On October 23, Democrats vowed to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth if they retake the House in the November 2026 midterms. Representative Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, intends to force a vote during the lame-duck session. Republicans have shown little appetite, and a two-thirds Senate supermajority to convict is seen as very unlikely. Democrats see Hegseth, the public face of an unpopular war, as an easier target than a third Trump impeachment. Some Democrats on the Hill now argue that impeaching Hegseth would make Trump fight to keep him.