Newly inaugurated Rep. Peter Meijer (R-Mich.) Said on Monday that he is “strongly considering” impeachment after pro-Trump protesters invaded the Capitol last week.
“When it comes to impeachment, it’s something that we are seriously considering at the moment,” said Meijer in a video released by a reporter for a Fox affiliate in Michigan.
“Again, you know, there are timelines and other considerations and additional information that I want to have before making that decision in the affirmative,” he continued. “But then again, I think what we saw on Wednesday left the president unfit for the job.”
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Trump supporters broke into the Capitol last week, temporarily preventing Congress from counting the Electoral College votes that confirmed the president-elect Joe Biden
Joe BidenOutgoing Capitol Police Chief accuses House and Senate security officials of hampering efforts to summon the National Guard: WaPo PGA announces plans to transfer the 2022 championship from Trump’s property Former Democratic Senator: Biden Department of Justice can investigate meeting speakers on January 6 MOREvictory of. Some told the media that they met in Washington, DC, at the request of the president, who addressed them in a speech and encouraged them to march on Capitol Hill “to show strength” and “fight like hell”.
The disturbances resulted in five deaths, including a Capitol police officer and a woman shot by another Capitol police officer.
In response, several Democrats and several Republicans have called for Trump’s resignation or removal. Democratic House leaders introduced a impeachment article against the president on Monday for “deliberately inciting violence against the United States government”, which will be voted on Wednesday.
In the days after the disturbances, Meijer condemned the president and the attack, including in a Detroit News article over the weekend when the new representative expressed regret for not bringing your gun to DC
“I still can’t understand the fact that the President of the United States was completely gone while the next three individuals in the line of succession (VP, Mayor, Pro Tempore Senate President) were under attack on Capitol Hill,” said Meijer in a tweet.
“It didn’t have to end like this, with five dead, including a Capitol police officer. This should be a time of reckoning for the country as a whole, and for the conservative movement in particular, ”he wrote at the opde. “If the Republican Party ever hopes to regain public confidence and lead the country after this heinous attack, it must first be honest with itself.”
The Michigan Republican replaced the former rep. Justin Amash
Justin AmashGOP Representative: Some Republicans voted to contest the election results due to security concerns. Incoming Republican lawmaker shares video of exercises in hotel rooms, citing ‘Democratic tyrannical control’ Summary of Democratic seats, Republican Party released on election day MORE (I-Mich.) After Amash left the Republican Party after his vote in favor of Trump’s impeachment in 2019.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell
Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellCapitol Police warned by the FBI, NYPD of the risk of violence in the Capitol: Clyburn report says House can maintain impeachment articles until after Biden’s first 100 days A Democratic agenda for impossibly difficult times MORE (R-Ky.) Distributed procedures for a second impeachment trial for Trump, but indicated that the Senate would likely not bring any impeachment articles to the floor until January 19, the day before Biden’s inauguration.
Senate minority leader Charles Schumer
Chuck SchumerTransition of power: greatness meets infamy Bipartisan rage escalates over the failure of police on Capitol Hill Tucker Carlson: Trump ‘recklessly encouraged’ Capitol troublemakers MORE (DN.Y.), who will soon be the majority leader, is considering calling the Senate back before that.