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Started by metmike - Jan. 13, 2021, 5:01 p.m.

Trump impeached for 'inciting' US Capitol riots


https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55656385

The US House of Representatives has impeached President Donald Trump for "incitement of insurrection" at last week's Capitol riot.

He is the first president in US history to be twice impeached - to be charged with crimes by Congress.

Mr Trump, a Republican, will now face a trial in the Senate, where if convicted he could face being barred from ever holding office again.

The impeachment measure passed largely along party lines, by 232-197.

Mr Trump is due to leave office on 20 January, following his election defeat last November to Democrat Joe Biden.

After several hours of impassioned debate on Wednesday, the Democratic-controlled House voted.

Ten Republicans sided with Democrats to impeach the president.

But it is unlikely Mr Trump will have to leave the White House before his term in office ends in one week, as the Senate is not expected to convene in time.

media captionThe storming of the US Capitol

What was Trump charged with?

Impeachment charges are political, not criminal. The president was accused by Congress of inciting the storming of the Capitol with his 6 January speech to a rally outside the White House.

Following Mr Trump's remarks, his supporters broke into the Capitol, forcing lawmakers to suspend certification of election results and take shelter. The building was placed on lockdown and five people died.

The article of impeachment stated that Mr Trump "repeatedly issued false statements asserting that the presidential election results were fraudulent and should not be accepted".

It says he then repeated these claims and "willfully made statements to the crowd that encouraged and foreseeably resulted in lawless action at the Capitol", leading to the violence and loss of life.

"President Trump gravely endangered the security of the United States and its institutions of government, threatened the integrity of the democratic system, interfered with the peaceful transition of power, and imperiled a coequal branch of government."

Last week, 139 Republicans voted against accepting the result of the 2020 election and Mr Trump's defeat.

What did lawmakers say during the debate?

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat, said on the House floor: "The president of the United States incited this insurrection, this armed rebellion against our common country.

"He must go. He is a clear and present danger to the nation that we all love."

Most Republicans did not seek to defend Mr Trump's rhetoric, instead arguing that the impeachment had bypassed the customary hearings and calling on Democrats to drop it for the sake of national unity.

"Impeaching the president in such a short time frame would be a mistake," said Kevin McCarthy, the House's top Republican.

"That doesn't mean the president's free from fault. The president bears responsibility for Wednesday's attack on Congress by mob rioters."

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By metmike - Jan. 13, 2021, 5:03 p.m.
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By metmike - Jan. 13, 2021, 6:48 p.m.
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Trump calls for peace ahead of Biden’s inauguration      https://wqow.com/2021/01/13/trump-calls-for-peace-ahead-of-bidens-inauguration/     

metmike: It's far too late to stop much of the damage............and his impeachment but at least not too late to help stop more damage.

What is interesting is that CNN is trying to portray Trump in the worst way possible and is not showing his appeal for peace like FOX has been.

So its obvious that CNN is more concerned with maximizing the damage to Trump the guy who caused the riots............. then it is to helping to provide peace and unity, which airing Trumps message calling for that would do.

And this behavior by CNN which intentionally tries to inflame the hatred for Trump and hatred and intollerace of Trump supporters is just as bad, if not worse than Trump's behavior.

Trump just wants power. CNN wants us to hate Trump and anybody that supports Trump..........which is the definition of being divisive. .............. show only a bad side, hate and try to destroy people that you disagree with instead of trying to understand them and reason with them.

Not the rioting. There's never an excuse for that(unless you are Chris Cuomo on CNN telling us about the Summer riots being justified).

But these Trump people have alot of legit beefs and they are patriotic Americans who want whats best for our country.

Over the last week, they  have all been portrayed as insane, Qanon cult, right wing conspiracy theory nuts and the riots a week ago have been amplified to be worse than the hundreds of Summer riots combined...........which usually got a positive spin..........mostly peaceful for a just cause.

Is this the way to unify the country?  

During the Summer protesting, since it was for a just cause, we accepted billions in damages. Over 2 dozen cops killed many hundred injured. ........and looked at those people as hero's or standing up for racial justice.

Some of those people were very misled. You don't kill and try to injure cops and destroy property of innocent people for justice. And they ignored the reality....... almost all the black murders are happening from crime in our major cities, not from white cops.

The people rioting last Wednesday were also very misled. They were protesting the election being stolen.


By mcfarm - Jan. 13, 2021, 6:54 p.m.
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more news for the libs to so proud, no rule of law, no evidence, no defense...hell just like free speech just the way the dems want it now.

By TimNew - Jan. 14, 2021, 4:54 a.m.
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"Impeachment charges are political, not criminal".

Interesting.  If this is the author's interpretation of the constitution, he's dead wrong.  If it's his interpretation of the current proceedings, he's exactly right.