IDP legislators wrestle with whether to keep President Trump
Donald TrumpKim says North Korean efforts will focus on getting the US to their knees. Pelosi urges Democrats to prepare to return to DC this week amid Ken Klippenstein’s accusation: ‘Ideological’ blind spot has prevented law enforcement from responding to Capitol riots MORE urgently between January 20 and January 20, as members of his cabinet are considering resigning the 25th amendment or appointing him to remove him from office.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski
Lisa Ann Murkowski Trump rejects GOP senator’s new accusation threat: Trump ‘commits offenses’ Murkowski says she is not considering joining the Democratic caucus anymore of Alaska became the first Republican senator to call on Trump to resign, declaring Friday afternoon that “he has done enough damage.”
“I want him to resign. I want him out, “she told the Anchorage Daily News.
A day later, Sen. Pat Toomey
Patrick (Pat) Joseph Toomey’s government used the Patriot Act to collect visitor files on the site in 2019. The Court of Appeals ruled that the NSA’s collection of telephone data illegally withdraws Dunford from the chair of the Coronavirus surveillance panel. (R-Pa.), Who is retiring at the end of 2022, said Trump’s actions rise to the level of accusation.
“I think the president has committed impeccable transgressions,” Toomey told Fox News in an interview.
Murkowski and Toomey’s comments put pressure on Republican centralists, such as Sens. Mitt Romney
Willard (Mitt) Mitt Romney The battle for the Latino vote has just begun Dershowitz says he will defend Trump again in an accusation hearing Member of the Senate GOP leadership: Trump’s accusation’s not going to happen ‘MORE (Utah) en Susan Collins
Susan Margaret Collins50-50 Senate opens the door to solutions that transcend Trump’s moment of violence Republican senators now regret that they have done nothing more to keep Trump in check. This is why Manchin, Romney and Collins are about to exercise serious Senate power MORE (Maine), who from Saturday night did not pay attention to whether Trump should resign or be removed from office.
Romney, the only Republican senator who voted in February to convict Trump of an indictment, accused Trump of inciting a crowd of supporters to storm the Capitol while Congress counted the vote of the Electoral College on Wednesday has.
Rep. Garrett Graves (R-La.) On Friday called for Trump to step down from his duties, although he said he did not support the president’s accusation or the 25th Amendment.
“He must resign effectively. And what I mean by that is that he will effectively not be there to talk, talk and exercise the full authority and power of the White House, and maybe even technically find a way to get the keys. [Vice President] Pence, ”he said.
Sen. Ben Sasse
Ben SasseGOP senator: Trump ‘commits unpredictable transgressions’ Murkowski says she is not considering joining the Democratic caucus. McConnell spreads proceedings for second Senate indictment over Trump MORE (R-Neb.), A prominent Conservative and potential presidential candidate in 2024, said Thursday he would consider voting to convict Trump over an indictment – something he voted against less than a year ago when House Democrats have accused Trump and charged him with abuse of power and obstruction of justice.
“If they come together and go through a process, I will definitely consider whatever articles they may move, because as I told you, I believe the president has disobeyed his oath of office,” Sasse said in an interview with CBS This Morning. .
“He swore an oath to the American people to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution. He acted against it,” Sasse said. “What he did was evil.”
Sasse later said he was angry that Trump appeared “delighted” by images of rioters flooding over security to disrupt the counting of election votes.
“While it was unfolding on television, Donald Trump was walking around confused about why other people in his team were not as excited as he was, like you had rioters against the Capitol police getting into the building,” he said. Sasse said conservative talk show host Hugh Hewitt in an interview. “It happened. He was delighted. ”
“I’m sure you’ve had talks with other White House senior officials as well,” Sasse told Hewitt.
A stone that put him and his family in a festive mood was especially damaging to Trump, watching video monitors of the pro-Trump mob that rallied around the Capitol, with the party song “Gloria.”
The video by Donald Trump Jr. filmed, his girlfriend showed Kimberly Guilfoyle
Kimberly Guilfoyle Singer Taylor Dayne responds to criticism after Mar-a-Lago’s performance: ‘I try to remain non-political’ Donald Trump Jr. is positive for COVID-19 test Trump raises fears of proliferation: here’s who he met last week MORE dance and viewers invited to fight, with an enthusiastic White House chief of staff Mark Meadows
Mark Meadows Pressure grows on Trump to leave The Hill’s Morning Report – Trump finally concedes; 25th Amendment pushes GOP senators to urge Trump officials to no longer resign after chaos in the Capitol flashing an inch up shortly before rioters stormed Capitol police and looted the Senate and House offices.
