Gillibrand says Hegseth is unfit and should resign
Kirsten GillibrandU.S. senator for New York and member of the Senate Armed Services Committee
Gillibrand said Hegseth is not fit for office, citing the Iran war, spending, the firing of military leaders, his handling of servicemembers' mistreatment and the bombing of a girls' school, and called on him to resign.
“Between the war in Iran, wasting taxpayer dollars, reckless firings of qualified military leaders, dismissing servicemembers’ mistreatment, and the bombing of a girls' school, it's clear Pete Hegseth is not fit for the office he holds. It's time for him to resign.”
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Should Pete Hegseth be impeached?
Members of the House have advanced multiple impeachment proposals involving Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. Rep. Shri Thanedar introduced H.Res. 935 in December 2025, Rep. Yassamin Ansari introduced H.Res. 1177 in April 2026, and Rep. Thomas Massie announced in September that he would offer a privileged resolution. The proposals allege distinct conduct involving military operations, oversight, and the handling of sensitive information; the proposals themselves do not establish those allegations. Hegseth disputed the characterization that anyone was “texting war plans,” while Pentagon Press Secretary Kingsley Wilson called the April effort a charade and, after Massie read his articles on September 15, defended Hegseth’s record without addressing the specific allegations. The dispute is whether the House should impeach Hegseth on the basis of the congressional proposals and available evidence.
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand posted this on Bluesky on October 6, 2026, with a video.
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Massie's privileged impeachment resolution had been pending since the House left Washington in September.
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Gillibrand posted the message with a video.
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The question in this case is whether the House should impeach Hegseth. Gillibrand says he is unfit and should resign, which shares the aim of the impeachment proposals, but she names resignation as the remedy and does not address impeachment. A condemning label would treat her call to resign as support for impeaching him.
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