McCarthy updated colleagues as Democrats move ahead on impeachment
Said Trump bears some responsibility
He reportedly screamed at Trump Wednesday pleading with him to tell his supporters to leave the Capitol
Said his own office was ransacked and zip ties were found on desks
Calls for unity
Article accuses Donald Trump of incitement to insurrection and says he broke post-Civil War 14th Amendment which bans rebels from holding public office
Democrats asked Republicans to join unanimous demand to Mike Pence to remove Trump using the 25th Amendment but they objected
Now House will vote on demand on Tuesday forcing individual Republicans into declaring on the record whether they want him removed or not
Vice President Mike Pence signaled he’ll spurn demands to immediately oust Donald Trump over a deadly riot by the president’s supporters as the two met and agreed to work together for the remainder of the term, according to a senior administration official.
Congressional Democrats’ rush toward impeachment has put Joe Biden in a difficult position before he’s even taken the oath of office. Does he follow the desires of his fellow Democratic Party leaders to punish Donald Trump for stirring up an angry mob that ran amok at the U.S. Capitol? Or does Biden heed his own oft-repeated campaign promise to weigh the desires of those Americans who voted against him as well as the historic numbers who voted for him?
The nation is struggling to pick up the pieces and come to terms with last week’s insurrection at the Capitol building by Trump-supporting extremists. At least five people, including one police officer, died. Hundreds more were threatened and terrorized. Another Capitol Police officer on duty that day died by suicide over the weekend, his family announced Monday.
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