Local reactions strong
By Sam Shriver - sshriver@limanews.com
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The U.S. Capitol as seen on Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
LIMA Ohio’s senators voted along party lines on an impeachment vote against former President Donald J. Trump.
Democrat Sherrod Brown was among the 57 who voted to convict, while Republican Rob Portman sided with 42 other Republicans.
The final vote of 57-43 included defections by seven Republicans who voted with the Democrats to convict Trump. The Senate needed 67 votes to convict the president.
Portman issued a statement recognizing what the president did that day was “inexcusable because in his speech he encouraged the mob and that he bears some responsibility for the tragic violence that occurred.”