The Mayorkas impeachment was a classic example of performance politics

Wed, 02/14/2024 - 12:17

Mayorkas House hearing — Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas is sworn in during a hearing before the House Committee on the Judiciary at the Rayburn House Office Building on July 26, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
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GOP members narrowly voted to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday.
The impeachment happened a week after the Senate's bipartisan border and foreign aid bill failed.
Like most of the House GOP's legislation this session, the impeachment was performative.

Republicans in the House of Representatives successfully —but just barely — voted to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday.