Washington, DC…Rep. Tom McClintock (CA-05) today delivered the following remarks on the House floor.  The Congressman also released the attached memo discussing impeachment.  Rep. McClintock House floor remarks (video link):

Mr. Speaker:

Secretary Mayorkas is guilty of maladministration of our immigration laws on a cosmic scale.  But we KNOW that’s not grounds for impeachment, because the American Founders specifically rejected it.

They didn’t want political disputes to become impeachments, because that would shatter the separation of powers that vests the enforcement of the laws with the President – no matter how bad a job he does.

Cabinet secretaries can’t serve two masters.  They can be impeached for committing a crime relating to their office, but not for carrying out presidential policy.

The border crisis can’t be fixed by replacing one left-wing official with another.  It can only be fixed by the American people at the ballot box by replacing this administration with one committed to securing our borders, defending our country, and upholding the rule of law.  Americans are already coming to that conclusion.

And I’m afraid that stunts like this don’t help.

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