Sen. Pat Toomey faces censure over impeachment vote: We did not send him there to do the right thing Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY
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WASHINGTON – Several members of Congress have faced criticism and even formal censures from their state and county Republican parties because they voted to support the impeachment of former President Donald Trump, including Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa.
One Republican official in Pennsylvania said Toomey was not sent to Congress to do the right thing. Washington County Republican Chair Dave Ball ripped on Toomey for justifying his vote to convict Trump on the charge of inciting the violent Jan. 6 riot at the United States Capitol.
ROCKFORD The Iroquois County GOP in central Illinois has joined nearby LaSalle County s Republican Central Committee in voting to censure U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger over his vote to impeach former President Donald Trump.
While dozens of counties across Illinois voted to support LaSalle County Republicans in their censure of the Republican congressman on Feb. 3, none took a vote of their own until late last week when Iroquois County Republicans met and approved its own censure.
A censure is a public, formal statement expressing disapproval of a public official. Censure often serves as a powerful message from voting bases to elected officials and is often a sign of conflict.
Republican Congressman Adam Kinzinger, one of the most vocal critics of former President Donald Trump, is facing backlash from his own family, as nearly a dozen.
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