House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar said Tuesday that the caucus will not whip the vote on the impeachment resolution against Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, but that he and Leader Hakeem Jeffries are both yes votes.
Aguilar said: “It’s not being whipped. Members are going to have to make their own decisions based on the articles of impeachment. We didn’t put our finger on the scale. The leader has said he’s a yes. I’ve said publicly I’m a yes, but members are going to make their own decisions along the way and we respect that. The only people truly that govern whether they are going to be on the end of an impeachment proceeding are those individuals, those cabinet members, because their conduct will decide whether that is the ultimate outcome or not. But when we are in the majority, we are serious about holding people accountable. And that will begin and start early with oversight, but we are not shy to use accountability.”
Aguilar was answering a reporter’s question at the weekly House Democratic press conference about whether the caucus would back Rep. Thomas Massie’s impeachment resolution on the floor that day, and again next year when Democrats take the majority. Massie filed eight articles of impeachment against Hegseth on Monday.
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