ICYMI: Rep. Min Calls for Hegseth’s Impeachment on NewsNation: “The Most Incompetent Secretary of Defense in History”
Rep. Min: “This is the most incompetent war under the most incompetent Secretary of Defense in history [...] This is costing us as U.S. consumers way too much money. It is putting our troops in harm's way”
Washington, DC – On NewsNation, Representative Dave Min (CA-47), a member of the House Oversight Committee, slammed Pete Hegseth as “the most incompetent Secretary of Defense in history” and called for his impeachment and removal from office.
On the Impeachment of Pete Hegseth
“I hope he resigns, but that won't be enough. And just to recap, he launched us into an illegal war in Iran. It is costing us taxpayers over $50 billion. They've exhausted the Pentagon funding from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act passed last year, and of course, it's raising our prices across the board, whether it's at the gas pump, in our grocery stores, anywhere else. The price of energy is through the roof.
This is clearly the most incompetent Secretary of Defense in history. I'm a former law professor, and incompetence is not enough for impeachment. The reason people are looking for impeachment, the reason I cosponsored articles of impeachment against Hegseth back in April this year, is because he's repeatedly violated the law, both U.S. law and international law. He's shown contempt for oversight, and there needs to be accountability.”
On Hegseth’s Alleged Violations of the Law
“Whether it's a double-tap strike where he ordered the killing of civilians in an attack from a civilian-designed airplane. It looked like a civilian aircraft. They did the double tap in Venezuela. Those strikes were illegal, against international law, war crimes.
Whether it's the bombing of the Iran school, the girls' school that killed somewhere between 120 and 107 girls. That also looked like a double-tap strike where they shot more missiles that killed the people responding to that.
Was this Hegseth, we think so. But he's shown zero accountability. He's not really answered any questions in this regard.
So there will be accountability at some point, whether it is now with an impeachment, and I do believe this will pass, or whether it is in the future when international or U.S. prosecutors go after him.”
On Hegseth’s Handling of the Iran War
“Again, this is an illegal war. That's part of the problem right now. Only Congress has the authority to authorize war, to declare war, to authorize the use of military force.
What they're doing right now with our soldiers so cavalierly is putting them in harm's way for something where we don't understand the objectives, we don't understand this exit strategy.
This is the most incompetent war under the most incompetent Secretary of Defense in history [...] This is costing us as U.S. consumers way too much money. It is putting our troops in harm's way. I think over a dozen people have been reported to die.
They're also lying to us about the death toll from this war. So we need new leadership. Hegseth has committed crimes. He needs to go.”
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