The impeachment vote comes just days before Trump is set to leave office.
The House impeached President Donald Trump for the second time in a historic, bipartisan condemnation of an outgoing president whose words fueled a deadly insurrection at the Capitol.
Ten Republicans joined all Democrats in a 232-197 vote supporting a single impeachment count: “incitement of insurrection.”
The process now moves to the Senate, where Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has indicated that a trial won’t begin until Trump is out of office.
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The House impeached Donald Trump for the second time in a historic, bipartisan condemnation of the president https://t.co/iZrevIRN2V
— POLITICO (@politico) January 13, 2021
From the incredible Hill pool, here are the 10 Republicans who voted to impeach Trump:
MEIJER (Mich.)
RICE (S.C.)
UPTON (Mich.)
GONZALEZ (Ohio)
CHENEY (Wyo.)
KATKO (N.Y.)
KINZINGER (Ill.)
HERRERA BEUTLER (Wash.)
NEWHOUSE (Wash.)
VALADAO (Calif.)— Melanie Zanona (@MZanona) January 13, 2021
Also a new record, as @jaketapper just said: Most bipartisan impeachment vote in history.
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) January 13, 2021
So in a little over two years, Donald Trump lost the House, the Senate, the presidency, and got impeached twice.
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) January 13, 2021
Meanwhile, 197 Republicans voted for sedition and violence. https://t.co/G6zrnbx0Gk
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) January 13, 2021
[Nixon voice] My God https://t.co/fbYViih11y
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) January 13, 2021
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) January 13, 2021
Cold-blooded. Mitch doesn't care about ending the national security threat to the United States. But instead he creates a good situation for Mitch and the GOP:
1. Punts to Dems
2. Ends Trump's ability to run again (if convicted)
3. Bollixes up the first month of Biden's term https://t.co/FujktSlURn— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) January 13, 2021
192 Republicans voted for treason, sedition, insurrection, and authoritarianism.
192 Republicans sided with the people who murdered a cop and came hunting for their colleagues.
And you wonder why the corrupt edifice needs to be burned to the ground?
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) January 13, 2021
House GOP test of “I could shoot somebody on 5th Avenue” maxim:
93% of House Rs voted to shield Trump from punishment nearly two years before their next election, one week before he leaves office, and one week after he incited a deadly insurrection that threatened their lives
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) January 13, 2021
Just in awe of the shamelessness of GOP reps who voted to decertify the election results one week ago today standing up and kvetching that a quick impeachment is a reckless application of the House's procedural powers.
— Andrew Egger (@EggerDC) January 13, 2021
For the second time in just over a year, President Donald Trump has been impeached by the House.
It felt different this time, in the wake of last week's deadly insurrection at the Capitol. ICYMI: Here's a look at everything that happened. https://t.co/m9uCSLOSd9 pic.twitter.com/KQa3v7N0Cd
— POLITICO (@politico) January 14, 2021
2019. 2021.
Two historic @politico front pages.
Here’s to the hardworking Congress team that’s relentlessly covered the events of these past few years. pic.twitter.com/8gerGxIPa8
— Bill Kuchman (@billkuchman) January 14, 2021
This crap is so infuriating. https://t.co/I41gcfNjEA
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) January 14, 2021
"It makes you wonder what the thirty pieces of silver were that Speaker Pelosi promised for this betrayal." In a new Facebook post, Franklin Graham lambasts the 10 Republicans who voted for impeachment. pic.twitter.com/RgFbu8SJ5N
— Ruth Graham (@publicroad) January 14, 2021
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