The GOP scored a post-midterms win, as 11 Democrats missed the vote
Pete Hegseth has dodged impeachment — for now.
Republicans in the House of Representatives successfully blocked an effort to impeach the Secretary of Defense on Tuesday night, amid a controversial, chaotic run as one of Donald Trump ’s most loyal Cabinet members, highlighted by a disastrous, still-ongoing war of choice against Iran.
The House voted 211-204 to move the impeachment resolution to committee, where Republicans, who for the rest of the year control the chamber’s committees, can leave it to languish. Eleven Democrats missed the vote, potentially depriving the party of a huge win coming off of the midterm elections. The absent Democrats were: Reps.…