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Jeffries Flips: Two Days After Hedging, He's A "Hard Yes" On Impeaching Hegseth House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Sunday on ABC's "This Week" that he is "a hard yes" on the impeachment resolution against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth , telling host Jonathan Karl that "Pete Hegseth has got to go," according to ABC News . The Epoch Times, which transcribed the interview, has him adding that the "so-called secretary of defense has abused his power, undermined our national security and engineered this reckless and costly war of choice in Iran." Jeffries On Pete Hegseth Impeachment: "I Am A Hard Yes On The Hegseth Resolution" 🔥 House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries says he fully backs the resolution to impeach Trump's Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. #TorontoPost #HakeemJeffries #PeteHegseth #Impeachment #Trump pic.twitter.com/c36hrwDCIh — Toronto Post (@torontopost11) November 8, 2026 In an NPR "Morning Edition" interview on Nov. 6, Jeffries called Hegseth "the most unqualified secretary of defense in American history" and said "He's got to go," but when asked directly about impeachment he said, "I don't want to get out ahead of the caucus," per NPR's write-up . On Wednesday, the morning after Democrats won the House and Senate, he told reporters that not one House Democrat had raised impeachment with him, as we reported . Asked on Sunday whether all House Democrats would follow him, Jeffries did not claim a whip count. "We'll certainly have that conversation on Tuesday morning when we reconvene for the first time in Washington, D.C.," he said, adding that he expects "incredibly strong support" for the resolution. The impeachment articles are not a Democratic vehicle: they belong to Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), who is leaving Congress after losing his primary to a Trump-backed challenger and plans to reintroduce his impeachment articles as early as Monday, ABC reports. Because it is a privileged resolution, leaders must schedule a vote within two…

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