GOP Sen. Burr facing North Carolina censure after Trump conviction vote

Source: Politico | February 15, 2021 | Myah Ward

Party spokesperson Tim Wigginton told multiple news outlets that the group’s central committee would meet and vote Monday night.

The North Carolina Republican Party is set to vote Monday on whether to censure Sen. Richard Burr for his vote to convict Donald Trump after the former president’s impeachment trial, adding to the growing list of Republican members of Congress facing consequences for moves against Trump.

Party spokesperson Tim Wigginton told multiple news outlets that the group’s central committee would meet and vote Monday night.

Burr, who has already announced he will not seek reelection in 2022, is among seven Republicans who voted to convict Trump on Saturday, and the state GOP swiftly condemned him for the move. North Carolina’s GOP Chair Michael Whatley said his vote “in a trial that he declared unconstitutional is shocking and disappointing.”

“The evidence is compelling that President Trump is guilty of inciting an insurrection against a coequal branch of government and that the charge rises to the level of Crimes and Misdemeanors,” Burr said on Saturday. “Therefore, I have voted to convict.”

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  • Consistent February 15, 2021 at 2:07 pm #47420

    EVERYDAY February 15, 2021 at 5:26 pm #47423

    The PA GOP will censure Pat Toomey also for his vote. But Toomey is not running for re-election next year just like Burr. So who cares? These men did what they thought was right and that’s what matters.

    Consistent February 16, 2021 at 10:33 am #47429


    “The North Carolina Republican Party’s central committee voted unanimously on Monday to censure Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) over his vote on Saturday to convict former President Trump.

    The committee announced the censure in a statement that argued Burr’s vote to convict went outside the authority of the Constitution.”

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