Pelosi threatens to impeach President for sedition to end horror show after Pence left her and Schumer ON HOLD for 25 mins when they called to demand he remove ranting and raving Trump with 25th Amendment
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said President Donald Trump had incited sedition against the United States and demanded the president s removal from office
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer issued a statement calling for swift action on the 25th Amendment while also leveling the threat of a second impeachment
Both Democrat leaders called VP Mike Pence to demand Trump s removal from office - but were put on hold
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U.S. Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.) backed off a plan to overthrow the results of the 2020 presidential election Wednesday after insurrectionists stormed the U.S. Capitol.
But three Hoosier Republican members of the U.S. House voted to block Joe Biden from becoming the next president.
Earlier in the day – and first announced Saturday – Braun said he would join some GOP colleagues to vote against the Electoral College’s results, citing unfounded allegations of voter fraud. That put the Republican alongside the cause of many of those who violently broke into the Capitol, sending lawmakers and staff into lockdown and ending with at least one person dead.
Republican Sen. Josh Hawley says he is going forward with his objection to the Electoral College results in Pennsylvania despite the violent breach at the.
Before dawn Thursday, lawmakers completed their work, confirming Biden won the presidential election.
The lawsuits failed as judge after judge found no violation of state law or constitutional rights, or no grounds to grant an immediate halt to certifying the election.
Senate Rejects
Pennsylvania Republican Senator Pat Toomey said he was disappointed at Trump s loss, but he would not set aside the will of the people of the Commonwealth.
He also rejected the election lies that spurred the violence at the Capitol. We witnessed today the damage that can result when men in power and responsibility refuse to acknowledge the truth. We saw bloodshed because a demagogue chose to spread falsehoods and sow distrust of his own fellow Americans. Let s not abet such deception. Let s reject this motion, Toomey said.
Photo shows Hawley giving fist pump to Trump supporters before Capitol violence
His arm was raised and his fist was clenched. We talked with the photographer about what happened in that moment Author: Anne Allred, Dori Olmos, Sam Clancy Published: 11:16 AM CST January 7, 2021 Updated: 12:16 PM CST January 7, 2021
WASHINGTON In the hours before the pro-President Trump supporters broke through police barricades and stormed the U.S. Capitol, they received a show of support from a U.S. senator from Missouri.
Josh Hawley, the state’s junior Republican senator, greeted protesters outside the Capitol. His arm was raised and his fist was clenched.