Sen. Joe Manchin
Joseph (Joe) Manchin’Almost Heaven, West Virginia ‘- Joe Manchin and a 50-50 Senate McConnell about to teach Trump about political power for the last time Republican lawmakers pass a resolution to censor Trump about Capitol disturbances MORE (DW.Va.) said the Senate should consider removing Sens. Josh Hawley
Joshua (Josh) David HawleyCruz, Cornyn will participate in the inauguration of Biden McCaskill’s former advisers launch PAC seeking to frustrate Hawley. (R-Mo.) E Ted Cruz
Rafael (Ted) Edward CruzCruz, Cornyn will participate in the inauguration of Biden To regulate the platform, Congress must use a European reference sheet. The former Republican congressman says he is leaving the party: ‘This has become a cult’ MORE (R-Texas) through the 14th Amendment on its objections last week to the results of the Electoral College.
Speaking to PBS’s “Firing Line” on Friday night, Manchin said the Senate should explore the option after a violent crowd, exalted by President Trump
Donald TrumpCIA, CIA chief, threatened to resign due to pressure to install loyal Trump as a deputy: Azar report in farewell letter says Capitol riot threatens to “tarnish” administration achievements Justice Department argues that Trump should get immunity from prosecutor’s case of rape and convinced by Republicans like Hawley and Cruz that the election was fraudulent, he plundered the Capitol in one of the darkest points of American democracy.
“This must be taken into account,” Manchin replied when asked whether the 14th Amendment should be triggered. “He understands this. Ted is a very brilliant individual, and I get along with Ted, but what he did was totally outside the realm of our responsibilities or privileges. “
The third section of the 14th Amendment says that no lawmaker in office “should engage in insurrection or rebellion against him, or give help or comfort to his enemies. But Congress can, by a two-thirds vote of each House, remove this deficiency. ”
Critics of Hawley and Cruz, who led the Senate effort to challenge the results of the presidential elections in Arizona and Pennsylvania, said the amendment applies to the two senators, whom they blame for inciting the riot with their rhetoric echoing concerns of electoral fraud and irregularities. Last week’s chaos resulted in the deaths of five people, including a Capitol police officer and a rowdy who was shot by another police officer while trying to break into a building window.
Several Democrats called for the resignation of the two senators, while the Republicans rebuked them for their objections, which the senator Ben Sasse
Ben SasseSasse: Capitol rioters ‘came dangerously close to starting a bloody constitutional crisis’ McConnell about to teach Trump about political power for the last time McConnell: Trump’s impeachment trial will start after Biden swore MORE (R-Neb.) Called an “idiot”.
Hawley and Cruz, however, defended their actions, saying they were trying to respond to their constituents’ concerns about electoral fraud propagated by the president and his allies.
“I am totally convinced that it was done for political reasons. All of this was politically motivated. That was calculated, ”said Manchin. “I believe that all my colleagues really made a decision that was politically better for them and convenient for them. It was not what they believed to be true or false ”.
Last week’s troublemakers tried unsuccessfully to prevent a vote to certify the results of the Electoral College showing the elected president Joe Biden
Joe BidenAzar in a farewell letter says riot on Capitol Hill threatens to tarnish administration achievements House Democrats introduce measures to oppose Trump’s sale of bombs to Saudis On The Money: Retail sales fall at the last sign of weakening the economy | Fast-food workers strike for minimum wage | US officials raise concerns about Mexico’s handling of energy licenses MORE with a 306-232 win. Although the vote was finally passed, lawmakers were temporarily ordered to flee to safety, where Manchin said he spoke to Hawley.
“I looked at Josh and said, ‘Josh, you have a right to do what you’re doing, but think about what’s going on, what you’re seeing on the monitors. Think, basically, of our country,'” he said. “There wasn’t much talk about it. He heard me, and I could tell I was weighing him down, and I hoped we could change our minds and go over there and stop his objections.”