A closer look at whether US is divided by partisan politics
The final vote in former President Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial was vastly different than the first vote in 2020, when Senators voted down party lines, nearly 50/50. In the second trial in early February, seven Republican Senators voted to find Trump guilty, still not nearly enough to reach the two-thirds majority necessary for conviction but still far more than in 2020. [TRENDING: HOA charges family $927 for trash on curb | Doctor faces hate crime charge in social distancing attack | Mandatory vaccines for first responders?] “Remember, two of those seven aren’t running for re-election, one is up in 2022,” Clark said. Ad“I think the Republican Party is skewing older and losing voters, we’ve seen this since the election, where tens of thousands of Republicans have switched their registration to Democratic or Independent,” Clark said.
Florida lawmakers react to former President Donald Trump’s acquittal
The lead House Manager argued today that this trial isn’t about Donald Trump. Impeachment exists for one principal reason: to remove from office an office holder guilty of wrongdoing. And a Senate tempted to convict by the tantalizing opportunity to disqualify that official from future public office. I warned then that a future Democratic President would do the same thing to fund a Green New Deal. A new President is in the White House and a new Congress has been sworn in.
Election law expert on legal impact of Trump impeachment hearing
Election law expert on legal impact of Trump impeachment hearing CBS News election law expert David Becker discusses the legal impact of former President Trump's impeachment hearing. Becker weighs in on if the House impeachment managers made their case for impeachment and how the former president's legal team may respond.
cbsnews.comUPDATES: President Donald Trump impeached by US House
Ten Republican House members voted to impeach President Donald Trump over the deadly insurrection at the Capitol. ___1:05 p.m.Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is suggesting that President Donald Trump should be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for promoting Arab-Israeli peace. ___12:45 p.m.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says President Donald Trump represents a “clear and present danger” to the nation and must be impeached. The debate is heated almost from the start as the House sets up a vote to impeach President Donald Trump. ___8:15 a.m.Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger is predicting more Republicans will join him in voting to impeach President Donald Trump.
UPDATES: President Donald Trump impeached by US House
Ten Republican House members voted to impeach President Donald Trump over the deadly insurrection at the Capitol. ___1:05 p.m.Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is suggesting that President Donald Trump should be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for promoting Arab-Israeli peace. ___12:45 p.m.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says President Donald Trump represents a “clear and present danger” to the nation and must be impeached. The debate is heated almost from the start as the House sets up a vote to impeach President Donald Trump. ___8:15 a.m.Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger is predicting more Republicans will join him in voting to impeach President Donald Trump.
Florida leaders react to President Donald Trump’s second impeachment
On Wednesday, President Donald Trump became the first president in U.S. history to be impeached for a second time after the House voted that he should be held accountable for inciting a mob that attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6. As news spread Wednesday afternoon of the second impeachment, leaders across Florida, including those who were involved in the vote, reacted swiftly. “Today I voted to impeach the president for his role in inciting last week’s violent insurrection in Washington, D.C.“I love our country. “Last week, attackers incited by President Trump wounded dozens of Capitol Police officers and killed one while trying to overturn our democracy. “You know, I’m proud both Democrats and Republicans voted to hold the President accountable for his actions.
Twice impeached, can Trump run for president again in 2024?
President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump dance at the Freedom Ball on Jan. 20, 2017 in Washington, D.C. Trump attended a series of balls to cap his Inauguration Day. President Donald Trump became the first U.S. president to be impeached by the House twice, but without action from the Senate, that might not prevent him from running for election again in four years. With the Capitol secured by armed National Guard troops inside and out, the House voted 232-197 to impeach Trump Wednesday. [RELATED: Here’s how Central Florida lawmakers voted on President Trump’s impeachment | President Trump urges no violence amid reports of more demonstrations]Impeachment in the House alone would not prevent Trump from seeking elected office again. If the Senate once again votes to acquit the president of all charges, News 6 political analyst and University of Central Florida history professor Jim Clark said Trump could run for president again in 2024.
