Republican Senator Thom Tillis said Monday he expects to vote against tabling impeachment articles and to convict Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth if the House passes a resolution removing him. “I will most likely vote for it, as just a vote of no confidence for Hegseth,” the North Carolina lawmaker said, adding that Hegseth “needs to roll” and questioning how the administration would improve “if we don’t have some material shake up in the cabinet.”

Tillis’s remarks followed Republican Representative Thomas Massie’s introduction of eight articles of impeachment on the House floor earlier Monday, which forces House action by Wednesday. The 34-page resolution accuses Hegseth of initiating the Iran war without congressional authorization, exceeding War Powers Resolution deadlines, defying June votes by both chambers to withdraw US forces, failing to minimize civilian casualties, conducting an unauthorized war in Yemen, retaliating against Senator Mark Kelly, seizing Venezuelan leaders Nicolas Maduro and Cilia Flores without lawful authority, and ordering lethal maritime strikes that caused at least 221 deaths. Asked why he did not charge Hegseth with war crimes, Massie said, “I’m trying to get something that will pass.”