AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on Tuesday prodded President-elect Joseph R. Biden to champion labor union expansion and spend trillions of dollars to prop up the coronavirus-ravaged economy.
Updated 11:35 p.m. ET Vice President Pence says he will not invoke the 25th Amendment to declare President Trump incapable of executing his duties. Pence&
Senator Mitch McConnell is said to believe that the impeachment effort will make it easier to purge President Trump from the party. And Representative Kevin McCarthy has asked other Republicans whether he should call on Mr. Trump to resign in the aftermath of the Capitol siege. By Jonathan Martin & Maggie Haberman @ NYTimes.com/live coverage, 7 min.ago
In another post he made on the platform, Mr. Rivera said Mr. Trump “lit a fuse that exploded in the U.S. Capitol” and was responsible for unleashing and inciting the mob that attacked the building.
“Regardless of how Senate ultimately votes, it’s entirely appropriate that #DonaldTrump be #Impeached by the House. He knew what mob intended from the jump,” Mr. Rivera wrote on Twitter.
Mr. Rivera, who has been close to Mr. Trump since the ‘70s, said in another tweet he believes the president, his eldest son and personal lawyer are each responsible for the storming to some degree.
Sen. Tim Scott said Tuesday that the Democratic-led efforts to impeach President Trump a second time in the House "fly in direct opposition" to the message of unity championed by President-elect Joseph R. Biden.