Although Biden did not make his position on the impeachment bill, he believed that the Capitol riots were incited by Trump.
According to CNN, on the evening of January 13th local time, President-elect Biden issued a statement saying that he hoped that the Senate would take into account other urgent matters when dealing with impeachment.
Biden reiterated his hope that the Senate would fulfill its regular legislative responsibilities when trying impeachment cases.” The country is still plagued by the coronavirus epidemic and economic turmoil.
I hope that the Senate can handle other national emergencies while fulfilling their constitutional responsibilities and handling impeachment cases well.”
From the confirmation of nominations for important positions, to the on-track vaccine program to economic recovery, fellow Americans have suffered so much over the past year that these emergencies cannot be postponed, Biden added.
Although Biden did not make his position on the impeachment bill, he believed that the Capitol riots were incited by Trump.
Trump’s record is gone after being impeached twice during his term.
On the 12th local time, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 222 to 204 to pass a resolution requiring Vice President Pence to use the 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution to remove President Trump.
This is a “send-off gift” prepared by the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives.
House Speaker Pelosi previously said that if Pence refuses to do so, the House will push forward the new impeachment process separately.
Pence had previously written to Pelosi, claiming that “will not succumb to the demands of the House of Representatives to join the political game at a critical moment in the United States.” Depose cannot be done. Impeach the top.
According to reports, on the morning of the 13th local time, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 232 to 197 against, and officially accused President Trump of “sedition” with impeachment clauses.
Trump became the first president in American history to be impeached twice in his term and the first president to be impeached on the eve of leaving office. It is reported that a total of 10 Republicans joined the Democratic Party and voted in favor of the impeachment clause for Trump.
There are precedents for the passive transfer of presidential power.
On January 7th, U.S. local time, nearly 60 Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives supported Trump’s impeachment after Trump supporters rushed into the Capitol and caused riots.
According to many media reports, there are currently voices in both Republicans and Democrats that Trump should step down before President-elect Biden of the United States takes office on January 20.
According to the 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the president is temporarily replaced in three situations.
First, when the president is removed, dead or resigns, the vice president will immediately become president; second, when the president is temporarily unable to perform his duties, he can submit a written statement to Congress to voluntarily transfer powers and responsibilities to the vice president; third, the vice president, the cabinet and the legal bodies of the congress have the right to submit a statement to the congress, claiming that if If the President is unable to perform his duties, the Vice President shall immediately act as President.
There are many things in history that the President of the United States has been replaced by the Vice President in the first and second situations. After Kennedy’s assassination, Lyndon Johnson took over as president.
It was the first situation, that this big event gave rise to the 25th Amendment to the Constitution. The second situation is more. In 1985, after Reagan was shot and seriously injured by Hollywood star Judy Foster’s fans, Bush Sr. served as acting president for eight hours. In 2002 and 2007, Bush briefly transferred power to Cheney when he performed general anesthesia examination.
The situation Trump faces belongs to the third situation, that is, passive power delivery. This is similar to Nixon.
In 1974, Nixon announced his resignation because of Watergate’s inability to escape congressional impeachment.
Vice President Ford succeeded to the presidency. A month later, Ford announced a pardon for Nixon from all criminal responsibility.
Now, not only the Democratic-controlled Congress, but also Senate Republican Leader McConnell, at least 12 Republican senators intend to support Trump’s conviction, less than a two-thirds majority.
Coupled with Pence’s incooperation, Trump escaped the result of being dismissed. But this can’t get him out of humiliation.
One term has been impeached twice in a row.
Impeachment of the incumbent president of the United States is rare in history, much less than temporary transfer of power.
Andrew Johnson, the 17th President of the United States, was the first president to be impeached. He is similar to Lyndon Johnson. Lyndon Johnson succeeds for the assassination of Kennedy and Andrew Johnson for the assassination of Lincoln.
Andrew Johnson, who leaned toward defending the interests of former southern slave owners, turned a blind eye to the activities of the Ku Klux Klan and other organizations, and was impeached by Congress.
In the end, one vote of impeachment was not successful. Andrew Johnson was also the first person not to attend the presidential handover ceremony.
Nixon is the second. But before the impeachment proceedings were launched, Nixon resigned.
Clinton is the third. He was impeached for the “Lewinsky scandal case”. But the impeachment failed to pass Congress, and Clinton escaped.
Trump is the fourth impeachment case in front of us, and it is ahead of us.
But he was worse than the first three impeached presidents: Andrew Johnson, Nixon and Clinton all succeeded in re-election. Nixon even gave his opponent only 17 electoral votes.
Trump failed to be re-elected and was impeached twice in one term.
This is more humiliating than the recall: the recall also has Nixon as a shield in front.
Trump’s counterattack is only cruel words.
Trump’s personality has always been revengeful. Now in the face of many “huntings” by Congress, the Republican establishment, technology giants, Deutsche Bank and so on, does Trump have the means to counterattack?
The answer is no. He has actually been empty, and all the means of counterattack is to say cruelty.
After being completely blocked by social media, Trump made his first public appearance on the 12th.
Before going to Texas to inspect the U.S.-Mexico border wall, he told the media that he would not be responsible for the attack on Congress, and that the House of Representatives pushed for “a continuation of the largest witch hunt in political history”.
Trump maintained an arrogant and tough style in public. But in private, Trump’s statement is another set. On the 11th, he admitted in a conversation with House Minority Leader McCarthy that he was “at least partly responsible” for the congressional riots on the 6th.
Some House Republicans who knew the conversation confirmed the matter to the media.
Say one thing to your face and say another in private, which reflects some kind of panic in Trump. His family also confirmed this.
First Lady Melania has issued a statement expressing condolences for those who lost their lives in the congressional riots, but never mentioned her husband positively; Ivanka was rumored to attend Biden’s inauguration.
The second time the Democrats impeach Trump are trying to block the possibility of Trump’s comeback in four years.
But this is not Trump’s last trouble. After this incident, there were also financial troubles. The latter trouble, whether it’s cruel or soft words, is useless.
