United States: House of Representatives moves forward with second Trump impeachment

One warrant, back impeachments. Donald trump entered the history of United States like him only president to face two political trials, the last by Incitement to insurgency.

The House of Representatives finally approved (232 for and 197 against) to move forward with the second impeachment against Trump, fair a week since I left power. What is striking, however, is not the 200+ Democratic lawmakers (lower house majority) endorsing the initiative, but the 10 republicans who also supported him, unlike the 2019 process where party discipline was imposed and not a single one of the 195 Republican lawmakers voted in favor loads of Obstruction of Congress and Abuse of power.

At that time, the Senate (The Republican majority) rushed to acquit the American president and Asset It looked like I was going non-stop re-election. Almost a year after its premiere Accused, the scenario is quite difficult for the outgoing president: the Democrats intend to give a strong message against any attempted insurrection on the eve of biden hypothesis, and the republicans –Some of the main characters– begin to visualize party future without Trump In the scene.

By opening the discussion, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, was adamant: “We know that the The president of the United States prompted this insurrection, this armed rebellion against our country. We must leave, it’s a clear risk for the nation that we all love. “

Pelosi insisted that the “local terrorists“who entered the Capitol “They did not appear out of nowhere. They were sent there by the president. (…) The president saw the insurgents not as enemies of freedom, but as means of achieving the terrible goal of to cling personally to power. the will of the people. The goal of ending in a fierce and bloody confrontation, nearly two and a half centuries of our the democracy“.

The Republican Party without Trump?

On the republican side, Liz cheney -Daughter of the vice-president of George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, and the third of the match in the House of Representatives– He led the group of lawmakers who supported the measure, which cost him not only serious questions but even requests to resign from your post in the party. “There has never been a greater betrayal by an American president under his responsibility and his oath to the Constitution (…) The president called this crowd, rallied it and lit the flame of this attack. All that followed was his handiwork, ”Cheney said.

Republican Leader in Reps Kevin McCarthy also credits the accountability to Trump for riots on Capitol Hill, although he considers it a mistake to indict a second time in such a short time, and only a few days after the president left the White House.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has confirmed that the Upper House will not deal with major issues until Tuesday, Jan.19 (un the day before Biden’s inauguration), but he will hold a “pro forma” session next Friday.

Democratic senatorial leader Chuck Schumer (who will take McConnell’s place when the new Congress takes office) had tried to negotiate the possibility of the Senate advancing the trial before then, but McConnell rejected the idea.

The Senate agenda is tight and if impeachment were to take place next Tuesday, it would delay other key issues such as confirmation of Biden’s cabinet, key to getting the new administration to start functioning as quickly as possible.

McConnell, he followed the process in visible silence and only let those close to him know that he was happy Democrats moved forward with impeachment because facilitated the expulsion of Trump from the party.

And it’sriot at the Capitol they also generated repudiation in the establishment and several of the companies that have traditionally funded Republicans have criticized the insurgency. In fact, companies like AT&T, Phillips, Dow, Facebook, JP Morgan Chase and Citigroup, among others, announced that temporarily stop your donations to Republican lawmakers who, even after the incidents, tried to block the certification of electoral votes, supporting the (so far unfounded) allegations of election fraud committed by Trump.

For its part, american president said in a statement that “in light of reports of other protests, I urge that there be no violence, no violation of the law, no vandalism. (…) I call on all Americans to help ease tensions and calm down ”.

he FBI already warned that for next January 20, they plan protests (with weapons) in all 50 states and on the Capitol between the 17th and the 20th, but other government buildings could also be the target of attacks in the coming days. Faced with concern about the climate of growing tension, the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff he condemned the violence on Capitol Hill and warned that “the rights to freedom of expression and assembly do not give anyone the right to resort to violence, sedition and insurrection”.