The House passed legislation on Tuesday that asks Vice President Pence to use his constitutional authority to remove President Trump
Republican Party leader Donald TrumpHouse tells members to stop spreading lies in the turmoil, Antifa DC attorney general says the Trump Organization wrongly paid the K account incurred during the opening 70K QAnon Twitter accounts suspended after the uproar in Capitol MORE in response to the president’s role in the crowd’s deadly attack on the Capitol last week.
Rep. Jamie Raskin
Jamin (Jamie) Ben RaskinManchin: ‘Ill-advised’ House impeachment plan Republicans evaluate support for Trump’s impeachment 12:30 The Hill report: Democrats formally present article on impeachment MORE (D-Md.) He led the resolution, which calls on Pence, along with other members of the Cabinet, to remove Trump by activating the 25th Amendment, which allows the removal of the president if he is found “unable to fulfill the powers and duties of your office. “
Promoting the removal of Trump, Raskin, a scholar of constitutional law, said it is imperative that Congress send the message “that what happened is absolutely intolerable and unacceptable”.
“It is critical for us to make it clear that this was an absolute abandonment of presidential duty,” said Raskin.
The project was approved by 223-205. A GOP legislator, representative. Adam Kinzinger
Adam Daniel KinzingerRepublicans measure support for Trump’s impeachment, Democrats, the face of the Republican Party decisive moments after Sunday’s Capitol riot shows – Capitol Siege, Trump’s future dominates MORE (R-Ill.), He joined all Democrats voting to approve the measure.
Most Republicans, however, were opposed to the effort. Some have defended Trump’s actions as harmless; others denounced the president’s behavior, but argued against his dismissal so close to the end of his term.
Rep. Tom Cole
Thomas (Tom) Jeffrey ColeREAD: Republicans who voted to contest election results LIVE COVERAGE: Congress certifies Biden’s victory after Pennsylvania and Arizona challenges fail Trump signs bill authorizing memorial to deceased journalists MORE (Okla.), A senior Republican on the House Rules Committee, said the decision to start removing a president under the 25th Amendment is simply outside the powers of Congress.
“There is no role for Congress without a dispute between the president and the vice president and the Cabinet over their ability to fulfill these functions,” he said.
Cole has little reason to fear that Raskin’s proposal has legs.
Pence, a faithful loyal to Trump, had already sent a letter to the mayor Nancy Pelosi
Nancy PelosiMan is seen carrying Pelosi’s pulpit during Capitol riot released on bail K Trump and Pence speak for the first time since Capitol disturbances FBI seeks help to identify Capitol protesters who carried the Confederate flag MORE (D-Calif.) Before the vote on Tuesday, stating that he would not invoke the 25th Amendment. But the resolution put Republican leaders in an uncomfortable position, as more and more Republican lawmakers denounced the president for his role in the deadly attack on the Capitol.
Before the attack, Trump refused to acknowledge his defeat in the elections, despite all states certifying the outcome and a series of court decisions rejecting his allegations of rampant fraud. Trump then encouraged his supporters to march on the Capitol on Wednesday – as soon as Pence and Congress were certifying Joe Biden
Joe BidenCapitol police confirm an investigation into the behavior of some officers during the riot. Republican Party lawmakers have told Trump that he takes some responsibility for the disputes between the Chief of Staff of the Capitol Army Chief of the Capitol Police account of the National Guard detachment MOREthe victory of – to prevent the process from being successful.
“If you don’t fight like crazy, you won’t have a country anymore,” Trump told thousands of supporters at the White House shortly before the dizzying siege.
The ensuing crowd invaded the Capitol, smashing windows, oppressing Capitol Police officers, disfiguring historic art and looting offices in three hours of confusion unprecedented in the country’s history.
Five people died during the rebellion, including Capitol police officer Brian Sicknick, who was hit by a fire extinguisher. One protester, a 35-year-old California woman, was fatally shot by another police officer while trying to access the Speaker’s lobby near the floor of the Chamber.
Asked on Tuesday morning about his role in the violence, Trump dismissed that.
“If you read my speech … people thought what I said was entirely appropriate,” he told reporters at the White House.
Democratic leaders take a decidedly different view, accusing Trump of sedition. And they launched a double effort to remove him from office in the last days of his term.
Pelosi has repeatedly said that she favors Pence by invoking the 25th Amendment to remove Trump quickly. But, with Pence unlikely to go that route, Democrats are also moving ahead with a separate strategy: impeaching Trump for the second time.
A single impeachment article, accusing Trump of inciting violence, is scheduled to reach the House floor on Wednesday if Pence doesn’t act first. The measure is expected to pass easily, especially after the surprising announcement by a handful of prominent House Republicans who will support it. That list includes Reps. Liz Cheney
Elizabeth (Liz) Lynn CheneyRepublicans evaluate support for Trump impeachment Wave of companies cuts donations – much of it for GOP Davis: Impeaching Trump: four reasons not to, and one reason why we owe MORE (Wyo.), Adam Kinzinger (Ill.) AND John Katko
John Michael KatkoRepublicans evaluate support for Trump’s impeachment. US intelligence agencies blame Russia for the massive invasion of SolarWinds. No Labels calling Larry Hogan to co-chair MORE (NEW YORK). GOP leaders are waiting for more to come.
It is not yet clear whether Pelosi will send the article to the Senate immediately, forcing action in the upper house, or whether she will wait a while to allow Biden the space to sit first in his office.
“Take it one step at a time,” said Pelosi on Tuesday.
The quick rebukes, arriving just days before Trump’s departure date, reflect the severity of concern by lawmakers on both sides that Trump’s behavior, if left unchecked, would encourage future presidents to adopt similar disruptive tactics after the defeat.
The New York Times reported on Tuesday that the Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell
Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnell The Republican Party legislator in Michigan says he is ‘strongly considering’ impeachment House Democrats unveil a resolution to censor Representative Mo Brooks for riots at Capitol Police Capitol hailed as hero for taking protesters out of the Senate MORE (R-Ky.) It was said that he privately supported the Democrats’ impeachment effort, citing a yearning to move the Republican Party beyond the clutches of a popular but vindictive figure who demanded absolute loyalty.
Other Republicans contesting the president made it clear that Trump’s action to encourage a crowd to come down to the Capitol – and not to intervene immediately when the violence started – was simply untenable for someone in Trump’s trusted position.
“The President of the United States summoned this mob, gathered the mob and lit the flame for that attack. Everything that followed was his doing, ”said Cheney. “There has never been a greater betrayal by a President of the United States in his office and in his oath to the Constitution.”