Top 2 Senate Republicans Call for Senate to Take Up Mayorkas Impeachment Trial

Senate Minority Leader McConnell said a full Senate trial on the impeachment charges against the Homeland Security secretary ‘would be the best way forward.’

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) talks to reporters following the weekly Senate Republican caucus policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Feb. 27, 2024. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

The top two Republicans in the U.S. Senate are calling for the chamber to proceed to an impeachment trial against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas after the Republican-led House of Representatives approved two impeachment articles against Mr. Mayorkas over his handling of U.S. border security.

“The House of Representatives has determined that Secretary Mayorkas has committed impeachable offenses,” Republican Senate Whip John Thune (R-S.D.) told reporters at a Tuesday press conference. “That issue will come before the United States Senate. I believe the Senate needs to hold a trial.”