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The New York Times reports:
With the final minutes for the vote dwindling, the House watched intently on Tuesday night to see whether any more Republicans would defect on the resolution to impeach Alejandro N. Mayorkas, the homeland security secretary. Then, like a scene out of a political thriller, Representative Al Green, Democrat of Texas, appeared at the last moment to cast a surprise ballot — from a wheelchair, wearing blue hospital clothing and tan socks. He voted no.
Mr. Green’s vote was decisive. It tied up the measure, 215 to 215, and handed a stunning defeat to Speaker Mike Johnson. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene accused Democrats of playing a “game” and having Mr. Green withhold his earlier vote to lull Republicans into a false sense of security.
“They hid one of their members, waiting to the last minute, watching to see our votes, trying to throw us off on the numbers that we had versus the numbers they had,” Ms. Greene told reporters on the steps of the Capitol after the vote. “So, yeah, that was a strategy at play tonight.”
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Rep. Al Green had undergone abdominal surgery but rushed to the U.S. Capitol to vote down the resolution to impeach Alejandro Mayorkas, the homeland security secretary, because he said the vote was “personal.”https://t.co/jLAPXTcUXH
— The New York Times (@nytimes) February 7, 2024
From his hospital bed, @RepAlGreen told me he planned to Uber to the Capitol to vote against the Mayorkas impeachment — that it was a personal vote, and he didn’t think it’d be the kill shot.https://t.co/fV5dps3pti
— Kayla Guo (@kaylaguo_) February 7, 2024