The US House of Representatives has voted to impeach President Donald Trump for abuse of power, making him just the third president to be impeached in US history.
The vote on the first article was 230-197. All but two Democrats voted in favour, and all Republicans voted against. One Democrat, Tulsi Gabbard, voted “present.”
A House majority also voted yes on the second article, concerning the obstruction of Congress.
House Democrats, led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, argued that the president had left them with “no choice” but to impeach him.
“If we do not act now we would be derelict in our duty,” Pelosi said. “It is tragic that the president’s reckless actions make impeachment necessary.”
Mamamia’s daily news podcast The Quicky explain what impeachment means for Donald Trump.
The articles accuse Trump of abusing his office by pressuring Ukraine to interfere in the 2020 presidential election. Trump is alleged to have withheld $391 million in military aid to the country as he sought to get Ukraine’s president to announce an investigation of former vice president Joe Biden, the Democratic frontrunner.
IT’S OFFICIAL!
Donald Trump has been IMPEACHED on both counts against him: Abuse of Power and Obstruction of Congress. pic.twitter.com/BMXjCD2PVk— Tom D’Angora (@TomDangora) December 19, 2019
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I'm sure there is a joke in here somewhere about getting third and taking the bronze
And there's so much more to come it seems.
There's a line of women with rape complaints against Trump waiting for their days in court.
Trump seems to be utterly corrupt & flawed and yet the evangelicals are still singing his praises.
This whole story tells us just how very badly the US has sunk in it's judgment of who should lead them.
Not the evangelicals, the poor old 'blue collar' worker who now has a job and financial security are 'singing his praises'. The same 'blue collar' worker Jo Biden said he is happy to see lose his job on the altar of renewable energy. One of the evangelical magazines has just come out and trashed Trump.