A second Republican senator in the United States has called for Donald Trump to resign after some of the president’s supporters overran the Capitol building in Washington, DC this week in riots. deadly.
In an interview with NBC’s Meet the Press news program on Sunday, Pennsylvania Senator Pat Toomey said Trump should resign for the good of the nation.
“I think the best way for our country is for the president to resign and leave as soon as possible,” he said.
Toomey said the resignation of the president was “the best way forward, the best way to get this person in the rearview mirror for us”, but said he did not think it would allow Trump down before his term ends Jan. 20.
He added that the president’s role in promoting the unrest was “an inaccessible crime”.
US Senator Pat Toomey said Donald Trump’s role in inciting the riots on Capitol Hill is an ‘inaccessible crime’ [File: Sarah Silbiger/Pool via Reuters]
Momentum has been raging among Democratic lawmakers to persuade Trump to incite the Capitol protesters on Jan. 6. Five people, including one Washington, a DC police officer, died during the incident, and dozens of alleged participants were charged.
Democrats said they plan to introduce an impeachment article in the U.S. House of Representatives Monday about the unrest.
The impeachment article accuses Trump of being involved “in high-profile crimes and misconduct by deliberately inciting violence against the United States Government”, according to a copy of U.S. Representative Ted Lieu posted on Twitter Friday.
Lieu said Sunday that 195 legislators backed the impeachment article.
Earlier in the day, the California Democrat said he had asked the New York State Bar Association to investigate Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor of New York City, “for his involvement in the ar- violent attack on Capitol Hill ”.
Giulianli [sic] being banned and accountable, ”Lieu tweeted.
We want @NYSBA study @POTUS lawyer @RudyGiulianli for their involvement in the violent uprising on Capitol Hill in which five people died, including @uscapitol police officer. Giulianli must be disqualified and held accountable. Our letter to @RepJones 4 pic.twitter.com/bH1N9U0769
– Representative. Ted Lieu (@RepTedLieu) January 9, 2021
Delay going to the Senate
Also on Sunday, House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn said the conservatory could vote this week to persuade Trump, but delay delaying the legislation sent to the U.S. Senate until the many of President Joe Biden’s nominated cabinet secretaries will be confirmed for their positions.
Clyburn said he is concerned that a lawsuit in the Senate could pull away from the process of confirming Biden nominees.
Al Jazeera’s Patty Culhane, reporting from Capitol Hill, said House Democrats appear to be attacking Trump while he is still in office and then waiting for the first 100 days of the Biden administration arriving before the documents were presented to the Senate.
“Then, 100 days later, the Senate can hold a lawsuit,” said Culhane, who pointed out that Democrats took control of the Senate after winning an election run in Georgia the United States. -week last week.
“So, unlike the last impeachment lawsuit, where for the first time in the history of this country Republicans chose not to call witnesses… Democrats can do it in full view. They can be sued (Trump). “
An ABC News / Ipsos poll released Sunday found that 56 percent of the 570 people surveyed said they thought Trump should be fired before his term ends – though not only 13 percent of Republicans agreed.
Fifty-two respondents also said Trump deserved “a huge chunk” of the blame for the riot.
‘Forgotten Oath’
While impeachment has received overwhelming support from Democrats, Republican Senator Ben Sasse, who has consistently criticized Trump, told CBS News that he would “certainly consider” impeachment because the president “refuses to take his oath of office”.
Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski said Friday that Trump should resign immediately and suggested she consider leaving the party if he does not commit suicide.
Meanwhile, Rep. Adam Kinzinger, another Republican, called for Trump to resign Sunday, and for Vice President Mike Pence to use the 25th Amendment if he refused.
The 25th Amendment deals with situations where a president is unable to do the job but does not resign voluntarily. Under Section 4, Pence and most of Trump’s cabinet had to state that Trump was incapable of fulfilling and removing his key responsibilities.
Campaigners at ‘Discover It! Democracy rally defends brooklyn, new york, day after supporters of president donald trump storm the capitol [Jeenah Moon/Reuters]
But Pence has opposed the idea of introducing the 25th Amendment, according to an adviser, while Republican leadership has urged the House under Democratic control not to commencement of impeachment proceedings.
Some Republicans do recommended Trump’s impeachment before leaving office is “as unnecessary as contagious” and could weaken efforts to unite people in the US – a claim made against Democratic Congress Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez .
“When we talk about healing, the healing process is unique and, of course, we need accountability. And so if we allow a revolution against the United States without bias, without accountability, we are inviting it to happen again, ”she told ABC News on Sunday.
These Republicans do not want unity. They want a capitulation to a man who is very sick and volatile.
That will not heal or unite anything.
It is accountability, rule of law, and removal of clear & up-to-date risks that will help to stabilize the current situation. https://t.co/pEShIlEgL5
– Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) January 10, 2021
If Trump were to be deceived by the House and condemned by the Senate, he could be barred from running again for the presidency in 2024 or holding a public office. -rithist. He would be the same president twice.
But the views that Trump will remove before January 20, when Biden is introduced, remain low.
Trump has said he does not intend to attend Biden’s inauguration – a decision welcomed by the U.S. president last week as a “good thing.” A senior Trump administration official said Saturday that Pence will be in attendance.