This is a great response from a lawmaker showing real character and respect for her Albuquerque area constituents who've raised a legitimate issue -- in this case, a missed vote on Hegseth impeach. Apologize, explain, promise to do better, and get back to work.
IDK about you, but I will never again vote for any candidate that accepts campaign contributions from AIPAC.
If you do it, you’re not loyal to the USA.
You’re loyal to Israel.
And God Bless, but Israel is NOT THE USA.
Instead of having the decency to apologize or resign, the 11 are circling up the wagons using the defense of... wait for it... "If I had actually shown up to my job on time like everyone else, trust me, I would have done my job."
Fire your comms people NOW.
Under the leadership of Hakeem Jeffries, House democrats, TODAY, failed to stop the largest cuts to veterans benefits in American history, despite having the votes. ON VETERANS DAY.
For those establishment Democrats who are accusing the non-establishment Democrats, the voters, of betraying Jeffries and Schumer, may we remind you they had an 18% and 13% approval rating respectively well before the midterms. Read the room you’ve been living in and step aside.
I came into Congress with @RepJeffries. He's smart, tough, fair, strategic and a gifted communicator. He kept a narrow minority united and just led his party to a generational win. He's exactly the leader Democrats and our nation needs and he'll be an extraordinary Speaker.
Democrats fail to call for a recorded vote and GOP passes its bill that cuts veteran disability benefits and forces veterans to pay more to use VA home loan benefits … on Veterans Day
This is the type of thing that would ideally be paid attention to and handled by party leadership. In this case, that would be Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Whip Katherine Clark.
This is less than 24 hours after they failed to whip members on a vote to impeach Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, which failed by a 210-204 vote margin with 11 absent Dem members.
My constituents expect me to hold those in power accountable, and I take that responsibility seriously. A personal emergency delayed my arrival and prevented me from being present for the vote. However, I have since put my position on the record, and I remain committed to holding Secretary Hegseth accountable and supporting his impeachment.
“Republicans failed to hold him accountable.”
The truth is: THOMAS MASSIE, A REPUBLICAN, TRIED TO IMPEACH PETE HEGSETH, AND THE REPUBLICAN’S IMPEACHMENT ATTEMPT WAS BLOCKED BY THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
THAT IS A FACT.
I voted to proceed with impeaching Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. Republicans failed to hold him accountable.
Hegseth has undermined our national security and engineered an unpopular and reckless war in Iran that the American people are paying for.
He is not fit to continue as the Secretary of Defense, and must be removed before more lives are put in unnecessary danger.
The crazy thing is, these 11 members will face fewer repercussions from Hakeem Jeffries than any member who doesn’t vote for him for Speaker.
The rules are backwards in DC.