GOP Senate candidates pounce on Dems for Mayorkas impeachment vote

• Sens. Jon Tester (D-Mont.), Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc) and Bob Casey (D-Pa.) all face re-election and all voted to dispense with the impeachment charges.
• Democrats, who voted on party lines to declare the impeachment article unconstitutional, say Mayorkas did not commit any high crimes or misdemeanors.
• They argued Republicans were elevating policy disputes with the Biden White House to an unprecedented impeachment of a cabinet official.

The big picture: The National Republican Senatorial Committee told Axios the lawmakers' votes against the impeachment will be used in campaign ads, on the trail and "in every other way possible," a spokesperson said.

• Ohio Republican Bernie Moreno argued Brown's vote was "shameful" and that he "sided with the Washington swamp."
• Montana Republican Tim Sheehy said on X that Tester "doesn't have the backbone to seal our border."
• Pennsylvania Republican Dave McCormick criticized Casey on X for voting "to allow Alejandro Mayorkas to escape accountability for the border chaos."

The bottom line: Even if they didn't accomplish their goal of ousting Mayorkas, Republicans forced Democrats into a controversial vote that they will deploy on the campaign trail.