According to party spokesman Tim Wigginton, it is likely that the vote – which will be held by the party’s central committee – will succeed given the rapid Republican outrage against the senator on Saturday after casting his guilty vote. Among Burr’s critics is State Party President Michael Whatley, who called the senator’s decision “shocking and disappointing”.
North Carolina RNC committee woman Kyshia Lineberger said she would vote to condemn Burr.
“I am voting yes because he failed his state and his constituents by voting to convict former President Trump of an unconstitutional trial. A trial that even he said was unconstitutional,” she said in an email. said. “At the end of the day, America is a Republic where we elect the people’s representatives. Senator Burr did not represent the will of the people and that is a pity.”
The 57 guilty votes on Saturday were less than the 67 needed to convict the former president, leading to his acquittal on the charge of inciting the January 6 uprising.
Burr said in a statement on Saturday that Trump “bears responsibility” for the uprising, adding that the former president “used his office to inflame the situation first instead of ending the assault immediately.” ‘
“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 crimes. That is why I voted to be convicted,” he said. the statement.