Trump s stench will cling to Republicans long after he s gone
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By Karen Tumulty
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Donald John Trump now bears the distinction of being the only president in US history to be impeached twice.
Unlike the first time, this was a bipartisan congressional rebuke. Ten Republicans – including Liz Cheney, who ranks third in the GOP House leadership – joined 222 Democrats in voting to impeach.
President Donald Trump visits a section of the US-Mexico border wall in Alamo, Texas.
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But Trump is unlikely to pay any price beyond political humiliation. Although Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell let it be known, through a tactical leak to
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President Trump s done it again.
The man who threatened to cause a ruckus in Washington and has done so over his four years in office introduced a new round of disarray Tuesday night.
Trump s pre-Christmas chaos includes:
Wanting to strip a larger spending package of foreign aid and items such as funding for new museums; and
Vetoing the defense authorization act Wednesday, because it doesn t repeal protections for social media outlets he believes to be hostile to conservatives and because the bill gets rid of the names of Confederate generals on several military bases.