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Democrat-Controlled House Votes To Impeach Trump
The House of Representatives voted 232–197 to impeach President Donald Trump for the second time in just over a year.
The historic house vote included one article of impeachment against the President for allegedly inciting violence prior to last week’s riots in the U.S. Capitol in which five people died, including a Capitol Police Officer.
This vote makes President Trump the first president to be impeached twice.
Unlike the first impeachment, ten House Republicans broke rank with their party and voted in favor of impeachment. These Republicans are Rep. Liz Cheney (WY), Rep. Jaime Herrera Beuter (WA), Rep. John Katko (NY), Rep. Adam Kinzinger (IL), Rep. Fred Upton (MI), Rep. Dan Newhouse (WA), Rep. Peter Meijer (MI), Rep.mAnthony Gonzalez (OH), Rep. Tom Rice (SC) and Rep. David Valadao (CA).
“On January 6, 2021 a violent mob attacked the United States Capitol to obstruct the process of our democracy and stop the counting of presidential electoral votes,” Cheney said in a statement. “This insurrection caused injury, death and destruction in the most sacred space in our Republic.”
“Much more will become clear in coming days and weeks, but what we know now is enough. The President of the United States summoned this mob, assembled the mob, and lit the flame of this…