Capitol violence: House set for impeachment vote as Republicans break from Trump
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. Updated: 13 Jan 2021, 04:06 PM IST Bloomberg
Trump’s impeachment appeared inevitable in a vote Democrats anticipated would come Wednesday with the resolution’s sponsors claiming broad support from Democrats and public backing from several Republicans, including Liz Cheney, the No. 3 House GOP leader and daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney
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The US House prepared to vote on a history-making second impeachment of Donald Trump as lawmakers seethed over his role inciting last week’s mob attack on the Capitol and the president’s once-firm control over the Republican party began to break down.
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi said impeachment by the House and conviction by the Senate is the âconstitutional remedyâ for Donald Trumpâs call for his supporters to overturn democracy, as she opened the debate to impeach the president for a history-making second time.
âThe president must be impeached, and I believe the president must be convicted by the Senate, a constitutional remedy that will ensure that the Republic will be safe from this man who is so resolutely determined to tear down the things that we hold dear, and that hold us together,â Pelosi said.
House to vote on impeachment as Republicans break from Trump
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Jan. 13, 2021
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1of5House Rules Committee Chairman Jim McGovern, D-Mass., right, leads a partially-virtual hearing to consider a resolution calling on Vice President Mike Pence to activate the 25th Amendment to declare President Donald Trump incapable of executing the duties of his office, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is calling for swift congressional action to rein in President Donald Trump after inciting last week s deadly assault on the U.S. Capitol.J. Scott Applewhite/APShow MoreShow Less