Democratic leader has 2 words for Republicans looking to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas
Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., shared a brief post on social media Thursday evening, criticizing Republicans who are pushing to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
"Extreme MAGA Republicans are demanding a full impeachment trial in the Senate," Jeffries wrote in a post on X. "They want to continue the phony political stunt targeting the Homeland Security Secretary."
He added: "My response? Get lost."
The post comes as the U.S. Senate is going to receive House-passed articles of impeachment against Mayorkas next month.
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On Thursday, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., notified Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., that the House of Representatives would formally send over the impeachment articles to his chamber on April 10.
In his letter to Schumer, Johnson urged him to hold an impeachment trial "expeditiously."
"As Speaker and impeachment managers of the U.S. House of Representatives, we write to inform you that we will present to you upon the Senate’s return, on April 10, 2024, the duly passed articles of impeachment regarding Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. We urge you to schedule a trial of the matter expeditiously," Johnson wrote.
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In February, all but three House Republicans voted to impeach Mayorkas over his handling, or mishandling as Republican content, of the U.S. southern border. It was the first time since 1876 that a cabinet secretary had been impeached.
Schumer‘s office told Fox News Digital that the Senate would initiate the impeachment trial once it receives the impeachment articles.
"As we have said previously, after the House impeachment managers present the articles of impeachment to the Senate, senators will be sworn in as jurors in the trial the next day. Senate President Pro Tempore Patty Murray will preside."
The trial is highly unlikely to result in a conviction.
Fox News' Elizabeth Elkind and Julia Johnson contributed to this report.