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Rep Elise Stefanik speaks before President Donald Trump signs the John McCain National Defense Authorization Act for the 2019 fiscal year in August 2018 at Wheeler-Sack Army Air Field, Fort Drum.
(Provided photo â Daytona Niles, Watertown Daily Times) For the second time in as many years, North Country Rep. Elise Stefanik voted against impeaching President Donald Trump on Wednesday, saying she “vehemently opposed” what she called a “snap impeachment.” Nevertheless, the House impeached Trump on one count of “incitement of insurrection,” with a vote of 232 to 197, seven days before his term ends. “It is a partisan ploy with no basis in the Constitution,” Stefanik wrote in a statement. “The Democrats’ decision to impeach the President with one week remaining in his term further fuels the divisions in the country during this very trying time.”
AARON CERBONE Adirondack Daily Enterprise
For the second time in as many years, North Country Rep. Elise Stefanik voted against impeaching President Donald Trump on Wednesday, saying she “vehemently opposed” what she called a “snap impeachment.”
Nevertheless, the House impeached Trump on one count of “incitement of insurrection,” with a vote of 232 to 197, seven days before his term ends.
“It is a partisan ploy with no basis in the Constitution,” Stefanik wrote in a statement. “The Democrats’ decision to impeach the President with one week remaining in his term further fuels the divisions in the country during this very trying time.”
A mob of angry Trump supporters stormed the Capitol as a joint session of Congress met to certify President-elect Joe Biden
The breach sent lawmakers into hiding and forced the proceedings to adjourn for several hours before police could clear the building. Federal law enforcement officials have said they believe the riots were organized online by far-right extremist groups with a goal among some of them of capturing or killing leading lawmakers.
Several of the demonstrators were seen in the Capitol carrying zip tie restraints, which are sometimes used instead of handcuffs.
House Democrats have introduced a single article of impeachment against Trump in the wake of the riot, accusing him of inciting insurrection and riling his supporters to commit acts of violence against them.
Wyden reaffirms call for Trump to be removed
The Democratic Oregon U.S. senator repeats his demand during a Saturday news conference.
U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden repeated his call for President Donald Trump to be removed from office either by his Cabinet invoking the 25th Amendment or Congress impeaching him again during a Jan. 9 news conference. Trump is a threat every day that he is at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Period, the Oregon Democrat said.
Wyden laid out what it would take for a removal to happen whether it be the 25th Amendment or impeachment and said there is bipartisan support for both options.