While some members of Congress say that President Trump’s impeachment and swift condemnation are needed to prevent him from serving the last days of his term, others acknowledged that they are focused on preventing him from running again.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said at the House floor before the impeachment vote that Trump “must go” and that he is “a clear and present danger”, but comments from her colleagues indicate that they are concerned about what see it as a potential future threat.
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“One of the other objectives of impeachment in this case is to ensure that President Trump is not able to run for federal office again, that he cannot run for president,” said Representative Joaquin Castro, D-Texas. ABC is “This Week” on Sunday.
Deputy Jamie Raskin, D-Md., Told CNN’s “State of the Union” that the Constitution “talks about condemning, removing and disqualifying other public offices”. Raskin and Castro are impeachment managers for the Chamber.
Even Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, DN.Y., who said Trump needed to be removed immediately, acknowledged that there was another reason behind his impeachment.
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“Every minute and every hour he is in office represents a clear and present danger not only for the United States Congress, but frankly for the country,” Ocasio-Cortez told ABC, adding that “we are also talking about the ban President, or rather Donald Trump, to run again. “
The argument that Trump should be removed from office because of any current threat he poses to the country has not been clearly shared by all Democrats. The House majority representative in the House, James Clyburn, DS.C., told CNN before the House voted on impeachment that the impeachment may not even be sent to the Senate until months from now, lest it distract from the president elected Joe Biden first 100 days in office.
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“We are going to give President-elect Biden the 100 days he needs to get his agenda up and running,” said Clyburn. “And maybe we’ll send the articles out sometime later.”
It remains to be seen whether a sufficient number of Senate Republicans will vote to condemn Trump, but it is a foregone conclusion that an impeachment trial would not remove him from office sooner. Given Senate rules that require the trial to begin at 1 pm the day after the House delivers the impeachment articles, and the Senate will not be in session until Tuesday, the first time a trial would begin would be an hour after Trump leaves. the post at noon on Wednesday.