Today, Democrats honored our oath and defended the nation's democracy. Republicans overwhelmingly, on the other hand, betrayed that sacred responsibility.
— Nancy Pelosi (@TeamPelosi) January 13, 2021
Americans will never forget.
Today, Democrats honored our oath and defended the nation's democracy. Republicans overwhelmingly, on the other hand, betrayed that sacred responsibility.
— Nancy Pelosi (@TeamPelosi) January 13, 2021
Americans will never forget.
This is the most bipartisan impeachment vote in U.S. history.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 13, 2021
BREAKING: President Donald Trump has been impeached by the U.S. House for incitement of insurrection at the Capitol, making him the first president to be impeached twice. https://t.co/Ja5WAq1lnR
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 13, 2021
The 10 House GOPers who voted for impeachment are
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) January 13, 2021
Cheney
Herrera Beutler
Katko
Kinzinger
Upton
Newhouse
Meijer
Gonzalez (Ohio)
Valadao
Rice
Many of the Members who signed this letter, including those of us who have served in the military and are trained to recognize suspicious activity, as well as various members of our staff, witnessed an extremely high number of outside groups in the complex on Tuesday, January 5.
— Rep. Mikie Sherrill (@RepSherrill) January 13, 2021
Only four impeachments of a US president in history.
— Ben Riley-Smith (@benrileysmith) January 13, 2021
Andrew Johnson, 1868
Bill Clinton, 1998
Donald Trump, 2019
Donald Trump, 2021
The U.S. government’s deficit in the first three months of the budget year was a record-breaking $572.9 billion. https://t.co/AUIJZD2hOA
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) January 13, 2021
In bipartisan rebuke, House members vote to impeach Trump an unprecedented second time, on charge of ‘inciting violence’ https://t.co/L6NXN6qxVf
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 13, 2021
Donald J. Trump has just become the only president in U.S. history to be impeached twice.
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) January 13, 2021
GOP Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler explains why she's breaking with her party to defend democracy.
— Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) January 13, 2021
"My vote to impeach our sitting president is not a fear-based decision. I am not choosing a side. I'm choosing truth, which is the only way to defeat fear."
"I know my son keeps lighting the school on fire, but he's about to graduate, and really, shouldn't we all examine the circumstances of his fire-starting over the past four years?" https://t.co/t2HSNQO3lt
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) January 13, 2021
Matt Gaetz employs Russian propaganda to defend Trump over an insurrection that delivered an enormous propaganda victory to Vladimir Putin
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) January 13, 2021
"Every one of us in this room right now could have died," Rep. Raskin says, warning of future threats.
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) January 13, 2021
"It's a bit much to be hearing that these people would not be trying to destroy our government and kill us if we just weren't so mean to them." https://t.co/GmOIfdi4YG pic.twitter.com/adyuhsh85R
Rep. Jamie Raskin, now the lead impeachment manager, narrates the siege, starting with the built gallows and chanting of "Hang Mike Pence" and storming the Speaker's office shouting "Where's Nancy?"
— Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) January 13, 2021
"The mob could have blown this building up. They could have killed us all."
"Maybe there will be." Gohmert at the end of that statement. https://t.co/vAcqkgDor7
— 🐘Jazzie🐘 (@baddogs4343) January 13, 2021
The insurrectionists *weren't* patriots. They were domestic terrorists sent by Trump to "fight like hell."
— Nancy Pelosi (@TeamPelosi) January 13, 2021
According to Ayanna Pressley’s chief of staff Sarah Groh, the panic buttons in the Congresswoman’s office were all “torn out—the whole unit.”
— Eoin Higgins (@EoinHiggins_) January 13, 2021
They don’t know why or who did it. https://t.co/MLhxhi7nUp pic.twitter.com/l7wgoHOJKN
McGovern: "Every moment that Donald Trump is in the White House, our nation, our freedom is in danger." pic.twitter.com/8qyI6z8POh
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 13, 2021
.@LindseyGrahamSC came undone. He was hysterical. He was panicked. His character was revealed yet again. He was under pressure and unraveled. He is blind. It is Lindsey Graham who refused to protect the Capitol. It is Lindsey Graham’s conduct that incited the insanity. The https://t.co/XNJk5BXEsD
— Steve Schmidt (@SteveSchmidtSES) January 13, 2021
WATCH today’s second impeachment proceedings of Donald Trump with @JudyWoodruff @LisaDNews @Yamiche our great guests and analysts- live starting at 9 am on your PBS stations or LIVESTREAMING free here https://t.co/zIL6mA9eDQ
— Sara Just (@sarajust) January 13, 2021
"The City of New York is severing all contracts with the Trump Organization," says @NYCMayor pic.twitter.com/S1ZA1gKaef
— Morning Joe (@Morning_Joe) January 13, 2021
Today the House is voting to impeach President Trump.
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) January 13, 2021
Tell @GOPLeader you demand he and his Republican Conference vote aye on the impeachment articles.
(202) 225-2915
No truer analysis exists... pic.twitter.com/D3Hni1ywU9
— The Matt McNeil Show (@MattMcNeilShow) January 13, 2021
Donald Trump’s incitement of a deadly insurrection against the U.S. Capitol is without precedent in our nation’s history and an egregious violation of his oath of office.
— Nancy Pelosi (@TeamPelosi) January 13, 2021
Fulfilling our oath to defend our Constitution requires that we act to remove him from office immediately. pic.twitter.com/N9EFoByLAe
This reporter (Sara Snider) broke down crying from what she’s been seeing at California hospitals.
— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) January 12, 2021
Take 2 minutes. Worth it...pic.twitter.com/aFSY9Ba6si
Wow — NYT reports McConnell "has told associates that he believes President Trump committed impeachable offenses and that he is pleased that Democrats are moving to impeach him, believing that it will make it easier to purge him from the party."https://t.co/lrtNzW6drP
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) January 12, 2021
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says she feared GOP lawmakers would lead rioters to her: "I thought I was going to die" https://t.co/isGwTZzo2U
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 13, 2021
GOP Reps. Gohmert (TX), Stivers (OH), Taylor (TX), Boebert (CO), Lesko (AZ), and Larry Bucshon (IN) were seen not complying and/or complaining about new security at the Capitol tonite.
— Amee Vanderpool (@girlsreallyrule) January 13, 2021
They should have thought about that before they encouraged a coup. https://t.co/UiMflHUDcN
Fun Fact: Lauren Boebert has been arrested half a dozen times, her husband was arrested for exposing himself to a minor child. She tweeted "1776" as the terrorists started their attack on the Capitol and live-tweeted Pelosi's location while the House was under attack.
— Alex Cole (@acnewsitics) January 13, 2021
Republicans are calling for guns to be brought to the US House floor, and saying it is an “atrocity” to have metal detectors in Congress. They are out of their minds.
— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) January 13, 2021
Ivanka Trump Apparently Thinks She’s Going to Ride This Insurrection Out and Be President One Day https://t.co/y5zbzDXjSt
— Jon Cooper 🇺🇸 (@joncoopertweets) January 13, 2021
Russian opposition politician Alexey Navalny has announced that he plans to return to Russia on Sunday from Germany, where he has been recovering after being poisoned https://t.co/3Clfsoa7yI
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) January 13, 2021
US-born lawyer John Clancey keeps faith after Hong Kong security law arrest https://t.co/FEmPxZn2xN #HongKong pic.twitter.com/nzWD1bVzvO
— Hong Kong Free Press HKFP (@hkfp) January 13, 2021
🤬This is an utter disgrace, and humiliation for the UK.
— Luke de Pulford 裴倫德 (@lukedepulford) January 12, 2021
British QC flown into prosecute Jimmy Lai and 8 others. https://t.co/kLYy2Oyua8
ICYMI
“Hire any of Trump’s [liars], and Forbes will assume that everything your company or firm talks about is a lie. We’re going to scrutinize, double-check, investigate with the same skepticism we’d approach a Trump tweet.”
— medit8now (@medit8now) January 13, 2021
@KellyannePolls
https://t.co/VhfuLR0Gr3
In yet another after-midnight ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court has allowed the federal government to proceed with Lisa Montgomery’s execution immediately. This decision will forever be a scarlet letter for the SCOTUS — a complete failure to protect our most vulnerable citizens.
— Sister Helen Prejean (@helenprejean) January 13, 2021
Breaking News: The Trump administration executed Lisa Montgomery, the only woman on federal death row and the first woman executed by the U.S. in nearly 70 years. https://t.co/UlSTFVaXvM
— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 13, 2021
Joint Chiefs call riot a ‘direct assault’ on the constitutional process, affirm Biden as next commander in chief - THE ARMED FORCES WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION. TRUMP OUT AT NOON ON JAN 21st. https://t.co/0aP4oZvRVO
— Barry R McCaffrey (@mccaffreyr3) January 12, 2021
Rep. Mikie Sherrill says that some GOP lawmakers led people on "reconnaissance" tours of the Capitol the day before the riot. pic.twitter.com/eIDGZIDtsK
— Eoin Higgins (@EoinHiggins_) January 13, 2021
“There has never been a greater betrayal by a President of the United States of his office and his oath to the Constitution,” Cheney wrote https://t.co/yWa6vpcpyz
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) January 13, 2021
Please make sure this deranged Congresswoman is not allowed near the President-Elect or VP-Elect, thanks. https://t.co/YGh3Ti52GE
— Alexa O'Brien (@alexadobrien) January 13, 2021
Joe Biden will begin his presidency next week with a cabinet made up mostly of acting officials as delays in the Senate slow confirmation of his team https://t.co/5zN2blJOSN
— Bloomberg Politics (@bpolitics) January 13, 2021
By a vote of 223-205, the House just passed our 25th Amendment Resolution urging Vice President Pence to convene and mobilize the Cabinet to act on the crisis of President Trump’s incapacity. He is clearly incapable of meeting the duties of his office. pic.twitter.com/JYPYI0hkV5
— Rep. Jamie Raskin (@RepRaskin) January 13, 2021
Maddow to Trump: "What did you think was going to happen?" https://t.co/ME9fepb7sM via @msnbc
— Chef Chipmunk-5 Zappa (@Chefefefe) January 13, 2021
When @maddow stared down the barrel and asked trump what did he think was gonna happen tonight I got goosebumps. THIS WAS COORDINATED. Here we can hear them with that plan. Just play this before the Impeachment vote. Looter and bloodthirsty thugs. pic.twitter.com/rrVBCXS4ll
— REESUS PATRIOT™💙 (@ReesusP) January 13, 2021
People knew PA GOP state Sen. Doug Mastriano helped organize bus trips to the Trump rally at the Capitol
— Ryan W Briggs (@rw_briggs) January 12, 2021
Turns out, financial disclosures show Mastriano’s campaign shelled out thousands to rent charter buses days before the rally. He sold tickets $25/seat https://t.co/GW64KjJaFt
This seems like a BIG DEAL https://t.co/FOyukLcgLw
— Molly Jong-Fast🏡 (@MollyJongFast) January 13, 2021
Reporting from @DrewGriffinCNN, on air, that Stop the Steal organizer Ali Alexander confirms he was getting help with getting Trump supporters to DC on Wed. from three members of Congress -Reps. Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), and Mo Brooks (R-AL).
— Amee Vanderpool (@girlsreallyrule) January 12, 2021