Breaking News: President Trump was impeached in a 232-197 vote. Ten Republicans joined Democrats in rebuking the president. He faces a Senate trial next. https://t.co/1BijGRSFI4 pic.twitter.com/Kz0gRjU317
— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 13, 2021
"The resolution is adopted."
— ABC News (@ABC) January 13, 2021
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announces H.R. 24 passes with a 232-197 vote to impeach Pres. Trump for a historic second time. https://t.co/5UfGkpkWIJ pic.twitter.com/GzXQUEn6RW
Of all the presidential impeachments in the history of the United States, Donald Trump has half.
— Steve Inskeep (@NPRinskeep) January 13, 2021
Congratulations to @realDonaldTrump for being the first American president to need a disambiguation page on Wikipedia for his various impeachments pic.twitter.com/6VNSw9QVMy
— Joshua Benton (@jbenton) January 13, 2021
Trump impeachment may define the future of a divided Republican Party https://t.co/p5Cwg2cNjL
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) January 13, 2021
Remember what happened in this House Chamber just a week ago. Maybe it should have been cordoned off as a crime scene for a while so that the insurrection could not be normalized.
— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) January 13, 2021
Trump did this. Republicans did this. pic.twitter.com/dhouBkPaQf
— Doug Gordon (@dgordon52) January 13, 2021
When you see the self-righteous indignation from those opposing impeachment, just think back to what you saw happening one week ago.
— Elie Honig (@eliehonig) January 13, 2021
Frankly, given what happened last week and what is expected in coming days, it's appalling that this impeachment vote isn't unanimous.
— Ben Jealous (@BenJealous) January 13, 2021
The biggest difference between the first and second impeachment? Trump not joining the debate during the speeches via twitter. Refreshing.
— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) January 13, 2021
NPR's congressional correspondent just said on the air that members of Congress are afraid for their personal safety based on how they vote.
— Andrew Golis (@agolis) January 13, 2021
Let's all let that sink in. https://t.co/iJj2Ik6AiJ
All honor to Congressman Raskin for trying to save his country at a moment of most severe personal challenge.
— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) January 13, 2021
I have so much work to do today but I am transfixed watching history in the making, and because I can't shake the deep sense of gloom that our troubles are nowhere near over so long as this version of the GOP is committed to destroying the Constitution in the name of raw power.
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) January 13, 2021
It's not over. The election, the inauguration, even impeachment, will not end the battle to save democracy from extremism. Never sacrifice justice for the false promise of unity. My new op-ed: https://t.co/drZS7PUw7p
— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) January 13, 2021
NEW: His place in the history books about to be rewritten, President Donald Trump now awaits his second impeachment — something no other president has faced — largely alone and silent https://t.co/zO5Lk2Chco
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) January 13, 2021
Trump statement pic.twitter.com/ufdgSCInVC
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) January 13, 2021
If that anodyne, insincere, very belated anti-violence statement is the best Trump can do to stave off impeachment and conviction, he is in more trouble than he thinks.
— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) January 13, 2021
#BREAKING: McConnell says he's undecided on whether to vote to convict Trump https://t.co/Bhm8PdEne1 pic.twitter.com/VpSnvYLOVR
— The Hill (@thehill) January 13, 2021
Rolling updates…
President Trump betrayed his oath of office by seeking to undermine our constitutional process, and he bears responsibility for inciting the insurrection we suffered last week. With a heavy heart, I will vote to impeach President Donald J. Trump. pic.twitter.com/SREfFp0nd2
— Peter Meijer (@RepMeijer) January 13, 2021
It's cute how Steve Scalise refers to the MAGA mob as "anarchists," not Trump supporters, despite the giant Trump flags they wielded.
— Michael Freeman (@michaelpfreeman) January 13, 2021
Defending the president, Rep Steube just cited the Brandenburg v Ohio case of 1969 in which the US Supreme Court held that an Ohio Klan leader’s conviction for advocating for violence was a violation of his Free Speech rights.
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) January 13, 2021
Watching the GOP arguments against impeachment, I feel like I'm watching Fox News prime time https://t.co/5v9Jhtk4Wy
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) January 13, 2021
Marjorie Taylor Greene, the QAnon congresswoman, is speaking on the floor of the House — in remarks being broadcast live on national television — with the word "censored" on her mask.
— Niall Stanage (@NiallStanage) January 13, 2021
Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) says Trump's call last week to "fight like hell," otherwise they wouldn't have a country anymore, was "standard hyperbole."
— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) January 13, 2021
Seriously, not literally.
Republican Rep. Dan Newhouse announces he is voting to impeach Trump even though he thinks the articles are "flawed." He says there is "no excuse" for Trump's actions; he says Trump "misinformed and inflamed a violent mob."
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) January 13, 2021
Newhouse says he and others should've spoken up sooner.
GOP Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler explains why she's breaking with her party to defend democracy.
— Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) January 13, 2021
"My vote to impeach our sitting president is not a fear-based decision. I am not choosing a side. I'm choosing truth, which is the only way to defeat fear."
Lauren Boebert is going to be such a nightmare for the next two years before she inevitably gets caught up in some absolutely bonkers scandal.
— Zack Czajkowski (@ZackCz) January 13, 2021
Looks like "whatabout" is going to be the argument from the R side.
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) January 13, 2021
Kevin McCarthy said on Fox News on Jan 5 that Trump won and helped incite what happened the next day. He voted against certifying the election even after the insurrection. He is toast and will go down as one of the worst House leaders in history.
— Amy Siskind 🏳️🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) January 13, 2021
Kevin McCarthy voted to overturn results of 2020 election after domestic terrorists stormed Capitol. Never forget
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) January 13, 2021
Let's all take a step back and recognize that even after all that has happened, Republican after Republican is still defending the president and his lies about the election.
— Dana Bash (@DanaBashCNN) January 13, 2021
LBJ used to talk of someone he knew “who is so stupid that he can’t find his ass with both hands."
— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) January 13, 2021
I have no doubt that Gaetz's future is on late night television selling catheters and testosterone supplements, but first he's going to do as much damage as possible to the Republic. https://t.co/0kU3yRxkp6
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) January 13, 2021
Far from backing off his false claims of widespread voter fraud, Rep. Matt Gaetz is doubling down on the lies that led to the insurrection last week in defense of Trump during impeachment proceedings.
— Abby D. Phillip (@abbydphillip) January 13, 2021
no no no no no no no no no
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) January 13, 2021
Ken Buck is going on about the "socialists in Hollywood" and how Robert DeNiro wanted to punch Trump in the face, so we shouldn't impeach Trump for sedition and inciting insurrection against the United States of America.
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) January 13, 2021
Issa: "Is the President a clear a present danger? He clearly isn't. He's the same as he's been for four years."
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) January 13, 2021
This is not the defense you think it is.
NEWS —> McConnell’s office called Schumer’s people today + told them McConnell would not consent to reconvening immediately under the 2004 emergency authorities, a person familiar says. So the Senate won’t reconvene Friday, or almost certainly before Jan. 19. Trial in Biden term
— Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) January 13, 2021
It's LOUIE TIME, ladies and gennel'men. "I don't know why there aren't more uprisings around the country…" And we're off.
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) January 13, 2021
While wearing a mask emblazoned with: "THIS MASK IS AS USELESS AS OUR GOVERNOR."
— Ian Sams (@IanSams) January 13, 2021
The "lunatic fringe" appears to be in Congress. https://t.co/Yb3dc0ceJ9
Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio says "they want to cancel the president" and asks "why?" do Democrats want to see him impeached?
— Kasie Hunt (@kasie) January 13, 2021
The answer from Democrats as well as Republicans like Rep. Liz Cheney: He incited an insurrection that attacked the Capitol last Wednesday
Jim Jordan leaning in on there will be a "peaceful transfer of power" as his defense of Trump — a week after that became definitively not true.
— Susan Glasser (@sbg1) January 13, 2021
Pelosi now quoting from Lincoln December 1, 1862, annual message to Congress, in which he also said, "We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth."
— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) January 13, 2021
As the article of impeachment is being read on the House floor, President Trump is now in the West Wing, where aides say they expect him to watch TV coverage throughout the day. No events on his public schedule and few on his private one as well.
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) January 13, 2021
While some GOP House members complain about having to walk through metal detectors, National Guard troops spent night sleeping on marble floors of the Capitol. pic.twitter.com/7odvIkoBOQ
— Greg Miller (@gregpmiller) January 13, 2021
More US soldiers are now deployed in Washington than in Afghanistan.
— Carl Bildt (@carlbildt) January 13, 2021
A group of former admin officials and anti-Trump Republicans is pledging $50 million to support the re-election of Republicans who join Democrats in supporting Trump's impeachment. https://t.co/JHo1VC9qpa
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 13, 2021
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