Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., reportedly is releasing a video that heaps blame on Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for the southern border crisis amid the latest push for an impeachment trial.
The Daily Caller first obtained a copy of the video containing news clips on the massive migrant influx, Mayorkas' insistence he's trying to protect the border, and Marshall's criticism of the inaction.
"Secretary Mayorkas is complicit in aiding and abetting [President] Joe Biden’s historic border invasion," Marshall told the outlet ahead of the Monday video release.
"He has failed to uphold his oath of office and compromised the safety and security of every American. Right now, the cartel has more control of the border than Alejandro Mayorkas; he isn’t just derelict in his duties, he’s complicit in endangering the safety and security of every single American.
"The Democrats are so afraid of the political backlash a trial would have on the 2024 elections that they are abandoning their responsibility and undermining our Constitution to take unprecedented measures to block Sec. Mayorkas’ impeachment trial," Marshall charged.
But, he warned, "make no mistake: Come November, 'we the people' will speak loudly."
"The American people will not forget the betrayal," he told the outlet. "[Senate Majority Leader] Chuck Schumer [D-N.Y.] and his radical caucus are very clearly worried about the next election and not the national security threat our wide-open borders pose to the sovereignty of our nation."
Marshall also warned "if Senate Democrats skirt their responsibility" and block an impeachment trial, "we should hold them accountable at the ballot box."
"The people of Montana, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Nevada must make their voices heard," he said about the battleground states.
Only the House of Representatives has the power of impeachment. The Senate tries impeachments.
Marshall has been focused on Mayorkas for months, and in January, introduced a no-confidence resolution.
On Monday, Marshall alleged Mayorkas lied several times before Congress under oath — and asserted the secretary doesn't have "operational control" of the U.S. border, The Daily Caller reported.
Mayorkas in late January pushed back against the accusations being made against him in articles of impeachment, saying that the claims being made against him are "baseless."
"I will defer a discussion of the constitutionality of your current effort to the many respected scholars and experts across the political spectrum who already have opined it is contrary to law," Mayorkas said in a seven-page letter to the House Homeland Security Committee.
"What I will not defer to others is a response to the politically motivated accusations and personal attacks you have made against me."
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