Hundreds of National Guard troops at Capitol as House Democrats pursue impeachment
WASHINTGON D.C. – Democratic lawmakers have opened the historic impeachment effort in the House by saying that every moment Donald Trump is in the White House the nation is in danger. [TRENDING: Mega Millions jackpot hits $750M | Fla. firefighter charged in Capitol riot | How to get vaccine in Fla. | Gun background checks skyrocket]Hundreds of National Guard troops hold inside the Capitol Visitor's Center to reinforce security at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. The House of Representatives is pursuing an article of impeachment against President Donald Trump for his role in inciting an angry mob to storm the Capitol last week. The House of Representatives is pursuing an article of impeachment against President Donald Trump for his role in inciting an angry mob to storm the Capitol last week. All rights reserved)As lawmakers effort impeachment, hundreds of National Guard troops were called to the Capitol as reinforcement security.
UPDATES: Pelosi seeks to curb Trump’s nuclear power, plans to impeach
___4:55 p.m.Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska has become the first Republican member of the Senate to call for President Donald Trump’s resignation. His call comes two days after supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol and unsuccessfully tried to stop Congress from affirming Biden’s victory. —Alan Fram___12:45 p.m.A leading centrist Democratic senator says it seems unlikely that President Donald Trump can be quickly removed from office. Schiff said Friday that Democrats warned during Trump’s impeachment that he would “try to cheat” to remain in office. ___8:40 a.m.A police officer has died from injuries he suffered when President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the Capitol.
Here’s how the Orlando area reacted to President Trump’s acquittal
ORLANDO, Fla. – Dozens of protesters gathered outside Sen. Marco Rubio’s office in Downtown Orlando on Wednesday night, protesting his vote to acquit President Donald Trump. “I’m out here to let Sen. Rubio and Sen. Scott know that we are very disappointed in them,” Beckert said. “Shame on them for being oath-breakers.”POST IMPEACHMENT VOTE RALLY in Downtown Orlando Posted by News 6 WKMG / ClickOrlando on Wednesday, February 5, 2020The crowd’s message was very clear. Protestors are gathering outside of Marco Rubio’s office in Downtown Orlando — protesting the acquittal of President Trump. Protesters took to the streets of downtown Orlando after the U.S. Senate voted to acquit President Trump.
President Trump's legal team to continue opening arguments
President Trump's legal team to continue opening argumentsPublished: January 27, 2020, 10:08 amPresident Donald Trump's lawyers plunged into his impeachment trial defense Saturday by accusing Democrats of striving to overturn the 2016 election, arguing that investigations of Trump's dealings with Ukraine have not been a fact-finding mission but a politically motivated effort to drive him from the White House.
US Rep. Val Demings, of Orlando, named impeachment manager for President Trump’s trial
— Rep. Val Demings (@RepValDemings) January 15, 2020In a statement released by her office, Demings lashed out at Trump. Val Demings and House Democrats are desperate to undermine a duly elected president because they know they cannot beat him at the ballot box. Floridians will remember this baseless, partisan witch hunt and vote to reelect President Trump in November." Demings’ office released a detailed statement about Trump’s impeachment. My oath was to the United States Constitution.
Can an impeached president run for re-election?
No matter what happens in this year’s election, President Donald Trump has already made history in one way. While Trump is the third president ever to be impeached by the House of Representatives, he likely will be the first impeached president in history to be nominated by a political party to run for re-election. In short, the ability of Trump — or any president who gets impeached, for that matter — to seek re-election while impeached is entirely up to the Senate. This was never a scenario for the previous two presidents to be impeached by the House, Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton. Clinton was impeached in 1999 during his second term and wasn’t allowed to run for president again due to term limits.
Rep. Val Demings talks about ‘incredibly historic’ moment ahead of impeachment trial
ORLANDO, Fla. – After a Martin Luther King, Jr. luncheon in Orlando Friday, Rep. Val Demings (D-Fla.) spoke on her role as an impeachment manager for President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, which is set to begin Tuesday in the Senate. “The managers are assigned to represent the House to prosecute the articles of impeachment before the Senate and the Senate trial,” he said. “I think we have some senators who are in some tough states,” Demings said. "I think the American people deserve to hear from additional witnesses who were obstructed from testifying before the House," Demings said. “She will equip herself very well.”Demings is flying back Sunday to talk more specifically on what her role will be when the Senate trial begins Tuesday afternoon.
