Last year, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth set out to gut a crucial Pentagon office that exists to protect civilians in conflict, arguing that it was “woke” and at odds with “maximum lethality.” But when he asked America’s top military commanders to back him, every single one rejected the idea.
Hegseth gutted the Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response Program anyway. Less than a year later, a U.S. strike would kill 156 people at a school in Minab, Iran on the first day of the Trump administration’s illegal war on Iran.
This is how Hegseth operates: ignore warnings, make reckless decisions, and then refuse to answer for the consequences.
When an out-of-control official abuses power, undermines the rule of law, and harms communities here and abroad, impeachment is the answer. We’ve seen how pressure from Congress and the public can help topple Trump’s cabinet members before, so let’s come together to do it again.