BREAKING: House Republican leaders are bracing for a massive wave of Republican votes on the Hegseth impeachment this week, with multiple sources saying they now expect the resolution to pass as soon as Tuesday, per Axios.

Republican Thomas Massie plans to trigger the vote immediately when Congress returns, on a resolution to impeach Hegseth for defying Congress and illegally continuing the war in Iran.

"Iran, Iran, Iran. We should have never done the war before the midterms," a Republican lawmaker close to Massie told Axios.

Trump has been privately asking allies about Hegseth's performance as he searches for someone to blame for the war.

— The Hormuz Letter (@HormuzLetter) November 8, 2026

I’m a team player.

Not many things will make me go scorched earth.

Setting up @PeteHegseth as scapegoat is one of them.

And, yes, I know the blackmail.

You know who you are.

— DataRepublican (small r) (@DataRepublican) November 5, 2026

And because people are misreading the "blackmail" part - it is not Pete who's being held hostage.

— DataRepublican (small r) (@DataRepublican) November 5, 2026

🧵 THREAD: The true reason Pete Hegseth is being targeted is because he's standing between President Trump and a coup

@PeteHegseth named the institutions... CFR, Brookings, the general class... in 37 seconds in a video by @Liz_Wheeler . Within 72 hours of his nomination, a color revolution planning document cited him as an insider threat.

They didn't go after him because of drinking. They didn't go after him because of women. They went after him because every color revolution manual ever written says the same thing: you cannot topple a government unless the security forces defect. And a loyal Secretary of Defense is the one person who makes sure they don't.

I have the receipts. Their own documents. Their own training sessions. Their own words on camera.

As always, patience as I pull together the thread. 👇

— DataRepublican (small r) (@DataRepublican) April 21, 2026