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Nebraska Republican Sen. Ben Sasse said Wednesday morning that he would be open to considering articles of impeachment from the House.
“If they come together and have a process, I will definitely consider what articles they might move, because as I told you I believe the president has disregarded his oath of office,” Sasse said on “CBS This Morning.”
“He swore an oath to the American people to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution,” Sasse added. “He acted against that. What he did was wicked.”
Sasse did, however, question whether impeachment was the best thing for the United States, given that President-elect Joe Biden takes office in 12 days.
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Virginia Democratic Rep. Don Beyer called for fallen Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick to lie in state after he was killed defending the Capitol from pro-Trump rioters.
“Officer Brian Sicknick gave his life in the line of duty to keep us safe,” Beyer said in a statement on Friday. “He made the ultimate sacrifice while protecting those trapped in the Capitol amid a violent assault on our democracy itself.”
Sicknick, whom Beyer represents in Congress, died late Thursday after succumbing to injuries sustained during Wednesday’s riot. He was a military veteran in his twelfth year serving with the Capitol Police.
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President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday said Black Lives Matter activists would “have been treated very, very differently” if they had stormed the Capitol instead of President Donald Trump supporters.
“No one can tell me that if it had been a group of Black Lives Matter protesting yesterday, there wouldn’t they wouldn’t have been treated very, very differently than the mob of thugs that stormed the Capitol,” Biden said during a speech in Wilmington, Delaware.
“We all know that’s true and it is unacceptable, totally unacceptable. The American people saw it in plain view, and I hope it [unintelligible] what we have to do.”
January 07, 2021
3:15 PM ET
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Sergeant at Arms of the U.S. House of Representatives Paul Irving will resign over the massive security breach of the United States Capitol, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Thursday.
The California Democrat called for Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund to resign after rioters supporting President Donald Trump stormed the United States Capitol building Wednesday, committing acts of vandalism and delaying the certification process as members of Congress were forced to evacuate the House and Senate chambers.
Pelosi announced that Irving will resign after Wednesday’s massive security breach, according to Politico. Irving has served as sergeant at arms for the house since January 2012, and previously served as assistant director of the U.S. Secret Service from 2001 to 2008.