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Jeffries shredded over Hegseth impeachment snafu as Dem jockeys for speaker’s gavel

"I may have to rethink my support of Hakeem Jeffries after the Hegseth impeachment vote," Fred Trump III, a Democrat, author and nephew of President Donald Trump, posted on X.

✦ Extractive summary — built from the sources' own reporting•From 1 source•1 min read•Updated November 13, 2026, 12:00 PM UTC
Key points
  • "A slap in the face of the military and veterans on this important day." HEGSETH THWARTS GOP-LED IMPEACHMENT PUSH AS QUESTIONS SWIRL OVER WHETHER ALLEGATIONS RISE TO HIGH CRIMES House GOP leaders successfully blocked Rep.
  • 'THE VIEW' CO-HOST CALLS DEMOCRATS MISSING HEGSETH IMPEACHMENT VOTE A 'SELF-INFLICTED WOUND' Progressive journalist David Schuster wrote on X, "Sure, house Dems will have 259 seats in January instead of current 213.
  • HAKEEM JEFFRIES DECLARES BID FOR HOUSE SPEAKER AFTER GOP'S MIDTERM MASSACRE "I think there's frustration in terms of whipping votes.

HOUSE DEM MISSES HEGSETH IMPEACHMENT VOTE BECAUSE OF MAJOR MEDICAL PROCEDURE ONE WEEK AFTER ELECTION DAY Others blamed medical procedures and family emergencies.

Additional details
  • Back-to-back blunders on the House floor are raising questions over whether Democrats are ready for primetime as they're poised to take over the majority — and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., makes a bid for the top role.
  • I haven't heard of anybody seriously thinking about doing that, so I don't know that it'll change anything." He said House Democrats largely "have faith" in Jeffries and House Minority Whip Katherine Clark, D-Mass., who is poised to be the next House Majority Leader.
  • But Hakeem having 11 Dem absences today on Hegseth (thus losing vote) reveals a Hakeem leadership problem.
  • Had just seven of them been present, the vote to kill Massie's impeachment resolution would have failed, triggering debate and a vote on impeaching the Cabinet secretary likely the next day.
  • But some have questioned whether the recent snafus signal that Jeffries and other leaders may not be ready to be in command of the House majority.

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