In brief
The White House formally opposed an attempt to impeach U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, urging Congress to defer the resolution. Hegseth dismissed the effort as a farce and a stunt, a view echoed by ABC News and Gulf Coast News. No consensus on the motion’s fate remains, and the future of the impeachment resolution is uncertain.
The White House formally opposed an effort to impeach U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Tuesday, Nov. 10, according to a report published by Xinhua. The White House urged Congress to stall the impeachment resolution through committee referral, signaling a refusal to support the move.
White House Response
In its statement, the White House indicated that it would not back the impeachment resolution and would instead call for a procedural pause. The position was expressed in a formal announcement posted to the White House website and reported by Xinhua news agency on the same day.
Defense Secretary Hegseth’s Reaction
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reacted to the impeachment push by characterizing it as a farce and a stunt. In a public statement, Hegseth said the effort was “a farce … and it’s a stunt.” The Secretary also asserted that the resolution was a political maneuver with no substantive basis.
“a farce, and it’s a stunt, and everybody knows it.”
The quote is attributed to Secretary Hegseth, as reported by Gulf Coast News Now. The article also references Republican Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky, who was active in supporting the impeachment resolution.
ABC News also covered Hegseth’s condemnation of the impeachment bid, describing the Secretary’s stance as a dismissal of the “farce” and telling the public that it constituted a stunt. Although the ABC article could not be accessed fully, its summary indicated the same assessment of the resolution as lacking legitimate grounds.
Both ABC News and Gulf Coast News Now report that Hegseth rejected the move, labeling it a farce and a stunt. The agreement among these sources underscores the Secretary’s uniform opposition to the impeachment effort, even as the White House takes a formal stance against proceeding with the resolution.
While Xinhua, ABC News, and Gulf Coast News now all present a consistent view that the White House opposes and Hegseth rejects the impeachment proposal, the overall outcome in Congress remains pending. The sources state only that the White House is urging a stall in committee, but do not yet indicate whether the House will ultimately move the impeachment resolution forward or abandon it. The future trajectory of the impeachment motion is still uncertain based on the information currently available from these outlets.
