On Tuesday, Republicans expressed frustration over their failure to impeach the secretary of homeland security and pass a bill to send more aid to Israel. GOP politicians complained about a perceived lack of party unity and wondered if their policy of obstructionism had backfired on them.
Self-awareness
“I knew that we would have the ability to block the Democrat agenda,” Republican Representative Ryan Zinke said to Axios. “We’ve exceeded my wildest expectations on blocking, because we not only block the Democrat agenda, we block the Republican agenda.”
Lack of control
“We don’t have command of the field,” Zinke complained. On Tuesday, the Republican-led attempt to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas failed when three GOP representatives joined Democrats in voting no.
Republican fury
“I mean, what the hell are they thinking?” Rep. Troy Nehls raged. “We should have gotten this done.”
Widespread anger
“It’s very frustrating as a freshman to realize that we don’t have the cohesiveness and the fortitude to come together,” Rep. Mark Alford complained.
Dramatic scenes
The nailbiting vote was filled with drama. At one point, Democratic Representative Al Greene was wheeled into the chamber to cast his no vote while still wearing hospital scrubs from an emergency room surgery.
Issuing threats
“My colleagues who voted no,” Marjorie Taylor Greene said, “I think they’ll be hearing from their constituents.”
Failed attempt
Greene led the impeachment attempt, which accused Mayorkas of failing to enforce immigration policy and violating public trust by downplaying the situation at the border. However, Democrats slammed the case as a political stunt.
Harsh criticism
“Republicans have cooked up vague, unprecedented grounds to impeach Secretary Mayorkas,” Rep. Bennie Thompson said on Tuesday. According to the New York Times, Republicans failed to produce any evidence that Mayorkas committed a crime or any acts of corruption, which are the usual grounds for impeachment.
Widespread disapproval
According to the New York Times, “legal scholars, including prominent conservatives, have argued that the effort is a perversion of the constitutional power of impeachment.”
Options open
When the 215-215 vote tally was counted and it became clear Republicans had failed, one representative switched his yes to a no. The procedural move allows Republicans to bring the case up again.
More votes
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise missed the Tuesday vote because he was recovering from cancer treatment. “If Scalise comes in tomorrow, then we’ve got the votes,” Rep. Eric Burlison said. “I think it just delays it.”
Another defeat
The GOP aid package for Israel was defeated by 250-180, a defeat Rep. Derrick Van Orden called “maddening.” Rep. Max Miller dismissed it as “embarrassing,” accusing his colleagues of attempting to “save face” after undermining the omnibus funding bill — which included aid for Israel — that died in the Senate.
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