Rogue Democrats hatch wild plan for dueling impeachments of Pete Hegseth and RFK Jr.
Two rank-and-file Democratic lawmakers have gone rogue, rebelling against party leadership by launching frivolous impeachment attempts against two top Trump Cabinet members.
On Tuesday, Congressman Shri Thanedar, D-Mich., announced in a video impeachment articles for 'murder' against Pentagon boss Pete Hegseth, citing the recent US military strikes against alleged narco-terrorists.
'His actions are not just reprehensible, but illegal as well,' the eccentric lawmaker said.
Thanedar already tried to impeach Trump earlier this year after drafting articles against the president, but he immediately received pushback from his own party and dropped the gambit.
'While Shri tries to win points with his base to fend off his political opponents, Secretary Hegseth will continue to protect the homeland,' Department of War (DOW) Press Secretary Kingsley Wilson responded.
'This is just another charade in an attempt to distract the American people from the major successes we have had here at the Department of War.'
Just hours later on Wednesday morning, fellow Democratic Michigander Congresswoman Haley Stevens also shared in a video posted online that she was filing articles of impeachment against Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr.
Democratic congressman Shri Thanedar tried to impeach Trump earlier this year before members of his own party turned against him. On Tuesday, he announced he'd impeach Secretary of War Pete Hegseth
Hours later, on Wednesday morning, another Michigan Democratic member of Congress, Haley Stevens, announced articles of impeachment against HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr.
'RFK Jr. has got to go. Today, I introduced Articles of Impeachment to remove him from office. RFK Jr has turned his back on science, on public health and on the American people under his watch,' Stevens says in the video.
Stevens, who is running for US Senate, sounded as though she were campaigning in her announcement.
'I cannot, and I will not stand by while one man dismantles decades of medical progress,' she says.
'That is why I'm pushing to impeach RFK Jr to hold him accountable and to protect the health, safety and future of every Michigander, because our health, our science and our future are worth fighting for.'
Specifically, her articles accuse Kennedy of 'abuse of authority snd undermining the public health.'
HHS called Stevens' announcement a stunt for a 'third-rate Senate bid.'
'Secretary Kennedy remains focused on improving Americans’ health and lowering costs, not on partisan theatrics designed to elevate standing in a failing, third-rate Senate bid,' HHS Press Secretary Emily Hilliard told the Daily Mail.
The surprise one-two punch comes a week after House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries admitted impeachment is all but pointless while Republicans control Congress.
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth delivers remarks as him and the US Secretaries of State and Defense Marco Rubio host their Australian counterparts for bilateral talks at the State Department in Washington DC, United States on December 8, 2025
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. appears before the Senate Finance Committee at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on September 04, 2025 in Washington, DC
'Republicans will never allow articles of impeachment to be brought to the floor of the House of Representatives, and we know that's the case,' he said during a press conference.
Despite the Democrats' appetite to rail against Trump and his deputies, far-left lawmakers certainly don't have the numbers to remove any of the president's Cabinet, let alone support from party leadership.
