离任参议员汤姆·蒂利斯（共和党-北卡罗来纳州）周二表示，他准备投票罢免国防部长皮特·赫格塞斯，前提是众议院本周通过针对这位五角大楼负责人的弹劾决议，这将为参议院的全面审判铺平道路。
Outgoing Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) said Tuesday he’s prepared to vote to oust Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth should the House pass an impeachment resolution against the Pentagon chief this week, setting up the Senate for a full trial.
“如果送过来，如果有投票，我大概率会投票反对赫格塞斯，支持弹劾，”蒂利斯在国会山对记者说。
“If it comes over, if there’s a vote, I’m likely to vote against Hegseth and for the impeachment,” Tillis told reporters on Capitol Hill.
“在我看来，这是对他不信任投票。我们能做的最好的事就是让他离开，让能帮上忙的人进去。听着，我们在国防开支方面举步维艰，而我把这归咎于他，”他补充道。
“To me it’s a no-confidence vote for him. The best thing that we can do is move him along, get somebody in there that can help. Look, we’re struggling to get defense spending, and I lay that at his feet,” he added.
蒂利斯是至少六名参议院共和党人中的一员，他们在离任众议员托马斯·马西（共和党-肯塔基州）周一宣布对赫格塞斯提出八条弹劾条款后，考虑对赫格塞斯进行全面参议院审判。
Tillis is one of at least six Senate Republicans who have entertained a full Senate trial for Hegseth after outgoing Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) announced eight articles of impeachment against him Monday.
马西本周正在推动投票，以根据这些条款罢免赫格塞斯，指责国防部长在第二任特朗普政府期间，就包括对伊朗的战争在内的多项军事行动滥用职权，以及对南美洲周边涉嫌运毒船只的打击行动。
Massie is forcing a vote this week to remove Hegseth under the articles, accusing the Defense secretary of abusing his powers with regards to several miliary operations throughout the second Trump administration, including the war in Iran, and strikes on suspected drug carrying boats around South America.
赫格塞斯周二上午在五角大楼的新闻发布会上回应，称马西是一名“愤愤不平且落选的众议员”，弹劾是“一场政治闹剧”。马西今年早些时候在初选中输给了一名特朗普支持的挑战者。
Hegseth responded in a news conference at the Pentagon Tuesday morning, calling Massie a “disgruntled and defeated congressman” and the impeachment “a political spectacle.”Massie lost his primary to a Trump-backed challenger earlier this year.
同样对审判持开放态度的还有共和党参议员比尔·卡西迪（路易斯安那州）、约翰·柯蒂斯（犹他州）、约翰·科宁（得克萨斯州）、约翰·布兹曼（阿肯色州）和谢莉·摩尔·卡皮托（西弗吉尼亚州）。
Also keeping their minds open to a trial are GOP Sens. Bill Cassidy (La.), John Curtis (Utah), John Cornyn (Texas), John Boozman (Ark.) and Shelley Moore Capito (W.Va.).
众议院共和党领导人正在幕后拼命努力，通过周二晚上的委员会投票将赫格塞斯决议搁置，以扼杀马西的推动。但如果最终通过，参议院审判将是下一步。
House GOP leadership is working furiously behind the scenes to kill Massie’s push by burying the Hegseth resolution in committee vote Tuesday evening. But if it ultimately passes, a Senate trial would be the next step.
白宫也据报道正在幕后努力，敦促国会中的忠实支持者扼杀该决议。
The White House also is reportedly working behind the scenes to call on loyalists in Congress to kill the resolution.
由于共和党人将控制众议院直到1月，周二的弹劾投票需要至少有几名共和党人与民主党人一起投票，该决议才能通过。
With Republicans controlling the House until January, Tuesday’s impeachment vote needs at least a few Republicans to vote with Democrats for the resolution to succeed.