The North Carolina Republican Party on Monday unanimously voted to condemn Senator Richard M. Burr for voting to convict former President Donald J. Trump in his second trial.
The reprimand was the final blow to the seven Republicans who joined Democrats in an unsuccessful attempt to oust Mr. Trump convicted of inciting an uprising on January 6, when a crowd of Trump supporters rallied through the Capitol.
The voice of mr. Burr, 65, who will retire from the Senate after three terms, was surprised after he earlier voted against continuing the indictment due to a Republican challenge that the Senate does not have the jurisdiction to try a former president . .
The North Carolina Republican Party said in a statement Monday that the decision to remove Mr. To abuse Burr, was taken by the central committee.
The party “agrees with the strong majority of Republicans in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate that the Democratic government’s attempt to accuse a former president is outside the U.S. Constitution,” the statement said.
Mr Burr issued a brief statement in response saying it was a “truly sad day” for Republicans in his state.
“My party’s leadership has chosen loyalty to one man over the core principles of the Republican Party and the founders of our great nation,” he said.
Mr. Trump was acquitted on Saturday by a vote of 57 guilty to 43 innocent who did not find the two-thirds threshold guilty. The result was not a surprise, as only six Republicans joined the Democrats in hearing the case by carefully rejecting a constitutional objection.
Of the seven Republican senators who voted for conviction, Mr. Burr is not the only one to be reprimanded. The Louisiana Republican Party, for example, said after the indictment that he was “deeply disappointed” by the guilty voice of his home state senator, Bill Cassidy.
Of the seven, only Mr. Burr and Senator Patrick J. Toomey of Pennsylvania, who are also retiring, will not face voters again. Mr. Toomey has been reprimanded in recent days by several Republican officials in his country.
No senator in particular spoke out for Trump while in office.
In 2019, Mr. Burr, when the chairman of the intelligence committee, testified of Donald Trump jr. Summoned as part of his job to conduct the only dual congressional inquiry into Russian election interference. The son of the former president reacted by a political war against Mr. To start Burr and put him and the intelligence committee on their heels.
On the day of the vote in the indictment, Mr. Burr set out his reason for his guilty plea by saying the president “bears responsibility” for the events of January 6.
“The evidence is compelling that President Trump is guilty of inciting an uprising against an equal branch of government and that the charge is rising to the level of high crimes and transgressions,” he said. “That’s why I voted to be found guilty.”
The chairman of the Republican Party of North Carolina, Michael Whatley, issued a statement the same day in which he voiced the voice of Mr. Burr asks to be ‘contradictory’.
“Republicans in North Carolina sent Senator Burr to the U.S. Senate to uphold the Constitution and his vote today to convict in a trial that he was declared unconstitutional is shocking and disappointing,” he said. Whatley said.
Mr. Burr’s accusation has supplemented speculation that Lara Trump, Trump’s daughter-in-law, will seek the North Carolina Senate. Burr will evacuate after the 2022 election. Mrs. Trump, who is married to Eric Trump, grew up in the state and has been driving her for months as a possible successor to Burr.
Mrs. Trump, 38, is a former personal trainer and television producer who grew up in Wilmington, NC. A senior Republican official with knowledge of her plans said that although the January 6 riot soured Trump’s desire to run for office, she would decide over the next few months to run as part of a coordinated Trump family return.