The Daily 202: GOP looks to win back Senate in 2022, as new NRSC chairman defends vote to reject Pa. results James Hohmann
with Mariana Alfaro Democrats taking control of the Senate after winning upsets in both Georgia runoffs would have been the biggest political story of any ordinary week, but the seismic news was quickly overshadowed when a pro-Trump mob took over the Capitol. House Democrats formally introduced an article of impeachment this morning against President Trump, charging him with “incitement of insurrection.” The House could vote as early as Wednesday. In a brief session, House Republicans blocked a measure calling on Vice President Pence and the Cabinet to remove Trump under the 25th Amendment, ensuring a vote in the full House on Tuesday.
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Democrats are weighing how to fast-track their plans to impeach President Donald Trump this week as new details, images and video further fuel the rage over the deadly domestic terrorist attack on the Capitol and those who enabled it.
Just before President Trump’s grassroots supporters stormed the United States Capitol, both he and Donald Trump Jr. warned congressional Republicans who might vote to certify President-elect Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory: Object or face career-ending primary challenges.