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Bennie Thompson
@benniethompson· Democratic · MS· Jan 17, 2024

House Republicans are pursuing a partisan impeachment effort that will achieve nothing.

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Michael Guest
@michaelguest· Republican · MS· Jan 17, 2024

I believe that Secretary Mayorkas violated his oath to protect and defend the Constitution.

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Bennie Thompson
@benniethompson· Democratic · MS· Jan 17, 2024

Republicans are acting in bad faith. Unfortunately, that's nothing new.

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Bennie Thompson
@benniethompson· Democratic · MS· Jan 17, 2024

H.R. 2, you talk about it in every response. What is your alternative to H.R. 2?

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Bennie Thompson
@benniethompson· Democratic · MS· Jan 17, 2024

It's far easier to demand impeachment. Instead of engaging in a good-faith effort to improve homeland security, House Republicans are more interested in giving interviews to FOX News.

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Bennie Thompson
@benniethompson· Democratic · MS· Jan 17, 2024

This isn't a policy difference. This is a matter of following the laws written by Congress and thus a matter of Constitutional significance.

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Bennie Thompson
@benniethompson· Democratic · MS· Jan 17, 2024

There is no Constitutional basis for impeaching Secretary Mayorkas.

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Bennie Thompson
@benniethompson· Democratic · MS· Jan 17, 2024

Mr. Chairman, we all know that Secretary Mayorkas has been willing to appear before this committee. He is not running from anything.

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Mike Ezell
@mikeezell· Republican · MS· Jan 17, 2024

Somehow, Secretary Mayorkas is making this tough job even tougher for our men and women of Border Patrol.

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Bennie Thompson
@benniethompson· Democratic · MS· Jan 17, 2024

Democrats want to strengthen border security. We want to keep fentanyl off our streets.

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Bennie Thompson
@benniethompson· Democratic · MS· Jan 17, 2024

Months ago, Chairman Green promised donors at a campaign event that he would bring an impeachment case against Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas.

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Bennie Thompson
@benniethompson· Democratic · MS· Jan 17, 2024

Impeaching Secretary Mayorkas will do nothing to prevent other families from suffering similar tragedies. If only it were that simple.

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Bennie Thompson
@benniethompson· Democratic · MS· Jan 17, 2024

This impeachment hearing just distracts from the important work that DHS is doing to secure the border.

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Bennie Thompson
@benniethompson· Democratic · MS· Jan 17, 2024

If we really want to get something done, let's all come together and work on it so we can pass legislation that addresses the problem.

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Bennie Thompson
@benniethompson· Democratic · MS· Jan 17, 2024

Again, this isn't a real impeachment, it's a pre-determined, pre-planned, partisan political stunt.

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Bennie Thompson
@benniethompson· Democratic · MS· Jan 17, 2024

It is hard to ignore the fact that the Senate is having bipartisan negotiations on the behalf of the Democrats and the Republicans to try and pass a bill or put together a bill that would address these issues.

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Michael Guest
@michaelguest· Republican · MS· Jan 17, 2024

I believe that Secretary Mayorkas has willfully failed to enforce the law.

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Bennie Thompson
@benniethompson· Democratic · MS· Jan 16, 2024

Transnational repression is a relatively new term being attached to a substantial--but under-reported--common global practice.

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