Emotional debate as U.S. House poises to impeach Trump again

Source :- Newzee


An emotional impeachment debate, conducted with extraordinary security, unfolded on Wednesday (January 13) in the same U.S. House chamber where lawmakers had crouched under chairs and donned gas masks one week earlier as rioters clashed with police officers outside the doors.
The House of Representatives moved on Wednesday toward a vote to make President Donald Trump the first U.S. president to be impeached twice,
"The president of the United States incited this insurrection, this armed rebellion against our common country," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat, said on the House floor. "He must go. He is a clear and present danger to the nation that we all love."
Wednesday's article of impeachment accused Trump of "incitement of insurrection," saying he provoked violence against the U.S. government in his speech near the White House shortly before the Capitol siege. The article also cited Trump's Jan. 2 phone call asking a Georgia official to "find" votes to overturn Biden's victory in the state.
Some Republicans argued that the impeachment drive was a rush to judgment that bypassed the customary deliberative process including hearings and called on Democrats to abandon the effort for the sake of national unity. Most Republicans did not actually defend Trump's words or actions.
"Impeaching the president in such a short time frame would be a mistake," said Kevin McCarthy, the House's top Republican. "That doesn't mean the president is free from fault. The president bears responsibility for Wednesday's attack on Congress by mob rioters."
A handful of Republicans have said they will support impeachment, including Liz Cheney, the No. 3 House Republican.
The U.S. Senate's top Republican rejected Democratic calls to reconvene the chamber for an immediate trial, all but ensuring Trump will not be ousted before his term ends next week.