History made as Trump is impeached a second time
DONALD TRUMP last night became the first US president to face impeachment twice after politicians from both sides voted to take action following the riot at the Capitol building.
The House of Representatives voted by 232 votes to 197 – with ten Republicans joining Democrats to back a single charge of inciting an insurrection.
Democrat House speaker Nancy Pelosi said the president (pictured) incited ‘this armed rebellion’, adding: ‘He must go. He is a clear and present danger to the nation that we all love.’
She said Mr Trump had repeatedly lied about the outcome of the election and sought to ‘repeal reality’, resulting in the ‘day of fire’ last Wednesday in which five people were killed. Some Republicans made speeches urging the
House not to impeach Mr Trump to promote national healing. Oklahoma’s Tom Cole said: ‘Let us look forward, not backward. Let us come together, not apart.’ The impeachment process now moves to the Senate where Republican leader Mitch McConnell has suggested no trial could begin until it returns on Tuesday, a day before Joe Biden’s inauguration. Security has been increased in the Capitol with Congress members having to walk through metal detectors and National Guardsmen seen sleeping in the building. At least 10,000 have been deployed to prevent further attacks – more than US forces personnel currently in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria and Somalia combined.
Secure: Ms Pelosi enters the House