Anti-Trump Republican FORCES vote to impeach Pete Hegseth over Iran war

Kentucky Republican Thomas Massie, who was ousted in a bitter primary fight this year by a Trump-backed foe, is targeting Secretary of War Pete Hegseth in his latest move.

Speaking on the US House floor Tuesday afternoon, Massie blasted Hegseth for committing ‘high crimes and misdemeanors,’ and for continuing to carry out military actions in Iran despite Congress never formally declaring a conflict in the region.

Massie’s introduction of a privileged resolution will force a vote on the matter by using a procedural move that allows issues to bypass the committee process.

He used a similar method to force a vote on the release of the Epstein Files last year, rejected pressure from GOP leadership to kill his transparency campaign.

Pentagon Press Secretary Kingsley Wilson told the Daily Mail in a statement, ‘Secretary Hegseth has been a transformative leader for the Department of War. Standards and merit are back, our arsenal is stronger than ever before, and morale and recruitment across every service are at all-time highs.’

‘Secretary Hegseth has slashed bureaucracy, unleashed innovation, and delivered for our warfighters every step of the way. By every measurable metric, the Department of War is better under President Trump and Secretary Hegseth’s leadership than before. The entire Department is unified behind the Secretary’s vision and will continue working to put our warfighters and America first,’ Wilson added.

Hegseth went to Kentucky to campaign against Massie during his primary season, something that was a shocking move by a top military official.

Back in May, Hegseth made an unusual last-minute trip to Massie’s district to endorse Ed Gallrein, who largely kept his campaign away from media scrutiny. 

‘President Trump needs reinforcements, and that’s what war fighters do. They stand behind leaders and have their back,’ Hegseth said about Massie in May while stumping for Gallrein.

‘Too often, Thomas Massie has acted like his job is to stand apart from the movement that President Trump leads, instead of strengthening it. When President Trump needs backup, Massie wants to debate process.’

‘At some point, being against everything becomes an excuse for accomplishing nothing. At some point, constant obstruction is not leadership. It’s just commentary. It’s obstruction. President Trump does not need more people in Washington who are trying to make a point,’ Hegseth said.

‘When conservatives are fighting the most radical left in American history, too often Massie’s instinct is to throw elbows at fellow Republicans instead of the people who are destroying our country or want to destroy our country.’

The secretary said at the time that he was speaking ‘as a private citizen’ — and not as a member of Trump’s Cabinet. There was no known precedent for a sitting defense secretary actively campaigning for a congressional candidate.