Playbook: “As Republicans have taken steps toward impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, political prognosticators — admittedly, yours truly included — have warned about the possibility of a high-profile, border-related Senate impeachment trial falling smack in middle of an already contentious election year.”
“As fun as that sounds, you can forget it.”
“Multiple Democratic sources in the Senate as well as in the administration tell Playbook that the party is planning to scuttle the House GOP’s dreams of a long, drawn-out process that drags Mayorkas — and the Biden administration writ large — through the mud.”
“With the House slated to impeach Mayorkas next week, Democrats have quietly been in talks about the best way to kill this as fast as they can. And it turns out they have a bunch of options on that front.”
