Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York bashed Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) for presenting articles of impeachment against War Secretary Pete Hegseth, arguing it’s a final political maneuver for Massie.
“For some reason, he’s going after Pete Hegseth, but Pete Hegseth was carrying out orders of the commander in chief,” York said on Fox News’s America’s Newsroom Tuesday.
Massie reintroduced articles of impeachment on Nov. 9, criticizing his handling of U.S. military operations and the war in Iran.
York said the alleged offenses don’t seem to be grounds for impeachment.
He said some of the articles “concern the war in Iran as if Pete Hegseth somehow made the order to begin the war in Iran. That order, of course, was made by President [Donald] Trump.”
York argued Massie “throws all that together” in the articles of impeachment as a final attempt to use his position in the House of Representatives before his term ends on Jan. 3, 2027.
York said Massie and other members of Congress see this window as an opportunity to deliver their “last shot” before leaving.
York also criticized Congress for feeding into the situation. “This is a lame duck Congress; there are things that they need to do,” he said.
York argued that Republicans should spend their time on more pressing issues.
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Republicans “should probably confirm President Trump’s judicial nominees before they lose the majority in the Senate on January the third,” York said.
York said Massie is “on his way out” and “appears to want to make as much trouble as he can before Jan. 3.”
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