Mayorkas impeachment looks more in doubt as TWO Republicans plan to vote no: Speaker Mike Johnson can only afford to lose one more GOP defector after Ken Buck and Tom McClintock dig in on 'unconstitutional' move

• Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Calif., followed Rep. Ken Buck, R-Colo., in announcing he would vote ‘no’ on the resolution to impeach Mayorkas
• ‘The only way to stop the border invasion is to replace the Biden administration at the ballot box,’ McClintock wrote on X

Two Republicans now oppose impeaching Homeland Security Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas, complicating efforts for the House GOP to pass the pair of articles.

Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Calif., followed Rep. Ken Buck, R-Colo., in announcing he would vote ‘no’ on the resolution to impeach Mayorkas.

‘The only way to stop the border invasion is to replace the Biden administration at the ballot box,’ McClintock wrote on X. ‘Swapping one leftist for another is a fantasy, solves nothing, excuses Biden’s culpability, and unconstitutionally expands impeachment that someday will bite Republicans.’

McClintock felt so strongly about not impeaching the secretary that he released a 10-page memo to House Republicans making the case against it.

Buck, who will retire after this term, had a similar warning on Monday, saying that a ‘partisan impeachment’ would ‘boomerang back and hurt Republicans in the future.’

With the GOP’s razor-thin majority it’s not yet clear if the impeachment will pass in a vote on Tuesday evening. Rep. Dave Joyce, R-Ohio, has not yet said how he will vote.  All Democrats are expected to oppose.

Still, Whip Tom Emmer said he was ‘confident’ Mayorkas would be impeached, barring any unexpected absences.

‘I’m confident if we have our members here, that we should be able to do this,’ he said on Fox News Tuesday morning.

Buck has been opposed to all impeachment efforts during his time in Congress – he has called the movement to impeach President Biden ‘theater’ and voted against impeaching former President Donald Trump twice.

‘The Constitution is clear. I will be voting no on the impeachment of Secretary Mayorkas,’ congressman went on.

The vote to impeach Homeland Security Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas will come down to a razor-thin margin on Tuesday, with Colorado GOP Rep. Ken Buck dug in on opposing the effort

Buck said Mayorkas has ‘completely failed at his job’ but ‘maladministration or incompetence does not rise to what our founders considered an impeachable offense.

If the vote is successful, Mayorkas will be the first Cabinet secretary impeached since Secretary of War William Belknap in 1876.

‘If Mayorkas were to be removed from office, it’s likely that President Biden would appoint another incompetent individual who would carry out this same failed approach,’ Buck reasoned.

The impeachment articles passed out of the Homeland Security Committee last week on party lines.

If the vote is successful, Mayorkas will be the first Cabinet secretary impeached since Secretary of War William Belknap in 1876

Republicans moved forward two articles of impeachment against Biden’s border chief Mayorkas – one accusing him of willfully subverting immigration laws through catch-and-release and another accusing him of obstructing and lying to Congress.

Republicans cite Mayorkas’ ‘willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law’ as hundreds of migrants continue to flood into the U.S. every day.

They contend Mayorkas is guilty of ‘high crimes and misdemeanors’ that amount to a ‘refusal to comply with the law’ on immigration and a ‘breach of the public trust.’

The impeachment resolution stated: ‘Alejandro N. Mayorkas willfully and systemically refused to comply with the immigration laws, failed to control the border to the detriment of national security, compromised public safety, and violated the rule of law and separation of powers in the Constitution, to the manifest injury of the people of the United States.

Passage requires only a House majority. The Senate would hold a trial, and a two-thirds vote is required for conviction, an exceedingly unlikely outcome in the Democratic-run Senate.

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