What is an impeachment manager?
As President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial nears, we’re now learning a timeline for the proceedings and who will fill certain roles. What does an impeachment manager do? The seven impeachment managers will essentially try to convince the U.S. Senate that Trump deserves to be removed from office. According to CNN, the trial will likely begin with the seven impeachment managers arguing their case. During President Bill Clinton’s impeachment trial, the process took several days.
Factbox: Which House Democrats want to impeach Trump?
(Reuters) - Eighty-nine Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives as of late last week have said they support starting impeachment investigations against Republican President Donald Trump. The word Impeachment as it is written in Article II of the U.S. Constitution, on display in the Rotunda for the Charters of Freedom at the National Archives Museum in Washington, U.S., June 24, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan ErnstWith congressional testimony set for Wednesday by former U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who investigated Trump and the Russians who interfered in the 2016 presidential election to help him, more than a third of the 235-member Democratic caucus in the House now favors initiating an impeachment probe. The following are the House Democrats who have expressed public support for starting impeachment investigations:Ann Kirkpatrick, ArizonaRal Grijalva, ArizonaGreg Stanton, ArizonaRuben Gallego, ArizonaAlan Lowenthal, CaliforniaBarbara Lee, CaliforniaEric Swalwell, CaliforniaGrace Napolitano, CaliforniaJackie Speier, CaliforniaJared Huffman, CaliforniaJimmy Gomez, CaliforniaJuan Vargas, CaliforniaLucille Roybal-Allard, CaliforniaMark DeSaulnier, CaliforniaMaxine Waters, CaliforniaNanette Barragn, CaliforniaNorma Torres, CaliforniaTed Lieu, CaliforniaTony Crdenas, CaliforniaKatie Porter, CaliforniaHarley Rouda, CaliforniaScott Peters, CaliforniaDoris Matsui, CaliforniaDiana DeGette, ColoradoJoe Neguse, ColoradoJim Himes, ConnecticutVal Demings, FloridaDebbie Mucarsel-Powell, FloridaDanny K. Davis, IllinoisJan Schakowsky, IllinoisJess Garca, IllinoisRobin Kelly, IllinoisBobby Rush, IllinoisMike Quigley, IllinoisSean Casten, IllinoisCedric Richmond, LouisianaAyanna Pressley, MassachusettsJim McGovern, MassachusettsJoseph Kennedy, MassachusettsSeth Moulton, MassachusettsJamie Raskin, MarylandChellie Pingree, MaineAndy Levin, MichiganBrenda Lawrence, MichiganDaniel Kildee, MichiganRashida Tlaib, MichiganBetty McCollum, MinnesotaIlhan Omar, MinnesotaWilliam Lacy Clay, MissouriBennie Thompson, MississippiBill Pascrell, New JerseyBonnie Watson Coleman, New JerseyDonald Norcross, New JerseyTom Malinowski, New JerseyAdriano Espaillat, New YorkAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez, New YorkCarolyn Maloney, New YorkNydia Velzquez, New YorkPaul Tonko, New YorkYvette Clarke, New YorkKathleen Rice, New YorkBrian Higgins, New YorkAlma Adams, North CarolinaG.K. Butterfield, North CarolinaJoyce Beatty, OhioTim Ryan, OhioMarcia Fudge, OhioEarl Blumenauer, OregonSuzanne Bonamici, OregonBrendan Boyle, PennsylvaniaDwight Evans, PennsylvaniaMadeleine Dean, PennsylvaniaMary Gay Scanlon, PennsylvaniaMike Doyle, PennsylvaniaDavid Cicilline, Rhode IslandSteve Cohen, TennesseeAl Green, TexasFilemon Vela, TexasJoaquin Castro, TexasLloyd Doggett, TexasVeronica Escobar, TexasPeter Welch, VermontDon Beyer, VirginiaPramila Jayapal, WashingtonRick Larsen, WashingtonSlideshow (4 Images)Adam Smith, WashingtonGwen Moore, WisconsinMark Pocan, Wisconsin
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