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'Donald Trump has demonstrated repeatedly, continuously, and spectacularly his absolute inability to discharge the most basic and fundamental powers and duties of his office, including most recently the duty to respect the legitimate results of the Presidential election, the duty to respect the peaceful transfer of democratic power under the Constitution, the duty to participate in legally defined transition activities, the duty to protect and uphold the Constitution of the United States, including the counting of Electoral College votes by Congress, the duty to protect the people of the United States and their elected representatives against domestic insurrection, mob rule, and seditious violence, and generally the duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed,' the resolution says.  … [Read more...] about ‘Turning a blind eye is not an option.’ SIXTH Republican slams Donald Trump and backed impeachment as House votes – but Mitch McConnell refuses to put him on trial quickly enough for removal

Trump claimed it’s the largest Senate gain since JFK’s first midterms in 1962 and that there have been only four midterm elections since 19345 in which the POTUS party gained a single Senate seat.” His 50-something Republicans in the Senate is the largest number in the President’s party in the last 100 years, Trump claimed. … [Read more...] about Donald Trump’s Post-Midterms Victory Lap Breaks Into White House Press Brawl

A first option -- which the lawyers have told Trump is unlikely to succeed -- is that expected objections to the Electoral College brought by Republican lawmakers would lead to so much gridlock that the contest is decided by the House of Representatives. That is viewed as a very remote possibility since the number of senators and representatives currently on board with raising objections is not nearly a majority. … [Read more...] about Pence faces pressure from Trump to thwart Electoral College vote

Mob storms Capitol for the first time in U.S. history Near the end of his administration, President Trump incited a mob of supporters who violently stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, to try to stop Congress from confirming President Joe Biden's victory. The rioters vandalized the building and took control of the Senate chamber as lawmakers fled to safety. A Capitol police officer was killed when he was beaten to death by the mob, and four others died. At the end of the day, lawmakers returned to the job of confirming that President Biden had won. The Capitol had seen violence before, but not this kind. … [Read more...] about 25 Ways America Changed During the Trump Administration

The members of the mob that attacked the Capitol and beat a police officer to death last week were not desperate. They were there because they believed they had been unjustly stripped of their inviolable right to rule. They believed that not only because of the third-generation real-estate tycoon who incited them, but also because of the wealthy Ivy Leaguers who encouraged them to think that the election had been stolen. … [Read more...] about House Votes to Impeach Trump: Live Updates

No president has ever been convicted in the Senate, and it would take a two-thirds vote against Trump, an extremely high hurdle. Two new senators from Georgia, both Democrats, are to be sworn in, leaving the chamber divided 50-50. That will tip the majority to the Democrats once Kamala Harris takes office. The vice president is the tie breaker. … [Read more...] about Kamala Harris could preside over Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, says legal ex- where senators will be jurors, judges AND witnesses