Vance says Hegseth impeachment vote "isn't about Iran"

• The Iran war is at the center of the allegations against Hegseth, with three of the eight articles of impeachment specifically concerning the conflict.

• Other allegations include that Hegseth illegally initiated military conflict in Venezuela and Yemen.

What they're saying: "Has Pete Hegseth committed impeachable crimes? The question is absurd and the answer is: obviously not," Vance said Tuesday on X.

• "Like so much of Congress, impeachment has become a ridiculous show that stands in for actual policymaking. Congress has so many tools for registering its policy disagreements."
• Vance added that Congress was choosing to impeach Hegseth as they did President Trump. "Legislation is hard. Impeachments are easy (and ultimately, inconsequential)."
• "The irony is that legislators are most angry at Pete on the issues where he's most correct: repositioning forces away from Europe/Ukraine and reorganizing the general officer corps," he continued. "This isn't about Iran, this is about the fact that Pete took on the bureaucracy at the Pentagon."

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