House Republicans vote to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas
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🗓️ 14 February 2024
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House Republicans voted to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. What's next?
USA TODAY National Political Correspondent David Jackson looks at how Donald Trump is tightening his grip on the Republican Party.
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| 0:08.0 | Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson and today is Wednesday, February 14th, 2024. This is the |
| 0:19.2 | excerpt. Today the House has voted to impeach the Homeland Security Secretary. |
| 0:26.5 | What happens next? Plus we take a closer look at how Donald Trump is |
| 0:30.4 | tightening his grip on the Republican Party, |
| 0:32.8 | and we hear how a Parkland librarian has healed |
| 0:35.6 | and helped heal six years |
| 0:37.6 | after a devastating high school shooting. |
| 0:40.5 | The House voted to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Myorcas yesterday. |
| 0:45.0 | The move came after a failed attempt from House Republicans last week as they worked to make the border and immigration major 2024 issues. The vote passed mostly along party lines by |
| 0:55.9 | account of 214 to 213. No Democrats joined the effort and a few GOP |
| 1:01.5 | lawmakers sided with them. It was the first time the House impeached a the secretary deliberately and willfully allowed a crisis to advance on the southern border. |
| 1:15.2 | But Democrats, a handful of GOP lawmakers and legal scholars across the political spectrum, |
| 1:21.0 | have argued that House Republicans accusations are policy |
| 1:24.3 | disagreements over immigration. Still nothing will directly result from |
| 1:29.0 | last night's vote. The Senate |
| 1:35.0 | majority leader Chuck Schumer has not committed to holding the proceedings. |
| 1:39.0 | And he called proceedings a sham in a statement after the vote. |
| 1:46.0 | Former President Donald Trump is reasserting his control of the Republican Party. |
| 1:51.0 | I caught up with USA Today national political correspondent David Jackson to discuss |
| 1:55.5 | Trump's holds over the current GOP. Hello David, thanks for hopping on the excerpt today. |
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