11 Democrats Skipped The Vote That Buried Hegseth's 'Fake' Impeachment

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11 Democrats Skipped The Vote That Buried Hegseth's 'Fake' Impeachment Republicans buried Rep. Thomas Massie's impeachment of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth by seven votes on…

Republicans buried Rep. Thomas Massie's impeachment of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth by seven votes on Tuesday, and 11 House Democrats who could have stopped them never cast a vote. Three of them were at an AIPAC-linked fundraiser with defense lobbyists.

"This is fake. He knows it. Every one of these members of Congress knows it outright," said podcaster Tim Pool said on his show Tuesday night, with all due respect, he added, to Massie, whom he called a friend. Then he read out the tally:

The House Clerk's roll call carries the same numbers. At 6:02 p.m. on Nov. 10, the House voted 211-204 on a motion to refer Massie's resolution, H.Res. 1655, to the Judiciary Committee: 210 Republicans and the chamber's one independent for, Massie and 203 Democrats against. Eighteen members did not vote: 11 Democrats and seven Republicans. As we reported, the referral effectively kills the articles in this Congress.

Had the 11 absent Democrats voted no, the motion would have failed 215-211, ABC News calculated. The seven missing Republicans cut the other way: with all 18 present and voting with their parties, the referral would still have carried, 218-215.

"Why didn't these Democrats vote?" Pool asked. "If the Democrats really wanted Hegseth impeached, these Democrats could have joined in and they would have won because they only needed seven," he said. Seven more votes against the motion would have tied it at 211, and a tie fails in the House.

The absent Democrats were Julia Brownley, Lou Correa, Laura Gillen, Steven Horsford, Jonathan Jackson, Nancy Pelosi, Brittany Pettersen, Melanie Stansbury, Haley Stevens, Marilyn Strickland and Frederica Wilson. Several blamed a traffic jam and a police escort outside the Capitol, according to statements collected by ABC News.

Pelosi's spokesman said she "returned to San Francisco yesterday to join and honor local veterans" and "would have voted 'No' on the motion to refer." Correa had announced in advance that a medical procedure kept him in…

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