Marjorie Taylor Greene To Take Key Impeachment Role

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene will have a key role should the Senate hold an impeachment trial for Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

The Republican-controlled House voted on Tuesday to impeach Mayorkas over the Joe Biden administration's handling of the U.S.-Mexico border. It was the first time in nearly 150 years that a Cabinet secretary has been impeached.

House Republicans have spent months investigating Mayorkas' actions as they have sought to make border security a top issue in the 2024 election.

But it is the Senate that decides whether an impeached official is convicted and ousted from their position. That's highly unlikely as Democrats control the Senate 51-49 and two-thirds of the Senate must vote to convict, which would mean a significant number of Democrats would have to join all Republican senators to vote to remove Mayorkas.

Should a trial for Mayorkas take place, Greene will have arguably her highest-profile role yet as one of the impeachment managers responsible for presenting the case to convict Mayorkas to the Senate.

She is among 11 House Republicans who have been appointed as impeachment managers, according to a February 5 resolution.

Greene, a Georgia Republican, was among several Republicans who urged the Senate to remove Mayorkas after Tuesday's vote.

The House "has finally impeached Secretary Mayorkas for his dereliction of duty & inviting the invasion of America," she wrote on X, formerly Twitter. "To the Senate: the American people demand you uphold your oath & hold a trial and remove Mayorkas for breaking federal law."

Newsweek has contacted Greene's office for comment via email.

On Wednesday, Greene caused a stir after saying U.K. Foreign Secretary David Cameron could "kiss my a***."

"David Cameron needs to worry about his own country and frankly he can kiss my a**," she said in response to the former prime minister's comments urging lawmakers to pass a bill that includes funding for Ukraine.

Also on the list of impeachment managers are: Mark Green of Tennessee, Michael McCaul of Texas, Andy Biggs of Arizona, Clay Higgins of Louisiana, Ben Cline of Virginia, Michael Guest of Mississippi, Andrew Garbarino of New York, Austin Pfluger of Texas, Harriet Hageman of Wyoming and Laurel Lee of Florida. All are Republicans.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday that House impeachment managers will deliver the articles of impeachment to the Senate on February 26.

"The House impeachment managers will present the articles of impeachment to the Senate following the state work period," he said. "Senators will be sworn in as jurors in the trial the next day. Senate President Pro Tempore Patty Murray will preside."

It remains unclear how Democrats plan to deal with the impeachment charges procedurally. They could be dismissed on a simple majority vote, which would mean Greene and her colleagues do not get the chance to argue their case.

Sen. James Lankford, a Republican from Oklahoma, has said the effort to remove Mayorkas would fail.

"It'll fail in the Senate," Lankford told reporters last week. "If I could use the House term, it'll be dead on arrival when it comes over."

Mia Ehrenberg, a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security, said the impeachment was "baseless" and "unconstitutional."

"House Republicans have falsely smeared a dedicated public servant who has spent more than 20 years enforcing our laws and serving our country," Ehrenberg said in a statement to Newsweek.

"Secretary Mayorkas and the Department of Homeland Security will continue working every day to keep Americans safe."