Gillen says a police escort kept her from the vote and Hegseth should be impeached
Laura GillenU.S. representative for New York's 4th Congressional District
Gillen said she was stuck behind the same police escort near the Capitol as Rep. Melanie Stansbury when the referral vote closed, that she would have voted no, and that she strongly believes Hegseth should be impeached.
“Like Rep. Stansbury, I was stuck behind the same police escort blocking the Capitol when Republicans closed the vote. I would have voted no and believe strongly that Pete Hegseth should be impeached.”
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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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Post from Rep. Laura Gillen's official X account on the evening of November 10, 2026 (Eastern time), after the House referred Massie's impeachment resolution to the Judiciary Committee. It quotes a post by Rep. Melanie Stansbury's office about a traffic incident near the Capitol.
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Gillen was one of 11 Democrats who did not vote on the November 10 motion to refer Massie's impeachment resolution to the Judiciary Committee, which passed 211 to 204. Her post quoted one from Stansbury's office saying a traffic incident and a police escort of a bus had kept Stansbury from reaching the chamber in time.
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ABC News reported that Gillen was in the chamber for the House's next vote that evening, and that it had asked Capitol Police about the traffic incident without hearing back.
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On whether Hegseth should be impeached, Gillen says she would have voted against setting the resolution aside and that he should be impeached.
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