India, Nov. 11 -- Three Democrat lawmakers have alleged that a police escort blocking the Capitol prevented them from reaching in time to record their vote in the motion to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

Eleven Democrat lawmakers and seven Republicans did not vote. The House republicans had introduced a procedural motion to kill Hegseth's impeachment which GOP lawmaker Thomas Massie had pushed for. The motion, on November 10, saw 211 votes in favor of ayes and 204 for the nays.

After the Republicans managed to quash the impeachment push against Hegseth, Michigan Senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed spoke to CNN and urged his fellow Democrat lawmakers to "show up and do your job."

Hegseth faced an impeachment push from Massie for the a...