Alaska Rep. Mary Peltola chose to let Joe Biden and his border crisis off the hook, sticking with Democrats in voting against impeachment on Tuesday of Alejandro Mayorkas.
But the historic impeachment vote succeeded anyway, by one vote — 214-213 — making Secretary Mayorkas the first cabinet member to be impeached since Secretary of War William Belknap was impeached in 1876.
Since Biden took office and appointed Mayorkas, more than 8.3 million illegal crossings have occurred at the southern border.
“As Joe Biden’s enabler in Congress, Mary Peltola is choosing to let Biden’s Secretary of Open Borders off the hook for the disaster they have caused for every community. Peltola is not serious about securing our border,” said National Republican Congressional Committee Spokesperson Ben Petersen.
The two articles of impeachment are “willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law” and “breach of public trust.”
“Alejandro Mayorkas deserves to be impeached, and Congress has a constitutional obligation to do so,” said House Speaker Mike Johnson.
It was the second impeachment vote. The first one failed last week because Rep. Steve Scalise was undergoing treatment for blood cancer. He was present for the vote today.
The impeachment is expected to die in the Democrat-majority Senate.
