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On the eve of a sea change in Washington, Vermont Congressman Peter Welch held a telephone town hall with his constituents Tuesday evening. Most of the questions centered on accountability following the January 6th mob attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Democratic Representative-at-large Peter Welch advertised the town hall as an opportunity to discuss the assault on the Capitol and President Donald Trump’s second impeachment. He began with a firsthand account of his experience in the capitol. Welch said the evidence is clear now former President Trump incited the insurrection. “It was an absolute use of intimidation and force, violence, in an effort to topple the election the results of the American people. And it’s the most terrible thing an elected official can do let alone the President of the United States. All power in our democracy has to flow from people not from politicians.”
Trump photo by Gage Skidmore, composite image by WAMC News. / https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Donald Trump by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg
President Donald Trump was impeached Wednesday by the U.S. House over last week’s deadly siege of the U.S. Capitol. He is the only president to be impeached twice.
With the Capitol secured by armed National Guard troops inside and out, the House voted 232-197 to impeach Trump for “incitement of insurrection.”
The following are statements from some federal representatives in the WAMC listening area following Wednesday’s vote.
Democratic U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer - New York:
Vermont Congressman Peter Welch, a Democrat at-large, spoke with reporters on a conference call Wednesday afternoon from the U.S. Capitol after extremists