"Trumps Impeachment Bill Raises Concerns And More Importantly Many Questions, Why Is It Different From Last Time? Whats The Point Of Impeaching Him If he ISN'T president anymore? All of these are answered below." --Lola Christ, 7th grade
On January 6th,Trump supporters stormed the Capitol, although it’s hard to put it that way when they were all simply let in while videos showed police officers opening the gates for some. Regardless of whether it was storming or simply entering, rioters made their way inside the US Capitol building, breaking windows, climbing walls, and vandalizing within the building itself. One of the rioters even went as far as to steal a laptop left on Nancy Pelosi's desk.
To give you some brief background on why this riot is related to Trump’s Impeachment it should be said that this riot occurred directly after one of Trump's rallies, where he encouraged these people to do exactly what they did: storm the Capitol. Towards the very end of his speech,Trump told his supporters this before the incident, “and we fight, we fight like hell, and if you don't fight like hell you're not going to have a country anymore.” a few moments later he also stated, “So we are going to- we are going to walk down pennsylvania avenue, I love pennsylvania avenue, and we are going to the capital,”
Without this statement they likely wouldn't have staged the coup that occurred there, and this is the reason Trump is being impeached for the second time.
Unlike last time's impeachment, many Republicans voted in support of it, likely because the riots allowed them to see how dangerous it is when you give Trump a platform. Even Mitch McConell is in support of it this time around. This likely gives Trump's impeachment being certified a much higher probability of happening, since two thirds of members present in the senate need to vote yes for it to go through.
This of course left Trump flustered for sure, although per usual, his statement on the situation was mostly just saying it was a witch hunt. Impeaching Trump now is more important than ever, not only because of the likelihood of it happening but because of what happens if we do.
If Trump is officially impeached he would lose most of his presidential benefits, although he would keep his security teams. He would lose his one million dollar budget travel fund a year and his $200,000 salary for this year in office and likely his closing term payment too. As well as those things he wouldn't be able to run for office in 2024 like he's claimed he will, which is a huge part of the reasoning many people have pushed for impeachment.
Many Republicans have begun to argue that we should move forward and forget, such as Rep. Tom Cole.``We have the opportunity to move forward,” said Cole, “but we cannot if the majority insists on bringing the country through the trauma of another impeachment trial.” This seems mostly like grasping at straws in hopes to keep the 2024 campaign an open option.
The impeachment trial is set to begin as of now on February 9th, as Mitch McConell said he wished to give the Trump team time to prepare. This date has bounced around a lot but this is likely the official time, or at least close to it. Since this trial is after Trump has left office, this is technically a late impeachment, meaning it's debatable whether or not they should go through with it.
One argument held by Frank Bowman and Brian Kalt is that "The two most important reasons to pursue a late impeachment are, first, to deter presidents' misbehavior during their waning days in office, and second, to permanently remove them from public life if their conduct suggests they would pose a continuing danger to the country if they ever returned to a position of national authority."
Although many called for Pence to invoke the 25th amendment he refrained which means the impeachment trial is the alternative, which leaves all hope of Trump's 2024 campaign being banned in the hands of the senate. We will see the trial pan out over the next few weeks possibly even months with how busy the senate may be at this time.
To give you some brief background on why this riot is related to Trump’s Impeachment it should be said that this riot occurred directly after one of Trump's rallies, where he encouraged these people to do exactly what they did: storm the Capitol. Towards the very end of his speech,Trump told his supporters this before the incident, “and we fight, we fight like hell, and if you don't fight like hell you're not going to have a country anymore.” a few moments later he also stated, “So we are going to- we are going to walk down pennsylvania avenue, I love pennsylvania avenue, and we are going to the capital,”
Without this statement they likely wouldn't have staged the coup that occurred there, and this is the reason Trump is being impeached for the second time.
Unlike last time's impeachment, many Republicans voted in support of it, likely because the riots allowed them to see how dangerous it is when you give Trump a platform. Even Mitch McConell is in support of it this time around. This likely gives Trump's impeachment being certified a much higher probability of happening, since two thirds of members present in the senate need to vote yes for it to go through.
This of course left Trump flustered for sure, although per usual, his statement on the situation was mostly just saying it was a witch hunt. Impeaching Trump now is more important than ever, not only because of the likelihood of it happening but because of what happens if we do.
If Trump is officially impeached he would lose most of his presidential benefits, although he would keep his security teams. He would lose his one million dollar budget travel fund a year and his $200,000 salary for this year in office and likely his closing term payment too. As well as those things he wouldn't be able to run for office in 2024 like he's claimed he will, which is a huge part of the reasoning many people have pushed for impeachment.
Many Republicans have begun to argue that we should move forward and forget, such as Rep. Tom Cole.``We have the opportunity to move forward,” said Cole, “but we cannot if the majority insists on bringing the country through the trauma of another impeachment trial.” This seems mostly like grasping at straws in hopes to keep the 2024 campaign an open option.
The impeachment trial is set to begin as of now on February 9th, as Mitch McConell said he wished to give the Trump team time to prepare. This date has bounced around a lot but this is likely the official time, or at least close to it. Since this trial is after Trump has left office, this is technically a late impeachment, meaning it's debatable whether or not they should go through with it.
One argument held by Frank Bowman and Brian Kalt is that "The two most important reasons to pursue a late impeachment are, first, to deter presidents' misbehavior during their waning days in office, and second, to permanently remove them from public life if their conduct suggests they would pose a continuing danger to the country if they ever returned to a position of national authority."
Although many called for Pence to invoke the 25th amendment he refrained which means the impeachment trial is the alternative, which leaves all hope of Trump's 2024 campaign being banned in the hands of the senate. We will see the trial pan out over the next few weeks possibly even months with how busy the senate may be at this time.
