The Hitchhiker’s Guide to why Rep. Blake Moore flipped from Yea to Nay on impeaching Mayorkas

The GOP miscalculated the support they had

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There were four Republicans who voted no tonight against impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Reps. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Ken Buck (R-Colo.) and House Vice Conference Chairman Blake Moore (R-Utah) – a member of the Republican leadership.

But Moore’s "nay" vote against impeaching Mayorkas deserves an asterisk. He’s not really against impeaching Mayorkas. Moore voted no so the Republican effort to impeach Mayorkas could live to fight another day.

To wit: Moore was on the board as a yea in favor of impeaching Mayorkas. But the GOP miscalculated how many yea votes that they had – as well as how many Democrats present and available to vote no.

The current breakdown in the 431 member House is 219 Republicans to 212 Democrats with four vacancies.Read more and see video here.

After a Crushing Defeat in Nevada, Nikki Haley Must Accept This Conclusion

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There needed to be an intervention on this when she got trounced in New Hampshire, but now is the time for Nikki Haley’s team to lock her in a room and hold an intervention. It’s over. Her 2024 campaign is finished. The only bright spot for the former South Carolina governor is that she lasted longer than Vivek Ramaswamy, whom she visibly disliked. 

Other than that, it’s been a beatdown ever since. Ms. Haley got pummeled in Iowa by Trump, got thrashed in New Hampshire, and now, even with the former president not on the ballot, she couldn’t break 30 percent: ‘none of these candidates’ won the contest last night with 62.9 percent of the vote. There were two people, Tim Scott and Mike Pence, who weren’t even running anymore, and she couldn’t sink the free throw here. 

Besides the results showing that Haley’s 2024 chances are dead and have been for some time, she’s not popular with the Republican Party base. This development has been evident for a while, but it’s now the other elephant in the room, which should signal to Ms. Haley that it’s time to go.

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