Secretary of War Pete Hegseth holds press briefing in response to articles of impeachment – November 10, 2026
War Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday shrugged off the Democrats’ calls to impeach him and said that he is still working with Republicans and Democrats in Congress amid Rep. Thomas Massie’s impeachment resolution.
“If they want to talk about President Trump’s foreign policy and national security record, let’s do it. I’ll see you there,” Hegseth told reporters of an impeachment attempt next Congress when Democrats are in the majority. He further maintained that “there’s a ton of support” for him against the “flimsy articles that aren’t grounded in, actually, the Constitution.”
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on Tuesday called for Hegseth to be put on trial immediately “so that we can remove him for his catastrophic failure in Iran,” calling his and Trump’s handling of the war “shameful.”
He further attacked Hegseth for “waging an ideological crusade against the Pentagon and purging some of our most experienced, battle-tested military officers” in his efforts to root out woke ideology, including critical race theory, from the military.
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Hegseth dismissed Schumer’s calls for a trial in response to The Gateway Pundit, saying, “I mean, that’s what happens when you put people with ideological agendas in charge of institutions,” but also appearing to suggest he is ready to once again testify before a committee to defend his and President Trump’s agenda.
“If they want to talk about President Trump’s foreign policy and national security record, let’s do it. I’ll see you there. Let’s have a conversation about the success that I outlined here, which for partisan reasons they want to take issue with, but the ability for America to project power and ensure security of the American people has never been better than it is right here today.”
“And I can tell you, if you walk inside our formations, and I would encourage many of you to do that, and you talk to the troops, they feel more empowered, more enabled, more backed than they ever have,” he continued.
“So, if you want to talk about that, talk about our recruiting success, talk about the military operations that we’ve undertaken successfully, I welcome that conversation.”
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Later in the briefing, Hegseth was asked if he had been making calls to Capitol Hill to dissuade members from voting for Massie’s resolution and, again, about future Democrat impeachment efforts.
“I think what people misunderstand is the depth of partnership and work that we have done with House Republicans, Senate Republicans, and others that are willing to reach across the aisle,” he said of contact with Capitol Hill amid the current impeachment.
“Our Leg. Affairs team has been very active, obviously, working with Speaker Johnson, who’s done a fantastic job, and the Whip, Tom Emmer. We’ve been in touch with a lot of members. There’s a ton of support. There’s also an understanding that this is one disgruntled guy who drew up some really flimsy articles that aren’t grounded in, actually, the Constitution, or things that are high crimes and misdemeanors. And so, whether they love everything that’s been done, they don’t want to vote for something that isn’t real.”
On moves to avoid future attempts to impeach him when Democrats take over the Senate and House, he said it’s often “misconstrued” that “we’re somehow disengaged from Capitol Hill, that we’re not briefing Capitol Hill, that we’re not talking to Republicans, or we’re not talking to Democrats.”
“We’ve got civilian leaders and uniformed leaders up on Capitol Hill all the time. That has been the case, and that will be the case with Republicans and with Democrats. And right now, we’re flooding the zone because this lame duck period is critically important for funding of our department,” he said, adding that the Pentagon wants Congress to pass a $350 billion reconciliation package for “generational and historic investment” in the Department of War.
“We’re working with Speaker Johnson, we’re working with Leader Thune, we’re working with all the Republicans to try to take this opportunity. We know the Democrats won’t do it, sadly. I wish they would take this opportunity to try to fund the troops in a way that ensures we dominate at every domain for decades to come, which is ultimately my job,” he said.
“My job is not to litigate all of this every day. It’s to ensure we’re funded and funded properly, which is what the president expects every single day. Thank you.”
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