Republican Congressman Introduces Articles of Impeachment Against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth

Rep. Don Bacon, a Republican from Nebraska, told CNN that he agreed “with the sentiments” that Tillis had expressed, though he didn’t explicitly urge Trump to fire Hegseth.

“I hate to tell the President who he should hire and fire. I don’t know if it’s really my role, but I would say this: I would not—[Hegseth] would not be on my team. I think he is—he has not been a very good leader in many ways,” Bacon said. “I wouldn’t hire him myself.”

Despite these Republicans’ criticisms of Hegseth, the President has continued to throw his support behind the Defense Secretary, saying that Hegseth is “doing a fantastic job” in the role.

When asked about Massie’s measure during a press conference on Tuesday, Attorney General Todd Blanche replied, “Secretary Hegseth is doing a phenomenal job” and went on to say that “the Secretary of War doesn’t just go off and do things—he follows the law.”

This isn’t the first time that Massie has clashed with the White House. Massie strongly voiced his opposition to the President’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” and criticized Trump’s actions in Venezuela. Massie also joined Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna to lead the push for the Department of Justice to release the files connected to the investigation into the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein—an effort that Trump long objected to before ultimately signing the legislation into law last year after it was passed by Congress.