in february, mayorkas became the first cabinet secretary to be impeached in nearly 150 years. democrats have condemned house republicans, saying the procedure was used to solve policy disagreements. republican senate minority leader mitch mcconnell warned that dismissing the charges so quickly sets a dangerous precedent. we have set a very unfortunate precedent here. this means that the senate can ignore, in effect, the house s impeachment. it doesn t make any difference whether our friends on the other side don t think you should have been impeached or not. he was. for more on all these developments from impeachment to foreign aid i spoke to claudia grisales, a congressional correspondent from npr. thank you very much for being here. let s start by speaker johnson unveiling a separate foreign aid bills. how much support do you think there is a
the us southern border, wilfully refusing to comply with the law and breached public trust. in february, mayorkas became the first cabinet secretary to be impeached in nearly 150 years. democrats have condemned house republicans, saying the procedure was used to solve policy disagreements. i spoke to luke broadwater, congressional correspondent for the new york times, about how this all played out. this was a trial that was almost over before it started. are you surprised about how quickly this took place and how quickly these two articles of impeachment were dismissed by the senate? no, it was perhaps the worst kept secret in washington that the senate democrats planned to dismiss this case pretty quickly. they did not see this as a valid impeachment attempt. in the past, impeachment has been used for corruption,
Theater, got you politics, what these folks are trying to do is impeach the secretary of homeland security. Not for treason, not for high crimes and misdemeanors, not for drug bribery, but for policy disagreements. Come on, this is again political theater, these folks take clips from our hearings and raise money for it. The country deserves better, and there is No Doubt in my mind that Secretary Mayorkas wants to appear before the committee. They just have to negotiate the time, and the date. Theres been no evidence that the secretary doesnt want to appear before the committee. It seems to me that every time hes been asked he goes to capitol hill. Absolutely. Weve had him in our hearings on multiple occasions already. And so, i think that again this is very disingenuous of the chairman of the committee, mr. Green, too in any way indicate that the secretary is not willing to come. I mean, it is still just kind of cracks me up they are saying he doesnt want to testify, when he is going t
homeland security. not for treason, not for high crimes and misdemeanors, not for drug bribery, but for policy disagreements. come on, this is again political theater, these folks take clips from our hearings and raise money for it. the country deserves better, and there is no doubt in my mind that secretary mayorkas wants to appear before the committee. they just have to negotiate the time, and the date. there s been no evidence that the secretary doesn t want to appear before the committee. it seems to me that every time he s been asked he goes to capitol hill. absolutely. we ve had him in our hearings on multiple occasions already. and so, i think that again this is very disingenuous of the chairman of the committee, mr. green, too in any way indicate that the secretary is not
like this all the time. the 1980 primary between ronald reagan and george bush senior was extremely bitter. ronald reagan was like i m paying for this microphone and basically trying to one up, and bush senior ends up on the ticket. politicians run races against people and get out and endorse them all the time enwven when i seems weird. if he wants to stop trump from receiving the nomination, he ought to be able to put aside policy disagreements, even if he thinks nikki haley is an underwhelming politician. i don t think she s going to win this either, but how is it productive for him to be saying that in an environment where it s going to be heard do you think it would help haley if he endorsed her before iowa. i think it s probably better to wait past iowa and new hampshire. the posture that he s taken here, i don t know the extent to which he was actually thinking that he was keeping these