Democrats have been actively pushing for the impeachment of President Trump since riots in the Capitol on the 6th. On Monday, they released impeachment clauses, accusing Trump of “sedition” and calling on Vice President Pence to launch the 25th Amendment to the Constitution to remove the president from office.
However, the proposal has been rejected by Pence. On Tuesday, Pence wrote to House Speaker Pelosi opposing the invocation of the first 25th amendment to remove Trump.
In the letter, Pence said that with only eight days left in the presidency, such behavior “is not in our national interest and inconsistent with our constitution.”
Pence stressed that the current government’s energy should be focused on ensuring an orderly transition of the regime, and called on Pelosi and other members of Congress to avoid “actions that may further create division and add fuel to the fire”.
The United.S. House of Representatives voted on Tuesday to urge Vice President Mike Pence to start the United States. The 25th Amendment process of removing Donald Trump from office is a move to reject d Later by the vice president.
To invoke the 25th Amendment, Pence and Trump’s majority of the Cabinet need to declare that The president is unable to perform his duties. Pence rejected that course of action in a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi earlier Tuesday.
“I don’t believe that such an action is in the best interest of our nation or consistent. With our Constitution,” said, before the House would vote on a measure calling on him. To initiate the 25th Amendment process or risk an impeachment vote against Trump.
Pence told Pelosi that the energy of the administration is focused on ensuring an orderly transition and ap Peer her and other members of Congress to avoid actions that “would further divide and flam” The passions of the moment.
It is expected that the House will vote on the impeaching Trump for inciting an insurrection. tion against the United.S. Government.
Nevertheless, the U.S. House of Representatives finally voted to call on Vice President Pence to initiate the 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution to remove President Trump.
The House of Representatives initiated impeachment proceedings on the 13th after Pence refused to use the 25th Amendment.
At present, in addition to Democrats, at least three Republicans have publicly expressed their vote for Trump’s impeachment, including Liz Cheney, the third Republican in the House of Representatives. She said in a statement on the 12th that Trump’s behavior “betrayed his duties and his oath to the Constitution.”
If the impeachment clause is passed, Trump will become the only president in American history to be impeached twice. In December 2019, the House of Representatives voted to pass two articles of impeachment against Trump, accusing him of abuse of power and obstructing Congress, but they were ultimately rejected by the Senate.
At least four Republicans said Tuesday that they would join Democrats in voting to impeach Trump.
Liz Cheney, the No. 3 House Republican said that there has never been “a more than a United President’s betrayal” His office and his oath to the Constitution.” The other three Republican House members, John Katko, Adam Kinzinger and Fred Upton, said that they would o vote for impeachment.
Trump will become the first American. If the President will be impeached twice, if the House votes in favor of the impeachment nesday.
The second impeachment of the House of Representatives made Trump very dissatisfied.
In an interview with the media on Tuesday, Trump insisted that there was nothing wrong with his previous remarks and reiterated that he “do not want violence”. He accused Democrats of trying to invoke the 25th Amendment to impeach him “very absurd”, saying that the move had aroused great anger and would pose “great danger” to the United States.
In Tuesday’s public statements, Trump complained about the plans to impeach him again, saying that the invocation The 25th Amendment and “impeachment hoax” are “causing tremendous anger, division and pain. “That’s “for the United States very dangerous.”
He did not take the skein for his supporters’ actions, and insisted that he was not to have “no violet” ce.”
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