Editor s note: This article has been updated with additional quotes from local officials.
Both of Pennsylvaniaâs senators â a Democrat and a Republican â voted to convict former President Donald Trump for inciting the Jan. 6 insurrection attempt in the U.S. Capitol.
U.S. Sens. Pat Toomey and Bob Casey found Trump guilty, following a four-day impeachment trial. This is the second time Trump has been impeached by the House, then later acquitted by the Senate.
Toomey, who is not running for reelection, said in a press call following Saturdayâs vote that the âaccumulation of the weight of all the evidenceâ informed his decision to find Trump guilty of inciting the Jan. 6 riot.
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If you ask local Republican committeeman Terry Christopher about the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, heâll point out that American history is filled with examples of citizens taking the law into their own hands to force change.
âThere are absolutely times when violence is appropriate, and itâs not a coincidence that it lines up with a corrupt government ignoring the masses who first called for peaceful solutions,â Christopher, the Lancaster Township area chairman of the Republican Committee of Lancaster County, wrote on the committeeâs Facebook page following the attack.
While his opinion is an outlier among local party officials, including the party chairman, his views are reflective of a larger debate happening inside the GOP following the insurrection incited by former President Donald Trump.
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Elected officials and community leaders in Lancaster County saluted President Joe Biden for using his inaugural address to call for unity and cooperation across ideological lines. But embracing Bidenâs message came with caveats, as both Republicans and Democrats outlined what they want to see from the new president.Â
For U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker, heâs willing to work with the Biden administration and the Democratic congressional majorities âwhen we can agree on policies that will help my constituents and the American people,â according to a message posted to his official website on Wednesday.
In a separate email to his campaign supporters, Smucker made clear that he âwill not abandon our communityâs conservative values.â While he thanked former President Donald Trump for all his work, Smucker didnât lay out any details for what sort of issues heâs looking to partner on with Biden and other Democrats beside a commitment to âpro-gro
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U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker on Wednesday voted against impeaching President Donald Trump for the second time in 13 months, rejecting Democratsâ argument that the presidentâs role in inciting the angry mob that attacked the U.S. Capitol last week demanded his removal from office.Â
Smucker and Pennsylvaniaâs eight other Republican House members voted against the single article of impeachment. Just 10 Republicans broke from their party and voted with Democrats for impeachment, making Trump the first president in U.S. history to be impeached twice.
The House charged Trump with high crimes and misdemeanors for his role in encouraging âlawless action at the Capitol,â endangering the nationâs security, interfering with the peaceful transfer of power, among other breaches of his duties, according to the article of impeachment.Â
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