Donald Trump looks forward to becoming America’s first president for the second time when Democrats accuse him of carrying out a “coup” in Capitol building the U.S. left five dead.
The historic effort gained momentum Friday after it emerged that a police officer was among those killed when a pro-Trump mob blocked the American democracy seat in Washington, after the president urged supporters to “fight like hell” to reverse the outcome of the November election.
In a letter to House members on Friday, spokeswoman Nancy Pelosi called Trump’s actions “a terrible attack on our democracy,” and called on the president to resign or oppose impeachment proceedings. -rithist.
“Today, after the president’s dangerous and quiet actions, a Republican in Congress must follow that example and call on Trump to leave his office – immediately,” she wrote. “If the president does not leave the Soon and soon, Congress will continue with what we have done. “
The president abruptly denied the uprising in a video Thursday, but followed a tweet Friday that his supporters praised as “lovers” before announcing it that he would not be present at the inauguration of his fan Joe Biden on January 20th.
Democrats in the House of Representatives, where they hold a majority, have said they plan to move forward with Trump’s impeachment next week. The Senate would then hold a trial and be dismissed by the vote, with a two-thirds majority required for conviction.
Republican senator Ben Sasse said Friday he would “definitely consider” any impeachment articles from the House, telling CBS News that Trump has “disregarded his oath of office” and that his inciting “wicked” violence.
In a speech Wednesday, Trump called on a crowd of thousands to come down on the Capitol to complain that he lost the election. Police raided the rioters and stormed the building, ramping up the noisy halls, exploding members’ offices and setting up for pictures in the Senate chamber.
Capitol police officer Brian Sicknick, 40, died from injuries sustained in the attack, police said Thursday. A woman was fatally killed by authorities and three died from a medical emergency. Pipe bombs were found at the headquarters of the Democratic and Republican parties. Police arrested 68.
Immediately after the breakup, which suspended a session of Congress held to secure Biden’s election victory, Trump refused to issue a conviction, instead telling supporters he was sympathetic. on them and reiterating his claim without basis that he was deceiving influence.
Pelosi and Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer called for impeachment proceedings immediately if Mike Pence, the vice president, and the 25th cabinet refuse to call a constitutional amendment, allowing them to be president remove his powers if he is unable to perform the duties of his office.
“The president’s dangerous and quiet actions call for his immediate dismissal,” he said in a statement Thursday night, accusing Trump of not promoting “insurrection.”
In her message to Democratic colleagues Friday, Pelosi wrote that Republicans should report on their ancestors who persuaded President Richard Nixon to resign nearly 50 years after the Watergate scandal.
Pelosi also revealed that she had spoken to Mark Milley, chairman of the co-leaders of the staff, “to discuss the measures available to prevent an unstable president from initiating armed enemies or access to launch codes and nuclear strike order “.
She said: “The unstoppable presidential position could not be more dangerous, and we must do all we can to protect the American people from his unjustified attack on our country. and democracy. “
Katherine Clark, the house spokeswoman, told CNN on Friday that Democrats were willing to move forward with impeachment proceedings as early as next week.
And James Clyburn, Democrat Democrat number three, told the same network: “Everyone knows this president is deranged. I can confirm that we have had discussions about it and I would hope that the speaker will move on if the vice-president refuses to do what he needs to do under the constitution. “
The House joined Trump in December 2019 to pressure the Ukrainian president to investigate Biden, but the Senate got it in February last year. Only two other presidents were introduced, and none were introduced twice.
There are signs that the incident has shaken Trump’s arrest of the Republican party like never before, with Congressman Adam Kinzinger among those calling for his removal. Several senior administrative officials have resigned protesting including two cabinet members: Elaine Chao, secretary of transportation, and Betsy DeVos, secretary of education.
In a statement, Chao, who is married to Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, said the violent attack on the Capitol “has deeply disturbed me in a way I cannot put aside”.
DeVos, in her resignation letter, blamed the president for encouraging the move. “There is no mistake in the astronomer your influence on the situation, and this is the inflection point for me,” she wrote.
Even Wall Street Journal curator Rupert Murdoch has finally turned on Trump and asked him to resign to avoid a second impeachment. “He would give the group Mr. Trump, la Richard Nixon, over what happened to him,” he wrote in an editorial.
But it is unlike condemnation in the Senate, with some warning that it would add more to American regions. Senator Lindsey Graham, a Trump loyalist, tweeted that it was time to heal and move on. “If Speaker Pelosi pushes impeachment in the last days of Trump’s presidency it will do more harm than good,” he wrote. such an act. “
In a video released Thursday night, Trump promised a smooth and orderly power move, though he briefly stopped abandoning his fraudulent claims. And on Friday he followed a tweet that showed little sign of remorse.
“The 75,000,000 American Patriots who voted for me, AMERICA FIRST, and MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, will have VO GIANT,” he said. “They will not be suspected or treated unfairly in any way, shape or form !!!”
The president added an appropriate code to his usual leadership, writing: “To all who have asked, I will not go to the establishment on January 20.”
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