The Republican Committee of Lancaster County did not debate or vote on a proposed resolution to censure U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey for his vote to find former President Donald Trump guilty for inciting the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Anger about Toomeyâs impeachment votes â he joined Democrats in a key vote to allow the trial to proceed and, days later, joined them again to find him guilty â prompted Republican Party officials and rank-and-file GOP voters to urge a formal rebuke of the two-term senator. Trump was not convicted, as only 57 senators, not the 67 required, voted âguiltyâ at the trialâs conclusion on Saturday.
The Republican Committee of Lancaster County could vote as early as Tuesday night on a motion to censure Sen. Pat Toomey for voting to convict former President Donald Trump in the just-concluded impeachment trial.
Pennsylvaniaâs junior senator, a Republican first elected in 2010, joined six of his GOP colleagues and all 50 Democrats on Saturday in finding Trump guilty on the single article of impeachment that charged Trump with inciting the Jan. 6 insurrection. The vote fell 10 short of the two-thirds majority needed to convict.
Terry Christopher, the chairman of the Lancaster Township Republicans, said a member of the county committee will make a motion to suspend the organizationâs bylaws to permit a vote on the censure motion during the county committeeâs endorsement convention Tuesday evening.