Rep. Melanie Stansbury apologized after missing a Tuesday House motion to send an impeachment resolution against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to committee, a procedural vote that did not decide impeachment.
The motion passed 211-204 and sent the resolution to the Judiciary Committee, as EconoTimes previously reported. It did not impeach Hegseth.
The Independent reported that Stansbury’s Tuesday post on X said a traffic incident and a police escort for a bus had kept her from reaching the Capitol. In a four-minute video posted Wednesday, the New Mexico Democrat apologized and said she had been caught in traffic near the Capitol. She said she asked her staff to alert the House floor to the traffic. “This is not the end,” she said.
The Independent reported that social media users criticized Stansbury’s explanation. Axios reporter Andrew Solender reported that some Democrats who missed the vote were returning from an Elect Democratic Women event roughly 1.5 miles from the Capitol. Solender said one member got out of a vehicle and walked, while another was dropped off on the Senate side.
