The 11 Missing Democrats Saved Pete Hegseth—and the Party From Itself

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Those absentees helped sink the Hegseth impeachment push. The bad traffic may have spared Democrats a bigger one.

That was Democratic Senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed’s blunt verdict on the 11 House Democrats who missed Tuesday’s vote about impeaching Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

California Democratic Representative Sydney Kamlager-Dove was harsher, declaring "shame on folks who are not here."

The anger is understandable, though several of the absent House Democrats blamed traffic for which they are, of course, not responsible.

The House had voted 211-204 to send Republican Representative Thomas Massie’s eight articles of impeachment to the Judiciary Committee, shelving them.

Every Democrat who voted opposed referral. Had the 11 joined them and nothing else changed—seven Republicans were absent too, let’s not forget—then it would have failed.

But Democrats should come to thank them, whether they realize it or not.

The absentees accidentally stopped their party from beginning its post-midterm era with a draining and uncertain impeachment fight it lacks the Senate votes to finish.

Massie’s allegations are serious, and Hegseth is far from a popular figure with either party.

His articles accuse Hegseth of waging the Iran war without congressional authorization and fighting on after Congress voted to end it.

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