Several Senate Republicans took to the floor Monday night to call for an immediate and public trial on the articles of impeachment passed against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
“Make no mistake about it: A vote to block the impeachment of Secretary Mayorkas is a vote to keep our borders open,” Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kansas) said on the floor. Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Sen. Eric Schmidt (R-Missouri), Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), Sen. Mike Schmidt (R-Missouri), Sen. Sen. Lee (R-Utah) and Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.) also spoke about the expected Democratic motion to bring an impeachment trial.
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Marshall and Scott are members of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.
The “block” vote mentioned by Marshall referred to expectations that Senate Democrats would use procedural maneuvering to quickly dismiss the trial after jurors are sworn in on Thursday. It is. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York has given no indication that this will happen, but several Republican and Democratic members of the chamber have expressed interest in such an exercise to end the trial. He said he hopes that will be carried out.
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Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kansas) speaks during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on August 5, 2022, in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
“Legally speaking [Mayorkas] It undermined the laws of the United States,” Schmidt argued, justifying the need for a full trial.
“I don’t understand why my Democratic colleagues aren’t interested,” Scott said in his remarks.
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Kennedy spent months crafting the provisions the House passed against Mayorkas, noting that “they just want to ignore the House’s evidence, quickly sweep it under the rug and move on.”
Marshall emphasized the historic nature of such a move, should Democrats choose to adopt it. “The Senate has never brought an impeachment trial in the history of our country,” Marshall said.
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U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) speaks during a press conference after the weekly Senate Democratic Caucus luncheon at the Capitol in Washington, U.S., on March 20, 2024. (Reuters/Amanda Andrade Rose)
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In a Dear Colleague letter to senators last week, Schumer acknowledged that House impeachment managers plan to submit two articles of impeachment against Mayorkas to party leaders. He advised senators that their attendance this week is “essential” because they will be sworn in as jurors on Thursday, with Senate President pro tempore Patty Murray (D-Wash.) presiding. .
White House legal advisers sent a memo on Monday highlighting comments made by Republican senators before Mayorkas’ impeachment effort passed the House. Several of the Republicans cited by the White House have since changed their positions and expressed support for the trial.
