Ousting the CEO was a bottom dollar decision, not a morality decision. A corporation breaking US export control laws for ITAR technology has a much greater impact on investor bottom lines than any type of CEO sex scandal.

I guess I’ll rephrase. Jefferies is the presumed speaker of the house in 2027. Which shows better ability to lead:

A. Miss a vote that would pass a Republican led house impeaching Hegseth for it to die in the Senate B. Have a Democrat led house impeach Hegseth to die in the Senate

You’re ignoring impeachment takes 67 senators voting for it. Maybe you’re more optimistic 12 republican senators will flip.

I’m confused by your line of thought. My complaint isn’t that the vote didn’t pass specifically, it was that someone who is presuming to take over leadership in 2027 didn’t make an effort to show leadership.

No matter if it was this Congress or the next one, the vote is mainly to feel out if Republicans are defecting from Trump at all. After the House passes an impeachment, the Senate has to vote 2/3rds to kick him out of office. All that effort isn’t going to happen before the new Congress is sworn in and if Republicans were looking to replace Hegseth before 2027, he is able to resign without being impeached.