Washington – The House of Representatives voted to impeach President Trump for instigating an uprising in the Capitol that killed five people, confirming his place in history as the only president to be impeached twice in a bipartisan reprimand with unprecedented speed was approved.
The final vote was 232 to 197, with 10 Republicans joining all 222 Democrats to support a single impeachment article accusing the president of “inciting insurgency.”
“We know that the President of the United States has instigated this uprising, this armed uprising against our common country,” said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi before the vote. He must go. He is a clear and present danger to the nation we all love. ”
Trump was first impeached in December 2019 for his efforts to pressure Ukraine into investigating the Biden family. His second impeachment comes just a week before President-elect Joe Biden will be sworn in as his successor. Only two other presidents have been impeached since the founding of the republic.
On January 6, the president addressed supporters near the White House urging them to “fight like hell” as members of Congress prepared to formalize Mr. Biden’s victory. An enraged mob then marched into the Capitol and stormed the complex, smashing windows and doors to gain access to the halls of Congress. The mob managed to stop the electoral vote counting for several hours.
House Democrats put the impeachment resolution to the vote at an unprecedented speed that reflected the severity of the attack on the Capitol and the limited time remaining in Mr. Trump’s tenure. The resolution was first introduced on Monday, with Democrats ditching the typical process of holding hearings and conducting an investigation.
The impeachment article will soon go to the Senate, where lawmakers must go to trial to convict Mr. Trump and remove him from office. Senate leader Mitch McConnell said on Wednesday that he has not made a decision on whether to vote to condemn the president at trial.
With only seven days to go into Mr. Trump’s tenure, the Senate trial could potentially extend his successor’s term. If that happens, the Senate can still choose to convict Mr. Trump and prevent him from holding federal office in the future. A vote to condemn requires a two-thirds vote of the Senate.
The president has refused to take responsibility for his role in instigating the mob that stormed the Capitol, insisting on Tuesday that his speech before the riot was “completely justified.”