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House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Sunday he’s a “hard yes” on impeaching Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, as Republican Rep. Thomas Massie prepares to force a House vote on the issue as soon as this week.

Getting into it: Massie, an outgoing Kentucky Republican who lost his primary to a Trump-backed challenger in May, plans to reintroduce eight articles of impeachment as soon as Monday, accusing Hegseth of keeping the Iran war going without Congress signing off, launching illegal strikes in several countries, putting civilians at risk and going after Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly. Massie first filed them in September, but Speaker Mike Johnson canceled the House’s last scheduled votes before the midterms, blocking a vote. Now, after Democrats won control of both the House and Senate in Tuesday’s elections, Republican leaders expect enough of their own members to break ranks for it to pass, with lawmakers who lost having nothing holding them back and many in the party blaming the Iran war for their losses.

Vice President JD Vance wrote that “the reason we lost is the war,” and Rep. James Comer, usually one of Trump’s most loyal allies in the House, wouldn’t say whether Hegseth should keep his job. Trump has stood by Hegseth, saying, “No, I think he’s doing a very good job.” Impeachment is the easy part. Actually removing Hegseth takes two-thirds of the Senate, a number that stays hard to reach even once Democrats take over the chamber in January. Massie said he won’t reintroduce the articles if Hegseth resigns.

“I’m a hard yes on the Hegseth resolution. The so-called secretary of defense has abused his power, undermined our national security, and engineered this reckless and costly war of choice in Iran, which has skyrocketed prices on the American people and made the country less safe,” Jeffries said on ABC’s “This Week.” “Pete Hegseth has got to go.”

Hegseth fired back in a roughly six-minute video produced by Pentagon staff and posted Thursday, calling Massie “disgruntled” and brushing off the articles as a “sham.” Government watchdog groups said Friday the video likely broke federal law, including the Hatch Act, which bars officials from using government resources for partisan politics.

A Pentagon spokesperson added that Hegseth is “100% committed” to staying in the job through the end of Trump’s term.