Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) is forcing the GOP-led House to vote on a resolution to impeach Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle, who is facing backlash over the security failure underlying the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump earlier this month.

Hours after Cheatle testified before the House Oversight Committee on Monday about how the Secret Service “failed” its mission, Mace introduced the resolution on Monday with a privileged motion, forcing leadership to take action on it within the next 48 hours.

“The House has NEVER voted on an impeachment of an inferior civil officer … but historic times call for historic measures,” Mace said in a post to X, which also contained a video that showed the congresswoman introducing her resolution on the House floor.

WATCH us introduce a privileged motion to impeach Secret Service Director Kim Cheatle. The House has NEVER voted on an impeachment of an inferior civil officer … but historic times call for historic measures. pic.twitter.com/sRxXJkgsBo

— Rep. Nancy Mace (@RepNancyMace) July 23, 2024

Questions have been raised about how a shooter, identified as a 20-year-old man named Thomas Matthew Crooks, managed to get onto a nearby rooftop and begin shooting with an AR-style rifle at the stage in Butler, Pennsylvania, before the Secret Service could stop him.

A Secret Service sniper shot and killed the gunman from another building while other personnel rushed to protect Trump and escort him off the stage, but not before a bullet ripped through the former president’s ear. One rally-goer was killed and two others were injured.

Putting on a bipartisan front, Democrats and Republicans have called on Cheatle to resign over the incident. Mace asked Cheatle during the hearing if she would like to use her five minutes for questioning the witness to “draft” a resignation letter, but Cheatle declined.

Mace got Cheatle to say “yes” when asked whether the shooting was a “colossal failure,” whether it was preventable, and whether the Secret Service had been transparent. She called “bulls***” when Cheatle claimed she did not know how her opening statement leaked.

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MACE: “So, Director Cheatle, I have a series of questions. I want very specific answers… Both sides of the aisle today have asked for your resignation. Would you like to use my five minutes to draft your resignation letter? Yes or no?”
CHEATLE: “No. Thank you.”… pic.twitter.com/kRT8pC5PQ4

— Oversight Committee (@GOPoversight) July 22, 2024

House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY) and Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), the top member of the panel, released a rare bipartisan letter after the hearing saying Cheatle “failed” to provide answers and reassure the American people. They also called on Cheatle to resign.

Mace said in a thread posted to X that the House “cannot wait for Director Cheatle to resign.” The congresswoman went on to say the Secret Service director “must be impeached immediately. The lives of all Secret Service protectees hang in the balance.”

President Joe Biden canceled nearly a dozen trips that he had planned over the next couple of weeks after he announced over the weekend that he was ending his presidential campaign.

A White House source told the New York Post that Biden canceled trips that he had planned to take to California, Colorado, and Texas.

“They started canceling stuff when he announced he wasn’t seeking reelection,” the source said, noting that some of the events were official White House events and not just campaign events.

Biden, who is just getting over a bout with COVID, dropped out of the race on Sunday and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president.

The 81-year-old was supposed to leave his home in Delaware on Monday, but extended his stay despite calling into Harris’ campaign and saying that he was fine and was planning on hitting the campaign trail for her.

“I’m not going anywhere, I’m gonna be campaign with her, with Kamala,” he said. “I’m going to be working like hell, both as a sitting president getting legislation passed, as well as campaigning. And you know, we still need to save this democracy.”

Biden has faced widespread calls from Republicans to immediately resign from office since he was forced out of the presidential race due to bad poll numbers that came in response to tens of millions of Americans watching him struggle cognitively during the debate against former President Donald Trump last month.

Harris has already reportedly gathered the support of more than half the delegates she needs to win the Democrat Party’s presidential nomination after Biden’s exit.

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The findings of an Associated Press survey released on Monday showed Harris getting the support of 1,152 delegates, indicating that she is fast approaching the 1,976 needed for her to become the nominee. Another 56 delegates were listed as undecided.

Sources told Reuters that Harris aims to secure a majority of the nearly 3,900 convention delegates by Wednesday as her campaign and allies work the phones in an effort to ward off any potential challengers.

Daniel Chaitin contributed to this report.