WASHINGTON — A House Democrat vowed to furnish articles of impeachment against Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, whom she bashed as the “chief enabler” of President Trump’s “insane military action against Iran.”
Rep. Yassamin Ansari (D-Ariz.), the first Iranian-American Democrat elected to Congress, raged against Trump for his jaw-dropping threats to Iran, including to end the country “in one night,” and called impeaching Hegseth a necessary step to prevent a catastrophe.
“I am introducing Articles of Impeachment against Pete Hegseth for repeatedly violating his oath of office and his duty to the Constitution,” Ansari said in a statement.
“Only Congress has the power to declare war, not a rogue president or his lackeys,” she added. “Hegseth’s reckless endangerment of US servicemembers and repeated war crimes, including bombing a girls’ school in Minab, Iran and willfully targeting civilian infrastructure, are grounds for impeachment.”
Ansari, 34, is the youngest female member of Congress and has been an outspoken critic of the Iran war.
Trump had ramped up his threats against Iran over the weekend, telling the regime on Easter Sunday to “Open the F—in’ Strait, you crazy b—–ds, or you’ll be living in Hell.” The president further vowed to target energy and bridge infrastructure if Iran declines to meet his 8 pm ET deadline Tuesday to cut a deal.
Reacting to those threats from Trump, Ansari called for his cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment and remove him from office.
Her singling out of Hegseth comes weeks after Trump revealed last month that his secretary of war was the “first” to hit the drumbeats of war against Iran.
Hegseth’s team brushed off the impeachment push with Pentagon Press Secretary Kingsley Wilson telling The Post that “this is just another Democrat trying to make headlines.”
“Secretary Hegseth will continue to protect the homeland and unleash epic fury on Iran’s radical regime. 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,” Wilson added.
While Ansari’s impeachment push is all but certain to crash and burn in the GOP-led Congress, it illustrates how Hegseth is emerging as a top target within the cabinet for Democrats following the firings of former Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem and former Attorney General Pam Bondi.
“The threats against Iranian civilian infrastructure and the entire country of Iran are unreal and apocalyptic,” she said in an X video about her impeachment push. “Iran is a country of 90 million people; threatening them with annihilation is a monstrous war crime.”
On Tuesday, Trump went further in his warnings against Iran, declaring that a” whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.”
“I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will,” he added in a Truth Social post. “[M]aybe something revolutionarily wonderful can happen, WHO KNOWS? We will find out tonight, one of the most important moments in the long and complex history of the World.”
“God Bless the Great People of Iran!”
