Her. Lindsey Graham
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Graham wrote in a letter to Schumer on Sunday that the New York Democrat is seeking “revenge and political retaliation” in his first act as majority leader rather than starting with “national healing.”
“While the Vice President and the Senate Republicans rejected unconstitutional actions, you are trying to force the Senate, which in itself would be just one more unconstitutional action in this disgraceful saga – the impeachment trial of a former president,” added Graham adds.
House Democrats introduced and approved one article impeaching Trump for “inciting insurrection” after a mob of his supporters stormed the Capitol earlier this month.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi
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Most Republicans on Capitol Hill have argued that impeaching and condemning Trump after a Senate trial would only further divide the country at a time of increasing threat of political violence in Washington, DC and the entire country.
“The impeaching power exists to protect the nation from the damage a sitting president could do to the nation if he remained in office, not to justify political grievances after a president leaves office,” Graham said in his letter to the office on Sunday. Schumer. .
Minority leader in the Senate Mitch McConnell
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Other Senate Republicans have echoed that sentiment.
“The attack on the Capitol was an attack on democracy itself, and the president bears some responsibility for what happened. … If the Senate goes ahead with impeachment, I will fulfill my duty as a juror and listen to the cases brought up by both sides, ”Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) said.
Graham, who had backed up Trump’s unproven claims of a “stolen” election, said he would not stand in the way of certification of Biden’s election college victory after rioting in the Capitol.
“Trump and I had a great trip,” Graham said that night. “I hate to be like that. Oh my God, I hate it … but today all I can say is I’m gone. Enough is enough. I’ve tried to be helpful.”