The House has voted 211 to 204 to refer the articles of impeachment filed against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to committee, effectively killing the impeachment effort spearheaded by Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky.

Tuesday's vote short-circuits any potential floor vote on the articles of impeachment, and virtually guarantees the measure will not be taken up before the current session of Congress expires.

The vote provided a surprise reprieve for President Trump's embattled Defense Secretary, who was facing an impeachment vote by the full House as early as Wednesday.

Massie reintroduced the articles of impeachment on Monday, accusing Hegseth of high crimes and misdemeanors in connection to the war with Iran and U.S. strikes against Iran and on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean Sea and Eastern Pacific Ocean.

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[–] 2 points 14 hours ago

Enough conservative Dems will vote against it

No they won't. I'm a bit frustrated so few people understand such basic political theater

Any impeachment votes are a purity test. Zero chance Hegseth is convicted. Everyone in congress knows that

Impeachment forced Republicans to go on record defending Hegseth, which can be used as fodder for attack ads in 2 years

The reason it is only ever political theater is because a conviction requires a 2/3rds super majority in the senate. Even with the blue tsunami Democrats aren't even close to that with 56 votes

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