WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday called on Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to resign over management of the U.S. southern border with Mexico, warning that the new House GOP majority will open investigations that could lead to impeachment proceedings.
McCarthy, who is positioned to become the new House speaker when the new Congress convenes in January, said the Republican majority would use “the power of the purse and the power of the subpoena” to hold President Joe Biden’s administration accountable for border security.
“If Secretary Mayorkas does not resign, House Republicans will investigate every order, every action and every failure to determine whether we can begin an impeachment inquiry,” McCarthy said at a press conference in El Paso, Texas.
“This investigation could lead to an impeachment inquiry,” he said.
Standing with fellow House Republicans mostly from Texas, McCarthy said he had spoken with the incoming chairmen of the relevant investigatory committees and given his “full support” to Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, at the Judiciary Committee and Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., at the Oversight Committee to open investigations.
McCarthy said he expects Mayorkas’ resignation by Jan. 3, when the new Congress convenes. Investigations would begin on day one, he said. “Enough is enough,” he said.
House Republicans have put border security among their top priorities — and Mayorkas among their top officials to investigate and try to remove from office, potentially through impeachment.
McCarthy has not yet secured the votes from House Republicans to become speaker, and he is working swiftly to shore up support before the vote from what is expected to be a slim, few-seat majority.
The California Republican particularly needs votes from his conservative right-flank lawmakers, who are eager to begin impeachment proceedings against Mayorkas and other Biden administration officials.
The lawmakers pledged to hold public hearings at the border to highlight the security concerns.
“Alejando Mayorkas must resign,” said Rep. Kat Cammack, R-Fla., who joined the group at the border. “And if he doesn’t we will make him.”
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We need to stop threatening these people and start taking definitive action.
Kind of hard to take definitive action before he actually holds the position which will give him the authority to take action. At this point, saying what he will do is about all he can do.
A sentiment i’ve long held. STOP SAYING IT, and bloody well DO IT!
McCarthy is about two years late doing this. The damage is done, both citizens and lawmakers have allowed an invasion of illegal aliens into the US over the last 30 years. The sheer numbers have already changed our language, culture and American way of life. Few cared and the tsunami continues to this day. We have had only 2 Presidents in the last 50 years who even tried to stop the flood, Trump and Ike.
Trump was elected in large part on this policy of illegal immigration, the problem seems to be enforcement. Whren a nation sits by and watches itself being invaded and does nothing that nation has some serious problems.
AND when you literally LET A FLOOD of 3 mil + into your nation EACH YEAR, eventually immigrants will wind up outnumbering LOCALS!
The time for threats is over, ACT!
DO IT, DO IT, Mayorkas is a no good MOFO!
Removal of this lying, incompetent monkeyface should be a top priority.
Impeachment without a conviction and removal won’t really mean squat.
BUT it will at least, get him OUT OF THERE..
McCarthy will talk big but do nothing like he always does. He votes more for democrat’s **** than Republican. He doesn’t have the honor to do it. He has done nothing to stop Nancy Pelosi acts of treason. He lets her run the House like the mob. If he wants to impeach someone he should of impeach pelosi years ago. No one should be voting for him but the rinos in the House will. Democrats pay alot of money to betray the American people.
Tough talk. Is that all it is?
Lets hope that’s NOT all it is, talk. BUT based on past track records for the feckless spinless gop, i FEAR That is all it may wind up being..