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An Anticlimactic End to Mayorkas Impeachment

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What A Day

Daily News, News

4.612.6K Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2024

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

On Wednesday, the Senate moved to dismiss two articles of impeachment against Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas over his handling of the border. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Democrats needed “to set a precedent that impeachment should never be used to settle policy disagreements.” Congressional reporter Matt Laslo breaks down the vibes on Capitol Hill.

And in headlines: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi warned Israel that even the “tiniest invasion” on their part would provoke a “massive” response, President Joe Biden may not appear on Ohio’s ballot this November, and Arizona Republicans defeated another effort to repeal the state’s near-total abortion ban.Show Notes:

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0:00.0

It's Thursday, April 18th.

0:02.7

I'm Priyanka Ere Bindi.

0:03.8

And I'm Juanita Tolliver, and this is what a day of the pod

0:06.1

where we have a new thing to worry about falling out of the sky.

0:09.1

Space junk.

0:10.1

NASA confirmed that the object that tore through a Naples Florida man's home was debris from the space station.

0:16.2

It had been floating around up there for three years.

0:19.5

Absolutely the federal government is remodeling my home if this happens to me.

0:24.0

Yeah, I'm getting a farmhouse sink out of it. I don't know about you.

0:27.0

On today's show, Columbia University's president was on the hill for a

0:34.4

hearing related to anti-Semitism on the university's campus. Plus, Iran warns

0:38.8

Israel of a massive response if it acts after last week's attack. But first, the Senate move quickly to dismiss

0:44.8

two articles of impeachment against Secretary of Homeland

0:47.4

Security, Alejandro Mayorkis, on Wednesday.

0:50.3

The whole trial, if you can call it that, lasted about three hours.

0:54.0

Here's Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer speaking out a press conference after.

0:58.0

What we saw today was a microcosm of this impeachment since day one.

1:04.0

Hallo, frivolous, political, and we felt very strongly

1:10.0

that we had to set a precedent that impeachment should never be used to settle

1:16.4

policy disagreements. It was an anti-climactic end to House Republicans long-shot bid to oust Myorkas. You'll remember they had to

1:25.2

vote twice on his impeachment in February. The first one failed because too many

1:28.8

Republicans defected. Now it's all over and Myorcus keeps his job.

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