The North Carolina Republican Party central committee voted unanimously on Monday to vote Sen. Richard Burr
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The committee announced the disapproval in a statement stating that Burr’s vote to condemn was beyond the authority of the constitution.
Tonight, the Central Committee of the North Carolina Republican Party (NCGOP) voted unanimously to denounce Senator Richard Burr for his vote to condemn former President Trump in the impeachment process, which he declared unconstitutional, the committee said in a statement. , adding that “The Democrat-led attempt to oust a former president is outside the Constitution of the United States.”
Now that the Senate has voted to acquit President Trump, we hope that Democrats will put aside their divisive party agenda and focus on US priorities: tackling the COVID-19 pandemic, reopening schools safely and rebooting the economy, ”it concluded.
Burr, who has said he has no intention of running for re-election, initially voted that trying Trump in the Senate was unconstitutional because the former president was no longer in office. But in the end, he joined six other Republicans to vote to condemn Trump.
“It’s a really sad day for Republicans in North Carolina,” said Burr in response to the disapproval. “My party leaders have chosen one-man loyalty over the core tenets of the Republican Party and the founders of our great nation.”
Republicans who voted to condemn Trump are now facing fierce criticism from conservatives and Trump allies within their party.
Burr’s disapproval comes when Sen. Mitt Romney
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The Louisiana Republican Party condemned Sen. Bill Cassidy
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The North Carolina Democratic Party overturned the censure, with Chairman Wayne Goodwin saying in a statement that the head of state is “in all-out civil war.”
“Today’s disapproval of their senior senator for a vote of conscience in the most bipartisan condemnation of a president in history proves that this is above all the Donald Trump Party,” Goodwin said in a statement. “North Carolina people are already fleeing the party in their thousands, donors are closing their checkbooks and political leaders are withdrawing support after North Carolina Republicans have helped launch a dangerous attack on our Capitol, and the consequences are only dying. please. “
Senators voted 57-43 Saturday on whether or not to condemn Trump for “willful incitement to violence against the United States government,” with 10 votes less than the required 67 votes for conviction.
Jordain Carney contributed.