In the background, the president and his daughter Ivanka Trump
Ivanka Trump The Hill’s Morning Report – Trump finally concedes; 25th amendment push grows Ivanka Trump urges’ patriots’ storm ‘Capitol’ to stop immediately ‘in now-removed tweet Five GOP candidates – other than Trump – for 2024 MORE, a senior adviser to the White House, can be seen attentively after covering the crowd.
House Democrats threaten to accuse Trump before inauguration day if he does not resign or if he is not removed by the 25th Amendment.
Pelosi said Friday night that if Trump does not resign immediately, the House Rules Committee has instructed him to advance a motion to accuse him. She said the House would also pass legislation to set up a commission to declare the president unable to perform his duties.
On the other side of the Capitol, Senate Republicans are now preparing for the possibility of a second Trump indictment.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell
Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellSirota reflects on what Democrats are likely to do with the Senate majority, Trump faces new accusation threat: GOP senator: Trump ‘commits impeccable transgressions’ MORE (R-Ky.) Distributed a memorandum to colleagues on Friday setting out how the Senate will proceed if the House approves approval articles and passes them to the upper chamber before or by Jan. 19, when the senators plan to take regular issues to the House. January recess.
McConnell said the most likely scenario if the House accuses Trump is that the Senate receives a message from the lower chamber informing him of the action on Jan. 19. This will then give the Senate the option to order the Home Managers to submit the articles. on the same day.
Two members of Trump’s cabinet have already resigned following Wednesday’s violence: the Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao
Elaine ChaoSunday shows preview: Riots rage in Washington as calls for Trump’s removal grow. Top Trump official rescinds resignation letter saying departure is in protest Cuomo: ‘I urge President Trump to resign more’, who is married to McConnell, and Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos
Betsy DeVosSunday shows preview: Riots rage in Washington as calls for Trump’s removal grow. Top Trump official rescinds resignation letter saying departure is in protest Cuomo: ‘I urge President Trump to resign more’.
“We must highlight and celebrate your government’s many achievements on behalf of the American people,” DeVos wrote in her letter to Trump. “Instead, we must clean up the mess caused by violent protests that dominate the American Capitol in an attempt to undermine the people’s affairs.”
“This behavior was unscrupulous to our country,” she wrote. “The impact your rhetoric has had on the situation is wrong, and that’s the turning point for me.”
The biggest question ahead is whether McConnell, now seen as the primary political compass for Republican Senate Republicans, will appeal to Trump to step down.
‘McConnell has the ability to get Republican senators done. He has a lot of leverage and your relationship with the leader is important, ” said a Republican senator who requested anonymity to discuss how GOP senators viewed the political consequences of Wednesday’s violence on Capitol Hill, which left five people dead. will handle.
McConnell has been credited by GOP senators for largely destroying a major push to contest the votes against Biden after delivering two powerful speeches on Senate floor on Wednesday.
Only six GOP senators voted to reject the Arizona election, and seven decided to reject the leadership of Pennsylvania, a stark contrast to the way Republicans voted in the House, where the challenges are 121 and 138, respectively. received votes.
Other Senate Republicans say they are still afraid of Trump’s ability to exercise power within the Republican base, noting that he still won 74.2 million votes on election day.
Trump had a major setback on that front Friday Twitter has permanently suspended its account, citing “the risk of further incitement to violence.”
A second Republican senator who asked anonymity to discuss Trump’s influence with voters said his office was flooded with calls from voters demanding the senator vote to support objections to Biden’s election votes.
“Some of my friends say the talk at home is bad for you,” said the legislature, who voted against staying against the Arizona and Pennsylvania votes.
“They are excited about it,” the legislature said of Republicans at home.
However, many GOP lawmakers stick with Trump.
Sen. Mike Lee
Michael (Mike) Shumway Lee Scholars, leaders express condolences over the deaths of Capitol police GOP senators, urging Trump officials not to resign following the chaos in the Capitol. Senate needs to push the candidates of Biden’s national security MORE. (Utah), chairing the Senate Republican Steering Committee, has contacted National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien and White House Councilman Pat Cipollone to ask them not to resign before Trump leaves office.
Chairman of the Republican Senate Policy Committee Roy Blunt
Roy Dean BluntTrump faces new accusation threat Sunday preview: Riots rage as calls for Trump’s removal grow Ari Fleischer says Trump ‘on his own’ after Capitol riot: ‘I will not defend him anymore’ MORE (R-Mo.) Predicted Friday that Republicans would reject any indictments quickly accepted by the House and told a Missouri television station that the Senate vote to remove Trump from office “is not going to happen.”
Jordain Carney contributed.