Trump Faces Calls For Immediate Impeachment Following Capitol Rioting
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January 07 | 2021
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Reprinted with permission from Alternet
Violence erupted in the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday afternoon as far-right pro-Trump demonstrators — furious because Congress was meeting to certify President-elect Joe Biden's Electoral College victory — clashed with police and stormed the Capitol Building. And Trump critics are saying that the president should be impeached for inciting violence.
He had encouraged the mobs to come to Washington D.C., and he continued to attack the electoral process after his supporters breached the Capitol's defenses. At the president's rally, his ally Rudy Giuliani called for "trial by combat." Later, Trump sent a few tweets urging them to "Stay peaceful!" but he didn't tell them to stand down or leave the federal buildings they had illegally infiltrated.
A shooting was reported, and a woman carried away from the Capitol Building on a stretcher later died. Here's what Trump critics have had to say on Twitter:
Al Sharpton is right. Anyone else who incited this would be in custody right now. Trump should be impeached now.— Elizabeth de la Vega (@Elizabeth de la Vega) 1609964937.0
I am drawing up Articles of Impeachment. Donald J. Trump should be impeached by the House of Representatives & re… https://t.co/wRoRDopWYL— Ilhan Omar (@Ilhan Omar) 1609969088.0
INBOX: Congresswoman Carolyn Bourdeaux Calls for Impeachment and Urges Colleagues to Certify Election Results https://t.co/xkU07rpraR— Ben Jacobs (@Ben Jacobs) 1609973184.0
If you don't impeach and remove a President for staging a coup, what's the point of impeachment.— Ben Rhodes (@Ben Rhodes) 1609964816.0
This is outrageous, and the president caused it. We should impeach and convict him tomorrow.— David Cicilline (@David Cicilline) 1609964802.0
Impeach him ASAP or see if Pence and enough Cabinet members will invoke the 25th Amendment. Keeping him in office f… https://t.co/AXMk3gAwSC— Gary Legum (@Gary Legum) 1609964831.0
Impeach and convict. Tonight. https://t.co/jWsKTgQ1eX— Tom Nichols (@Tom Nichols) 1609964559.0
REPUBLICAN REP. MIKE GALLAGHER ON CNN RIGHT NOW: "I have not seen anything like this since I deployed to Iraq...… https://t.co/FSoIrIH00V— Ian Sams (@Ian Sams) 1609964285.0
The House should impeach the President and the Senate should remove him as soon as order is restored.— Elie Honig (@Elie Honig) 1609962767.0
@eliehonig Absolutely. This cannot go unpunished. Who thought a few capitol police would suffice today? TRUMP MUST BE REMOVED TODAY.— Samantha Sanderson (@Samantha Sanderson) 1609962934.0
@joelockhart @eliehonig ENOUGH!!! It’s time for @VP Pence to convene the Cabinet and vote on the #25thAmendment.… https://t.co/v6stA0EON6— Final_Judgment (@Final_Judgment) 1609962947.0
@eliehonig And every GOP Senator and House Rep who supported this should be removed from their seat. Period. Enough… https://t.co/9C2Tqku8kT— Anna Levata (@Anna Levata) 1609965425.0
@eliehonig He needs to be removed today. Leaving him in office for 14 more days will lead to more violence than rem… https://t.co/NOOW1TuNkf— Richard Nault (@Richard Nault) 1609963133.0
@eliehonig That should happen as soon as possible, but IIRC Congress CANNOT conduct ANY business until the Electora… https://t.co/kdPGhYeVa7— Mark Ramos (@Mark Ramos) 1609962973.0
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