Trump House Impeachment Vote: Donald Trump has seven days remaining in his term (File)
New Delhi:
A bipartisan majority of lawmakers in the House of Representatives voted Wednesday to impeach Donald Trump seven days from the end of his term, assuring he becomes the first US president to be impeached twice.
With nearly all votes counted, the number supporting impeachment on the single charge of incitement of insurrection for Trump s role in whipping up a violent mob surpassed 217, the majority threshold out of 433 current House members. At least 10 Republicans joined the Democrats.
Impeachment of the president will trigger a trial in the US Senate, which is not expected to begin its proceedings until Trump, 74, is out of office.
The majority of them are paralyzed with fear, Crow said Wednesday on MSNBC. I had a lot of conversations with my Republican colleagues last night. A couple of them actually broke down in tears talking to me, and saying that they are afraid for their lives if they vote for this impeachment.
Crow, who did not name the lawmakers, said he told them welcome to the club.
ADVERTISEMENT That s leadership. Our country is in a very challenging time. Many of us have felt that way for a long time because we have stood up for democracy, he said. And we expect them to do the same.