House plans to vote tomorrow on impeaching President Trump
Wall Street Journal editor at large Gerry Baker discusses the political difficulties for President Trump as he nears the end of his term.
Newly elected Rep. Peter Meijer, R-Mich., said Monday that the president should resign and that he is “强烈考虑” voting to impeach President 王牌 之后 Capitol Hill riot 上个星期.
“到那个时刻 弹each, it’s something we’re strongly considering at this point. 再次, you know there are timelines and other considerations and additional information that I want to have before making that decision affirmatively,” Meijer, who was sworn into office Jan. 3, told WXMI. “But again, I think what we saw on Wednesday, left the president unfit for office.”
As Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol building Wednesday, the president released a video on Twitter in which he told them to “回家,” but also sympathized with them and called them “very special.”
“[特朗普总统] said that while you know Officer Sicknick was in the hospital on life support after getting bludgeoned with a fire extinguisher,” Meijer told the local news outlet. “You know to me that was that was deeply disqualifying and left him frankly unfit for the office. So I do think the best course of action would be to resign.”
Meijer replaced retiring Libertarian Rep. Justin Amash, who voted to impeach Trump after leaving the GOP in 2019.
的 屋, where Democrats have a majority, is expected to impeach the president for a second time Wednesday.
Two other House Republicans, Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger and New York Rep. John Katko, have also signaled support for impeachment.
It is unclear what the 参议院 will do, but at least two Senate Republicans have strongly condemned Trump’s actions in recent days.
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它的. 帕特·图密, R-Pa。, told Fox News Saturday that he thinks Trump “committed impeachable offenses” but doesn’t “know what is going to land on the Senate floor, if anything.”
它的. 丽莎·默科夫斯基, 阿拉斯加, 告诉 安克雷奇每日新闻 Friday that she thinks Trump “should leave” and that he has “caused enough damage.”
的 New York Times reported Tuesday that Sen. 米奇·麦康奈尔, R-Ky。, has told associates he believes the president committed impeachable offenses. California Rep. 凯文·麦卡锡, the top Republican in the House, is open to censuring Trump, but does not back impeachment, according to the news outlet.
特朗普总统, 与此同时, told reporters Tuesday that impeachment is “a continuation of the greatest witch hunt in the history of politics.”
“This impeachment is causing tremendous anger and you’re doing it,” 特朗普说. “And it’s really a terrible thing that they’re doing.”
