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All four of Louisiana s Republican House members on Wednesday voted against impeaching GOP President Donald Trump a second time, while the state s lone Democrat Cedric Richmond voted to impose Congress greatest penalty on a president.
The full House voted 232-197 to impeach Trump for inciting an insurrection in a deadly riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6 as the president s supporters tried to stop Congress from affirming President-elect Joe Biden s certified Electoral College victory.
Ten Republicans joined the Democrats in voting to impeach, but none from Louisiana broke ranks. Trump won Louisiana with more than 58% in the Nov. 3 election.
Scalise and Richmond were the only members of the Louisiana delegation to speak from the floor during Wednesday s debate.
HOW THEY VOTED– President Donald Trump has been impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives over the violent siege of the Capitol last week. He is the only president to be twice impeached. Trump faced a single charge “incitement of insurrection” The vote was 232 for impeachment, 197 against . 10 Republicans joined Democrats and voted for impeachment. Louisiana has six Representatives in the U.S. House, one seat is vacant due to the death of Republican-Congressman-elect Luke Letlow who recently died from Covid-19 complications. All four Louisiana Republicans voted against impeachment. The lone Democrat Cedric Richmond Louisiana’s 2nd District voted in favor of impeachment, during his final floor speech Richmond had this to say about impeaching the president.
“We are deeply divided and evenly divided in this country and there’s no easy fix,” said Ed Chervenak, political scientist at the University of New Orleans.