of War or Secretary of Defense has been impeached for carrying out lawful military operations.
In this segment Jenny Beth Martin lays out what impeachment was built for. At the Constitutional Convention, the framers considered letting Congress remove officers for "maladministration," which means doing the job badly. James Madison said no, because a standard that loose would mean a Cabinet officer serves at the pleasure of whoever controls the House. They wrote treason, bribery, or high crimes and misdemeanors instead.
The test is simple. If the charge is that a secretary carried out the commander in chief's lawful orders and you disagreed with those orders, that is a policy fight, and the Constitution already gives Congress three ways to win one: control the money, control the law, or win the next election. Impeachment was never meant to be the first thing a new majority reaches for six days after an election. Tea Party Patriots Action urged the Senate to confirm Pete Hegseth in January 2025 and urged a no vote on the Iran war powers resolution in March 2026, and that position has not moved.
Call your representative at 202-224-3121 and say: I stand with Secretary Pete Hegseth, and I expect you to do so as well. Then sign the petition at teapartypatriots.org.
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00:00 — Hegseth answers the impeachment charges at the Pentagon
00:44 — Tea Party Patriots Action's record on Hegseth and the war powers vote
01:06 — The man forcing the vote lost his primary in May
01:33 — Madison said no to "maladministration"
02:11 — The test: a policy fight has three remedies, and impeachment is not one
02:39 — Hegseth: none of these are high crimes or misdemeanors
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