Lawmakers, politicians battle online in social media firestorm after Mayorkas impeachment: ‘It's absurd’

Social media influencers, journalists and politicians lit up social media after Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas was impeached by the House of Representatives in a historic vote.

The office of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Mayorkas' impeachment trial will begin later this month.

The vote quickly sparked fierce debate online, with pro and anti-Mayorkas voices weighing in on the impeachment on social media.

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Republican lawmakers celebrated the historic vote, calling on the Biden administration to secure the border.

"To all families who have lost a loved one due to Joe Biden's man-made border crisis, we have answered the call: Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas has been IMPEACHED," Congressman Byron Donalds, R-Fla., wrote. "House Republicans stand with the American people to ensure everything that can be done, will be done to SECURE OUR NATION."

"Alejandro Mayorkas has just been impeached by the House of Representatives," Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., wrote. "His open-borders policies have led to ACTUAL death and destruction within our country. It is now incumbent upon the Senate to take this up and remove this man from office. He has NO place in our government."

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. also responded to Mayorkas' impeachment online.

"Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas was just impeached for failing to secure the border," he wrote. "As President, I will build a bipartisan cabinet and hold them accountable when they fail to do their jobs."

MSNBC executive opinion editor Tim O'Brien bashed Republicans for impeaching Mayorkas.

"The House — after intentionally sabotaging a bi-partisan bill meant to address