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The Atlantic Trump Has Left Congress No Choice The Capitol riot was a tragic farce, but the type of political violence it represents poses an existential threat to democracy. January 25, 2021 Melina Mara / The Washington Post / Getty The first impeachment of Donald Trump was an act of self-preservation by Democrats. The second is an act of self-preservation by Congress. In 2019, the Democratic congressional leadership initially resisted the cries for impeachment that had been building since the...

When a violent mob attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, it was their self-identification as Christians that struck at the heart of the Baptist leader and religious thinker Russell Moore and led to his decision to speak out against President Trump.

Trudeau also said the U.S. electoral system and its institutions had held up in the aftermath of last week's violent attack by "a small, angry mob" on Capitol Hill. "There is a need for a re-engaged United States in global circles," said Trudeau. "One of the things that a lot of the traditional allies and friends of the United States are looking forward to is a re-engagement on some of the big themes, whether it's freer trade, whether it's climate change,...

What Trump's mob did was unacceptable, but dissent must still be considered in any healthy government.

But some say ‘pushing partisan-driven articles of impeachment... will further divide our country’