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For a few hours Saturday, Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Battle Ground, was unexpectedly in the national spotlight. That light has shown favorably on a representative who stood for truth and integrity throughout the second impeachment of Donald Trump.
“There s no question, none, that President Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says Saturday after the verdict, adding that the riot at the Capitol was a “foreseeable consequence of the growing crescendo of false statements, conspiracy theories, and reckless hyperbole” from Trump after his election loss. (Photo: Congress.gov/Getty Images)
With seven Republicans voting with all Democrats to convict, the Senate nevertheless voted Saturday afternoon to acquit former President Donald Trump, in his second impeachment trial, of a single charge of incitement of insurrection.
Americans, and apparently most senators, were under the impression that the Saturday session would feature closing arguments and perhaps a verdict.
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Seattle: The low-profile Washington state congresswoman with the nerve to escalate the fight of her political career against one of the biggest brawlers in the ring - Donald Trump - hails from a town called Battle Ground.
And it may be in places like Battle Ground, Clark County, Washington, with incumbents like Jaime Herrera Beutler, where Republicans vie for the direction of their party amid deep divisions left in the wake of the twice-impeached Trump.
Representative Jaime Herrera Beutler.
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The account briefly upended Trumpâs second impeachment trial as Democrats scrambled to call her as a witness. Herrera Beutler said in a statement that McCarthy had relayed to her that when he reached the president by phone during the January 6 attack and asked Trump âto publicly and forcefully call off the riotâ, the president initially repeated a falsehood that anti-fascists were responsible.