众议院周二以211-204的投票结果，将共和党众议员托马斯·马西（Thomas Massie）弹劾国防部长彼得·黑格斯（Pete Hegseth）的决议提交给众议院司法委员会，有效地扼杀了共和党控制的第119届国会的剩余时间。
马西是唯一投票反对提出该措施的共和党人，其他所有众议院民主党人也是如此。
在周二早些时候的新闻发布会上，Hegseth将弹劾努力视为“政治奇观”，将Massie的决议视为对军队的起诉。
投票之前，随着一些共和党人将共和党在中期选举中的惨败归咎于伊朗战争，弹劾黑格斯的呼声越来越高。马西在今年早些时候输给了唐纳德·特朗普总统支持的挑战者，他周一下午在众议院提出了对黑格斯的弹劾条款。
在他的新闻发布会上，Hegseth说，“一个心怀不满和被击败的国会议员正在尝试的不是监督，也不是问责。这是一个政治奇观，一个由自我和怨恨驱动的个人宣言。”
特朗普在社交媒体平台上的一篇帖子中祝贺黑格斯，称民主党人“未能”弹劾黑格斯，尽管这一努力是由一名共和党人领导的，投票是程序性的，将这项措施提交给众议院司法委员会，而不是弹劾本身。
“民主党人弹劾战争部长皮特·赫格塞斯的企图悲惨地失败了！每一个共和党人，除了托马斯·马西，一个主要的失败者，都投票支持皮特。再一次，在委内瑞拉和伊朗的胜利，军队历史上最好的招募人数（长长的等待名单！），和前所未见的精神，导致了一个伟大的美国爱国者的无罪释放。民主党继续将美利坚合众国武器化并滥用它。必须阻止他们。
五角大楼发言人肖恩·帕内尔在X上发布了一张赫格斯紧握拳头的照片，宣布“彻底胜利”。
帕内尔写道：“将这些毫无根据的弹劾文章提交给众议院司法委员会，标志着部长赫格塞斯、陆军部和美国士兵的彻底胜利。”“从一开始，这种努力就是一种缺乏价值、证据或严肃性的政治活动。它在赫格塞斯部长恢复战士精神、交付成果和把任务放在第一位的记录的重压下崩溃了。”
挑衅的黑格塞斯在新闻发布会上说，作为弹劾努力的一部分提到的每一次军事行动，包括打击加勒比海涉嫌走私毒品的船只和与伊朗的战争，都是特朗普指挥的合法行动。马西在他的弹劾条款中指出，这些行动都没有得到国会的批准。
赫格塞斯将弹劾的八项条款框定为针对美国军人。
对军事行动的批评长期以来一直与美国军队的勇气和牺牲无关，这可以追溯到越南战争结束后，包括海格塞思自己对乔·拜登总统领导下的混乱的阿富汗撤军的长期批评。
赫格塞斯指出，没有一位国防部长“因为执行合法的军事行动而被弹劾，就我们而言，是成功的军事行动。”
Hegseth说，Massie希望撤销他在“政策分歧”方面的工作，他说，这些文章从绕过国会批准对伊朗发动战争到加勒比海和东太平洋前所未有的船只罢工，没有一篇提到重罪、轻罪或叛国罪。
约翰逊对马西的弹劾文章表示反对，并表示他相信共和党人将“击败”弹劾努力。
“我们将放弃弹劾策略，”约翰逊周二下午说。
在周一提出弹劾条款后，特朗普在新闻发布会上说，海格塞思“赢得了伊朗战争”Hegseth在4月的新闻发布会上也宣布了胜利。
“他当然，我认为，他赢得了伊朗战争，但他肯定会赢得这场战争，”特朗普谈到黑格斯时说。“伊朗愿意达成协议。他们被消灭了，他们的海军和空军。”
海格塞斯周二试图将他的潜在弹劾与特朗普的弹劾联系起来，实际上是将其定为续集。
“你看，我们以前看过这个节目，”海格塞斯说，后来补充说，“两次他们都没有”弹劾特朗普。
“两次他回来时都变得更强了，美国人民把他送回了白宫，”他补充道。“现在他们正在进行第三次尝试。这次是针对他的一名内阁成员。”
特朗普在他的社交媒体网站上发表的一篇文章中说，黑格斯因对“马西”的防守而获得“A ＋， plus＋”。
美国国务卿马尔科·卢比奥在赫格塞斯的五角大楼简报后不久发表讲话，为赫格塞斯进行了辩护。他被问及Hegseth的国防部执行对伊朗和伊朗支持的也门胡塞人采取军事行动的命令，以及对涉嫌贩毒船只的袭击和美国逮捕委内瑞拉总统尼古拉斯·马杜罗。
卢比奥说：“皮特不仅执行了总司令的直接命令，总司令在我们的宪法中被授权和信任负责保护美国人的安全，而且他们在所有这些战线上都非常有效地做到了这一点。”。
House tables Hegseth impeachment， effectively killing it in current Congress
The House of Representatives voted Tuesday to refer GOP Rep． Thomas Massie＇sresolution to impeachSecretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to the House Judiciary Committee by a 211-204 vote， effectively killing the measure for the remainder of the Republican-controlled 119th Congress．
Massie was the only Republican to vote against tabling the measure， along with all House Democrats．
In a news conference earlier Tuesday， Hegseth dismissed the impeachment effort as ＂political spectacle，＂ framing Massie＇s resolution as an indictment against the troops．
The vote came after calls to impeach Hegseth grew asseveral Republicans attributedthe GOP＇s sweeping midterm losses to the Iran war． Massie， who lost his primary earlier this year to a challenger backed by President Donald Trump， introduced the articles of impeachment against Hegseth on the House floor Monday afternoon．
During his news conference， Hegseth said， ＂What one disgruntled and defeated congressman is attempting is not oversight， and it＇s not accountability． It＇s a political spectacle， a personal manifesto driven by ego and resentment．＂
Trump congratulated Hegseth in a post on his social media platform， saying Democrats ＂FAILED＂ to impeach Hegseth， though the effort was led by a Republican and the vote was a procedural one to refer the measure to the House Judiciary Committee， not on impeachment itself．
＂The Democrats＇ attempt to impeach Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has miserably FAILED！ Every single Republican， except Thomas Massie， a major LOSER， voted in favor of Pete，＂ he wrote． ＂Again， Victories in Venezuela and Iran， the Best Recruitment Numbers in the History of the Military （Long waiting lists to get in！）， and Spirit like rarely seen before， led to the EXONERATION of a Great American Patriot． The Democrats continue to weaponize and abuse the United States of America． They must be stopped！
Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell declared ＂TOTAL VICTORY＂ in a post on X with an image of Hegseth with a clenched fist．
＂The referral of these baseless impeachment articles to the House Judiciary Committee marks total victory for Secretary Hegseth， the Department of War， and the American warfighter，＂ Parnell wrote． ＂From the beginning， this effort has been a political exercise devoid of merit， evidence， or seriousness． It collapses under the weight of Secretary Hegseth＇s record of restoring the warrior ethos， delivering results， and putting the mission first．＂
A defiant Hegseth said in his news conference that each of the military engagements mentioned as part of the impeachment effort -- including strikes on alleged drug-smuggling boats in the Caribbean Sea and the war with Iran -- were lawful actions directed by Trump． None of the operations were approved by Congress， which Massie pointed to in his articles of impeachment．
Hegseth framed the eight articles of impeachment as being directed at U．S． military service members．
Critiques of military operations have long been divorced from the valor and sacrifice of U．S． troops， going back to after the end of Vietnam War， including Hegseth＇s own longstanding critiques of the chaotic withdraw from Afghanistan under President Joe Biden．
Hegseth pointed out that no Defense secretary has ever been impeached ＂for carrying out lawful military operations， and in our case， successful ones at that．＂
Hegseth said that Massie wanted to undo his work over ＂policy disagreements，＂ saying none of the articles -- which range from skirting congressional approval to wage war against Iran to the unprecedented boat strikes in the Caribbean and East Pacific seas -- bring up high crimes， misdemeanors or treason．
Johnson voiced opposition to Massie＇s impeachment articles and said he believed Republicans would ＂defeat＂ the impeachment effort．
＂We＇ll dispense with the impeachment gambit，＂ Johnson said Tuesday afternoon．
After the articles of impeachment were introduced on Monday， Trumpsaidduring a press briefing that Hegseth has ＂won the war in Iran．＂ Hegseth similarly declared victory during an April press conference．
＂He certainly， I think， he＇s won the war in Iran， but he＇s certainly winning the war，＂ Trump said of Hegseth． ＂Iran would love to make a deal． And they＇ve been obliterated， their navy and their air force．＂
Hegseth on Tuesday sought to align his potential impeachment to Trump＇s， effectively framing it as a sequel．
＂You see， we＇ve seen this show before，＂ Hegseth said， later adding， ＂both times they failed＂ in impeaching Trump．
＂Both times he came back stronger， and the American people sent him back to the White House，＂ he added． ＂Now they＇re trying a third time． This time against a member of his Cabinet．＂
Trump in a post on his social media site said that Hegseth gets an ＂A plus， plus， plus for his defense against＂ Massie．
Secretary of State Marco Rubio， who spoke in Paris shortly after Hegseth＇s Pentagon briefing， offered his own defense of Hegseth． He was asked about Hegseth＇s Department of Defense carrying out orders to take military action against Iran and against the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen， along with the strikes on alleged drug boats and the U．S． capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro．
＂Not only did Pete execute on a direct order from the commander-in-chief， who in our constitution is empowered and trusted with the job of keeping Americans safe， but they did it quite effectively in all those fronts，＂ Rubio said．
