- Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Friday asked her colleagues in the Republican Party to join the effort to remove President Donald Trump from office because of the siege of the Capitol he incited.
- “To my colleagues in the Republican Party: know that this president has incited an insurrection and incited his mob to find, harm and possibly kill not only Democrats, but you as well,” said Ocasio-Cortez.
- “Remove it,” she continued to say about Trump.
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Democratic MP Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Friday implored her Republican colleagues to embrace the urge to remove President Donald Trump from office after he triggered a coup attempt on the US Capitol earlier in the week.
“To my colleagues in the Republican Party: know that this president has incited an insurrection against and incited his mob to find, harm and possibly kill not only Democrats, but you as well. He will * allow * opportunities for physical harm against you if you don’t loyal enough to him. Remove him, “the New York Democrat said in a tweet.
Ocasio-Cortex has invaded Trump and his GOP facilitators over the days, explicitly blaming them for the violence on the Capitol. She chose GOP Sens. Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley in that regard.
Five people died as a result of the chaos at the Capitol on Wednesday, during which the rebels could be heard shouting “where is Mike Pence.” Trump made Pence a target for the ire of the violent crowd by using the vice president’s scapegoat for his election defeat.
During a speech full of lies before the riot, Trump reiterated the false claim that Pence could unilaterally overturn the election results.
“If Mike Pence does the right thing, we will win the election … He has an absolute right to do that,” said Trump.
When it became clear that Pence would not play along, Trump attacked him in a tweet while supporters of the president stormed the Capitol building. “Mike Pence did not have the courage to do what should be done to protect our country and our constitution,” said Trump.
Pence, who was on Capitol Hill to chair the Electoral College’s vote certification, was evacuated along with Congressional lawmakers.
Trump issued a late condemnation of the violence on Thursday night and acknowledged that a new administration would be taking over, but did not actually grant President-elect Joe Biden.