House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) signaled over the past weekend that he will increase Democratic pressure in his campaign to get Department of War Secretary Pete Hegseth to resign or be removed from his position.
Jeffries announced his stance at a media appearance ahead of the midterm elections that will determine control of Congress.
“We’re going to hold him accountable in the same way that we held Pam Bondi and Kristi Noem accountable,” Jeffries told MS NOW on Saturday, referring to the Trump administration’s previous attorney general and Homeland Security secretary, respectively.
“And Pete Hegseth needs to be pushed aside by the president, or we’re going to have to deal with that situation if he is not,” Jeffries said, adding that Democrats are going to “run him out of town.”…