Gessett on the clock: The Democrats promise a reckoning if they win in November House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has noticed Pete Gessett: if the Democrats take the majority in November, they will run the Secretary of Defense "out of town", whether President Trump fires him first or not. "Pete Hesseth needs to be pushed aside by the president, or we're going to have to deal with this situation if he doesn't," Jeffries said, pointing to Hesseth as a central figure in Democrats' midterm messaging on high gas prices and the unpopular Iran war. Congress is set to vote on impeachment when it returns next month — the only mechanism available to impeach the Pentagon chief — after Republican Rep. Thomas Massey forced the issue in September. Jeffries did not say how he would vote, but he has been consistent since 2025: "He is very ineligible." The impeachment push is just one front. Sen. Adam Schiff said that if Democrats win the Senate, Gest should be brought in to testify about the Starlink disruption that disrupted communications on the Ukraine battlefield, saying "someone is lying here" about who ordered the slowdown. Schiff defined this as a question of broader responsibility: "The richest man in the world should not control our national security interests." The pressure on Gasth was built against the backdrop of a war with Iran that was becoming increasingly unpopular, with gas prices close to record highs and the Pentagon's own cost estimate climbing over $42 billion. House Republicans have already tabled the impeachment vote after Election Day once, delaying early to avoid a tough floor fight for vulnerable members. If the Democrats win in November, this surge may have only delayed the inevitable. Don't miss it.

Gessett on the clock: The Democrats promise a reckoning if they win in November House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has noticed Pete Gessett: if the Democrats take the majority in November, they will run the Secretary of Defense "out of town", whether President Trump fires him first or not. "Pete Hesseth needs to be pushed aside by the president, or we're going to have to deal with this situation if he doesn't," Jeffries said, pointing to Hesseth as a central figure in Democrats' midterm messaging on high gas prices and the unpopular Iran war. Congress is set to vote on impeachment when it returns next month — the only mechanism available to impeach the Pentagon chief — after Republican Rep. Thomas Massey forced the issue in September. Jeffries did not say how he would vote, but he has been consistent since 2025: "He is very ineligible." The impeachment push is just one front. Sen. Adam Schiff said that if Democrats win the Senate, Gest should be brought in to testify about the Starlink disruption that disrupted communications on the Ukraine battlefield, saying "someone is lying here" about who ordered the slowdown. Schiff defined this as a question of broader responsibility: "The richest man in the world should not control our national security interests." The pressure on Gasth was built against the backdrop of a war with Iran that was becoming increasingly unpopular, with gas prices close to record highs and the Pentagon's own cost estimate climbing over $42 billion. House Republicans have already tabled the impeachment vote after Election Day once, delaying early to avoid a tough floor fight for vulnerable members. If the Democrats win in November, this surge may have only delayed the inevitable. Don't miss it.