10 House Republicans Join Democrats In Voting To Impeach President Trump newson6.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from newson6.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Jan 14, 2021
WASHINGTON (AP) Just before a mob unleashed a deadly rampage on the U.S. Capitol last week, President Donald Trump told tens of thousands of supporters that “we got to get rid” of Rep. Liz Cheney.
The Wyoming congresswoman and No. 3 House Republican had already broken with the president on everything from mask-wearing during the coronavirus pandemic to pulling back American troops in Afghanistan. Now she’s emerging as the most prominent Republican to call for Trump’s impeachment the only member of her party’s leadership to do so.
The vote could be a defining moment in Cheney’s political career. It may give cover to the small but notable number of Republicans willing to follow her lead, while also carrying the historic weight of coming from the daughter of Vice President Dick Cheney, a conservative force for decades.
The Objectors Versus the Rejecters
A Commentary By Kyle Kondik
Thursday, January 14, 2021
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE Roughly two-thirds of House Republicans backed at least one of two objections to a state’s presidential results last week. And a clear majority backed both. Generally speaking, members who backed both objections come from more Republican-leaning districts than those who opposed both.
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How House Republicans voted on Electoral College disputes
Hours after rioters and terrorists sacked the U.S. Capitol last Wednesday, the House of Representatives and Senate voted to certify the Electoral College victory of President-elect Joe Biden. The outcome of this process was never in doubt, but more than half of the Republican House caucus voted to object to the results in Arizona, Pennsylvania, or both.
All four of Louisiana s Republican House members on Wednesday voted against impeaching GOP President Donald Trump a second time, while the state s lone Democrat Cedric Richmond voted to impose Congress greatest penalty on a president.
The full House voted 232-197 to impeach Trump for inciting an insurrection in a deadly riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6 as the president s supporters tried to stop Congress from affirming President-elect Joe Biden s certified Electoral College victory.
Ten Republicans joined the Democrats in voting to impeach, but none from Louisiana broke ranks. Trump won Louisiana with more than 58% in the Nov. 3 election.
Scalise and Richmond were the only members of the Louisiana delegation to speak from the floor during Wednesday s debate.
Among the 232 votes in the House of Representatives to impeach Donald Trump a second time were 10 cast by Republicans and now the GOP has a messy church fight on its hands.