War Secretary Pete Hegseth walked into a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing this week and asked Congress for $350 billion in defense funding through reconciliation. Three hundred and fifty billion dollars to rebuild the military that Joe Biden and former Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spent four years hollowing out with DEI programs and woke social experiments.

While he was doing that, a congressman who already lost his own primary was filing paperwork to have him removed.

Rep. Thomas Massie, Republican from Kentucky, introduced eight articles of impeachment against Hegseth back in September, accusing him of overstepping congressional war powers during military operations against Iran. Massie, a vocal critic of the Iran campaign, now plans to reintroduce those articles when Congress returns next week. House Democrats are lining up behind it like they just found a Republican willing to do their work for them.

"A disgruntled, defeated congressman along with all his Democrat allies, has also dropped sham articles of impeachment against yours truly," Sec. Hegseth said in a video statement.

Massie lost his Republican primary back in May — to Ed Gallrein, a former Navy SEAL who had Hegseth's endorsement. Massie told reporters the only thing that could stop him from pushing impeachment is Hegseth resigning on his own accord.

So a lame-duck congressman who couldn't win his own district wants to fire the guy rebuilding the Pentagon.

Meanwhile, the actual work continues. Hegseth has eliminated DEI initiatives across the Department of Defense, removed military leaders who prioritized ideology over readiness, and is pushing to rebuild recruitment numbers that cratered under Biden. The $350 billion reconciliation request would fund the defense industrial base — the supply chains, shipyards, and weapons systems that got starved while the Pentagon was busy hosting diversity seminars.

"We ended the weird and the woke and elevated patriots in strength," Hegseth said. "We need every vote from every patriotic member of Congress."

President Trump told ABC News he intends to keep Hegseth in his Cabinet. The House has not voted on Massie's impeachment articles. There is no indication it will.

The eight articles accuse Hegseth of abusing authority in military operations — the same operations aimed at preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. The argument amounts to: he did too much, too effectively, without asking permission from people who would have said no.

"Don't blink. Ignore the noise. Never hesitate. We will not back down. We put America and the warfighter first."

Massie's term expires in January.