Democrats up for re-election in battleground states face a bind in the Senate as the impeachment trial for Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is expected to begin this month over his role in the ongoing crisis at the southern border.
Several Republican Senate sources told Fox News Digital they expect the pressure to ramp up for lawmakers such as Sens. Jon Tester, D-Mont., Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Bob Casey, D-Penn., who face competitive re-election races in November.
Voters in each of the senators’ states have indicated strong concerns over the state of the border.
An impeachment trial for Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, center, will begin in the Senate when the articles are delivered. Sens. Jon Tester, left, and Tammy Baldwin, right, are expected to be in a bind over the issue as they face competitive re-election races in November. (Getty Images/File)
Republican senators recently accused Tester of being unwilling to vote on border or immigration-related amendments during negotiations over the $1.2 trillion spending package that caused a brief partial government shutdown before being passed last month. Tester’s office denied the claims.
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One senior Republican Senate source predicted Tester would be similarly pushed during the impeachment trial procedure: “He’ll have to go on the record with it. No way out,” the source said. They noted that Brown would also be put to the test in the Mayorkas trial.
A representative for Tester told Fox News Digital on Wednesday, “Senator Tester will review the articles when they are sent over to the Senate.”
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas (Getty Images/File)
The House passed two articles of impeachment against Mayorkas in early February but held onto them until after the appropriations process finished. In a…
