ABNA24 - Hegseth is emerging as Democrats' top target in the Trump Cabinet following the ousters of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Attorney General Pam Bondi, Axios reported.Polls have shown Hegseth is among the least popular members of the Cabinet, with the mounting costs of the Iran conflict placing further strain on his public image.The White House and Pentagon did not immediately respond to requests for comment.Rep. Yassamin Ansari (D-Ariz.) said in a statement she will introduce articles of impeachment against Hegseth next week for "repeatedly violating his oath of office and his duty to the Constitution.""Hegseth's reckless endangerment of US servicemembers and repeated war crimes ... are grounds for impeachment and removal from office," the House Democrats' freshman class president said.Ansari, who is Iranian American, also called for the Cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove President Donald Trump from office over his "deranged statements" about the war."The 25th Amendment exists for a reason; his Cabinet should use it. The fate of US troops, the Iranian people, and the very foundation of our global system are at stake," she said.
With Republicans in control of both chambers of Congress and a two-thirds majority needed in the Senate to convict an executive official for impeachable offensive, Ansari's impeachment push is highly unlikely to succeed.There is also no realistic chance of Trump's Cabinet, which is filled with loyalists, invoking the 25th Amendment.Ansari isn't the first Democrat to propose impeaching Hegseth. Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.) introduced articles of impeachment against the Pentagon chief last year, but has so far not forced a vote on it.
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