The House shelved the Hegseth impeachment.

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth kept the post on Tuesday night. The House voted 211-204 and shut down an impeachment drive by Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky. The 211-204 vote killed the effort by Thomas Massie. Massie was the only Republican who voted to keep it alive. Massie alleged eight charges and called them high crimes and misdemeanors. Politico did not list them. This paper does not supply the list.

Massie, after the vote: “Republicans admit why they lost the election, but they’re paralyzed and can’t do anything to correct for it.” Massie went on: “And I think that’s kind of a theme up here is that people know what the right thing is. They just can’t bring themselves to it because there’s some other political reality.” At the Pentagon that morning, Hegseth cast the drive as an attack on American troops and on Trump. The White House had stood behind Hegseth.

They’re paralyzed and can’t do anything to correct for it.

Speaker Mike Johnson, before the vote: “Thomas Massie is a disgruntled congressman, and the impeachment effort is a political gambit for attention.” Trump wrote afterward: “The Democrats' attempt to impeach Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has miserably FAILED! Every single Republican, except Thomas Massie, a major LOSER, voted in favor of Pete.” Eleven Democrats missed the vote. Eight Republicans skipped it. Representative Eugene Vindman of Virginia said some Democrats “were at an event that didn't make it back in time, so it's unfortunate. Really, should have never happened, but that's the way it played out.”