At a press conference after filing a resolution to impeach Secretary Pete Hegseth, Massie said Hegseth rolled back the civilian targeting protections at the Department of Defense. Asked whether Hegseth could become a rallying point, Massie said he doesn't know how anyone rallies around eight articles, "eight times he's violated the Constitution or the law." He added that while Trump probably wears his former impeachments as a badge of honor, Hegseth won't get to.
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- Rep. Thomas Massie
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- other: press conference after filing articles of impeachment against Defense Sec
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Does he have blood on his hands? Of course, the civilians, because he's the one who rolled back the civilian targeting protections at the Department of Defense. Absolutely. Your goal is to try to force Secretary Hexeth out before the end of your term. Are you at all concerned that he could become a rallying client? I don't think so. I don't know how you rally around eight articles of impeachment. It's not one or two. It's eight times he's violated the Constitution or the law. And the president has got away with a lot of things that nobody else can get away with. And I don't think it's a, I don't, whereas the president today probably wears those former impeachments as a badge of honor, I don't think Hegseth gets to wear this that way. It's not the way it would be looked at in history.
Machine transcript of the clip's audio; names are checked, small words may differ.