Rick Scott says Mayorkas ‘needs to be convicted’ over border crisis

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Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) claimed he would like to see Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas “convicted” for lying about the state of the border.

Scott appeared on Fox Business’s Mornings with Maria Bartiromo Thursday after sending a letter to Vice President Kamala Harris asking her to preside over Mayorkas’s impeachment trial. The House has already voted to impeach the secretary, with a subsequent trial in the Democratic-controlled Senate on hold. According to Scott, “the Democrats do not want to have a trial.”

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