Eleven Democrats, seven Republicans did not vote in motion to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth

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Eleven Democrats did not vote to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as Kentucky Republican Thomas Massie's effort was defeated in the House.

Eleven Democrats and seven Republicans did not vote to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on November 10. The motion for impeachment was brought by Kentucky Republican Thomas Massie but was quashed by Republicans. The ayes had 211 votes while the nays managed 204, with 18 people not voting, the US House of Representatives records showed.

The move by House Republicans means that Massie's efforts stand killed till Democrats take over the US Congress in January 2027. Hegseth faced an impeachment motion for US military actions in the Middle East and Latin America.

Massie was the only Republican to vote for Hegseth's impeachment. GOP leaders forced a procedural vote in order to block the quick consideration of the impeachment measure which Massie had introduced on Monday. This sends the measure to the Judiciary Committee where it is expected to languish.

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While there was speculation of President Donald Trump removing Hegseth from the Defense Secretary role after Republicans took a drubbing in the US midterm elections, the president has come out strongly in support of the former Fox News host. Trump said that Hegseth had won two wars, even as his own Vice President JD Vance appeared to blame the war in Iran for the Republicans' poor election performance.

Hegseth, meanwhile, had called a Pentagon news conference early Tuesday where he cast the impeachment motion as a politicized attack on US troops and on lawful military operations ordered by Trump. Hegseth's tenure has also been marked by pushing out high-ranking officers, rhetorical attacks on “woke” diversity initiatives and transgender troops. It has also seen the rapid depletion of key munitions due to the conflict in the Middle East.

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