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President Donald J. Trump officially became the first US president to be impeached twice by the House of Representatives on Wednesday, paving the way for a Senate trial that could come after his term ends.
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Following Trumpâs calls for his supporters to come to Washington D.C. to protest the certification of the electoral college votes, rioters stormed the capitol in an event that resulted in multiple deaths and hours long standoffs with the police. Since then, House Democrats have vowed to move forward with a second impeachment if Vice President Pence didnât invoke the 25th amendment as calls for Trumpâs early removal from office unsurprisingly continue to intensify. While the events that took place on January 6th were a damning indictment of the palpable anger and the lengths that Trumpâs base was willing to go in their futile efforts to ensure the President remains in office, an admittedly interesting aspect of all of this has been the even deeper division of the Republican party at the leadership level in the aftermath.
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Athletic apparel company Nike announced that they would no longer make political contributions to lawmakers that supported “decertifying the Electoral College results” in the wake of last week’s siege of the U.S. Capitol.
“Nike’s Political Action Committee helps our employees support elected officials who understand our business and whose values align with our mission of serving athletes,” Nike
said in the statement.” “These nonpartisan values rely upon upholding the principles of democracy. Although we’re not yet making contributions at this point in the election cycle, Nike’s PAC will not support any member of Congress who ignores these principles, including those who voted to decertify the Electoral College results.”