The South Carolina Republican Party voted to censure Rep. Tom Rice (R-S.C.) for his vote earlier this month to impeach former President Donald Trump in a rare rebuke of one of the party’s own lawmakers.
The censure formally condemns Rice for his surprise vote to impeach Trump over his role in inciting the violent mob that attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, which led to the deaths of several people.
The party noted that the resolution reprimanding Rice was started at the grassroots level in a county in his district and that the impeachment vote came as Trump was leaving office.
“Trying to impeach a president, with a week left in his term, is never legitimate and is nothing more than a political kick on the way out the door,” said Drew McKissick, the chairman of the South Carolina GOP. “Congressman Rice’s vote unfortunately played right into the Democrats’ game, and the people in his district, and ultimately our State Executive Committee, wanted him to know they wholeheartedly disagree with his decision.”
Today the SCGOP Executive Committee voted to formally censure Congressman Rice for his impeachment vote. See below for SCGOP Chairman @DrewMcKissick's full statement: pic.twitter.com/lNzDW80ljl
— South Carolina Republican Party (@SCGOP) January 30, 2021
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South Carolina GOP votes to censure Rep. Rice over impeachment vote https://t.co/NDtycEkQmz pic.twitter.com/smexVYORTj
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