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The U.S. House of Representatives voted to impeach President Trump for a historic second time exactly a week after he incited a mob of supporters to storm the Capitol and try to stop Congress from certifying President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s win in the November election.
Despite assertions from elected officials in both parties that Trump s Save America rally on Jan. 6 incited the mob that went on to attack the Capitol, North State Congressman Doug LaMalfa, R-Richvale, voted against impeaching the president.
The House on Wednesday impeached Trump for inciting an “insurrection” in the form of last week’s attack on the Capitol, a stinging rebuke of the nation’s 45th president as he prepares to depart the White House after four tumultuous years.
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Big Tech’s decision to ban the Parler app and block outgoing President Trump is stoking support for alternative social networking sites and apps that bill themselves as promoting free speech and privacy.
Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc. took the strongest action yet to address accusations that their platforms are being used to stoke conspiracy theories, misinformation and incite violence after a mob at a Trump rally broke into the U.S. Capitol last week. Right-wing users have felt maligned and moved to alternative sites such as Parler, backed by Rebekah Mercer, the daughter of hedge fund investor Robert Mercer. A rush to the site late last year made Parler the top downloaded app following President-elect Joe Biden’s victory.
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On Monday, House leaders set plans in motion to impeach President Trump for a second time, with a vote to come as early as Wednesday.
California Rep. Ted Lieu, who represents much of western L.A. County, was one of the three Democratic representatives who introduced the article of impeachment. It has only one charge: incitement of insurrection. Democrats say they are confident they have the votes necessary to impeach the president in the House.
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Prospects for a Senate trial, however, are far less clear, as my D.C. colleagues Jennifer Haberkorn and David Lauter report.
‘Resign and go away.’ Second GOP senator urges Trump to step down [Los Angeles Times]
A second Senate Republican on Sunday called on President Trump to “resign and go away” over his incitement of the mob that overran the U.S. Capitol last week, and Democratic calls for impeachment gained momentum with a top House Democrat’s prediction that a vote could come as early as Tuesday.
Extremist Trump supporters battered their way into the stately edifice Wednesday, shouting chants that included “Hang Mike Pence!” after the president falsely told them that the vice president could overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s victory if he so chose. In the final days of Trump’s tenure, lawmakers again faced the quandary of how or whether to rein in a president denounced by many as lawless.