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Jan 14, 2021
Why Mitch McConnell Holds The Keys To Trump s Impeachment Fate
The Senate trial will help write one of the final chapters of the majority leader s legacy.
No one will shape the fate of Donald Trump in the coming days more than Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who has left open the possibility of voting to convict the outgoing president over the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol.
As the House was voting Wednesday to impeach Trump for a second time, McConnell said in a note to his fellow GOP senators that he is undecided on whether to convict the president. He pledged in the letter to “listen to the legal arguments when they are presented to the Senate,” which is expected to begin immediately after Joe Biden is inaugurated on Jan. 20.
Rep. Jim Jordan’s Medal of Freedom farce: Darcy cartoon
Updated Jan 13, 2021;
Posted Jan 13, 2021
President Trump awarded the Medal of Freedom, the Nation s highest civilian honor, to one of its least deserving recipient s, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH)
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CLEVELAND, Ohio Monday afternoon in a closed door ceremony, President Trump continued to corrode the Presidential Medal of Freedom by awarding the Nation’s highest civilian honor to his champion cult follower, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), one of the least deserving recipients, along with Rep. Devin Nunes, who was given it last week, and Rush Limbaugh, who received it in 2020.
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump became the first U.S. president in history to be impeached twice on Wednesday, as the U.S. House of Representatives voted 232-197 to sanction Trump on a single article for inciting an insurrection on Jan. 6.
A Senate trial is not expected to take place before Trump leaves office on Jan. 20, when Democrat Joe Biden will be inaugurated to succeed him.
While the vote fell heavily on party lines, 10 Republicans joined the Democratic majority to impeach the president.
New Mexico s Republican House member, Rep. Yvette Herrell from New Mexico s 2nd congressional district, was not among them.
“This was not just simply moderate Republicans trying to win in blue districts. … This is a lot of people in really deep red districts who decided to send a message to the president about his behavior," says Philip Bump, Washington Post national correspondent
10 Republicans joined the Democrats in impeaching Donald Trump.
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10 Republicans vote against Trump
Senate trial may end up in barring Trump from running in next election
The House made history Wednesday by impeaching a president for a second time, indicting President Donald Trump a week before he leaves office for inciting a riot with false claims of a stolen election that led to the storming of the Capitol and five deaths.
Unlike Trump s first impeachment, which proceeded with almost no GOP support, Wednesday s effort attracted 10 Republicans, including Rep. Liz Cheney, the No. 3 party leader in the House. The Senate now appears likely to hold a trial after Trump s departure, an unprecedented scenario that could end with lawmakers barring him from holding the presidency again.