House Democrats draft article of impeachment charging Trump with 'incitement of insurrection': Fast Track introduction as early as Monday and a full House vote as early as middle of next week

MSN ^ | 01/08/2021

[SeekAndFind]

House Democrats on Friday discussed moving forward with efforts to impeach President Donald Trump a second time, circulating the draft of a single article citing "incitement of insurrection" that they could introduce as early as Monday and hold a full House vote on as early as the middle of next week.

The article charges Trump with "willfully inciting violence against the government of the United States" with his comments at the rally outside the White House that it says "encouraged—and foreseeably resulted in—imminent lawless action at the Capitol."

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi held a lengthy conference call with her caucus Friday on how to proceed with just 12 days to go before Trump will leave office.

"The president chose to be an insurrectionist," Pelosi told members at the start, according to a source on the call.

Earlier, she sent a letter saying Democrats should pursue impeachment unless Trump resigned "immediately."

[lilypad]

Apple is threatening to do that.

[right way right]

If it were an insurrection, the insurgents would have been armed and nobody would have left.

[Right_in_Virginia]

[mewzilla]

For anyone who needs a laugh, this meme says it all...

https://twitter.com/som3thingwicked/status/1347627156931797000?s=20

[FMBass]

“If he’s impeached and convicted they can then vote to ban him from public office.”

That sounds to me like a Bill of Attainder. I don’t think it would be Constitutional (if that matters anymore).

[Chgogal]

I guess they are going to have to kill me.

[piusv]

Have any of you seen this? The Capitol Police LET THEM IN:

https://twitter.com/ChanelRion/status/1347621201343115269

Insurrection, my-you-know-what.

[VideoDoctor]

Another bombshell that goes bust!🙄 plez ✋ stop!

Is that you Mrs Biden?

[DannyTN]

Crazy Pelosi really hates Donald.

[Williams]

Conviction immediately removes the defendant from office. Following conviction, the Senate may vote to further punish the individual by barring him or her from holding future federal office, elected or appointed. As the threshold for disqualification is not explicitly mentioned in the Constitution, the Senate has taken the position that disqualification votes only require a simple majority rather than a two-thirds supermajority. The Senate has used disqualification sparingly, as only three individuals have been disqualified from holding future office.

[LegendHasIt]

Good point.

[elbook]

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They call it “Insurrection” ???

When the 250000 unarmed Trump Supporters stood around, and stayed for a few hours, and then went home ?

If it was an ‘Insurrection’ it would still be occupied by 1000s still. Sorry No armed mob - just a protest.

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“Terrorism’ shrieked the demlefty media ...
A few dozen who look to include antifa types easily break into the Capitol Building (during highest security EVER - HOW ?).

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“Violence” ??? “Riot” ???

Pushing some barricades ? Standing around on the steps of the Capitol, which they just walked upto ??? ( labeled “stormed” by demlefty media)

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The demleft media glorified the antifa/blm arson/looting/assaults/rioting, and labels this somehow being THE SAME as that disgracefully allowed behavior.

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[Stravinsky]

If the GOP was a real party that cares about the USA, it’d be pointed out that the Dems are spending time on this when they should be dealing with coronavirus relief or something else of importance since Trump’s term ends in less than two weeks. But, of course, the GOP wants this just as much as the Dems do, so even if the votes aren’t there to convict, we must endure this nonsense.

[CivilWarBrewing]

What's WRONG, Nanzi?

COUPLE OF YOUR LAPTOPS MISSING?

[aces]

if our beloved Potus is still in charge it is time to invoke the insurrection act, they will never leave us alone..if he is no longer the president then why did he wait, did he finally break, God knows its been hell for them

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

Just the final chapter in the story that began back in 2015 when Trump came down the escalator: the desperate effort by the oligarchy — Democrat and Republican -to stop or get rid of him.

I have followed politics since I was a kid, and I have never seen this kind of bizarre, irrational hatred before. Maybe a team of exorcists needs to go to work on Washington. I am serious. Or maybe patriots need to make another visit to the Capitol.

I am going to write my new Democrat congressman and give him my humble opinion (FWIW) that this shit needs to stop.

[Captain Peter Blood]

Impeachment can and would continue, with the end game being they will vote, under the Constitution, to prevent him from ever running from public office again.

Trump's political support has pretty much evaporated at this point and the senate will convict him regardless because they are petty spineless jerks. But they will give speeches that they are saving the country and doing the righteous thing.

[wiseprince]

I want proof that he’s alive and well at this point. There has been no live Trump audio or video since the 6th and the video released looked highly edited.

[snarkytart]

The rats always overplay their hand never fails
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because it works look at the last four years and all their shit and the summer of violence and threats and here they are ready to take over all three branches.

nicca crime pays

[FMBass]

Thanks for the clarification.