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US Democrats Rush To Impeach President Trump

Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi has said if Mike Pence and the cabinet do not invoke the 25th Amendment the House will likely go forward with impeachment. She says Trump cited 'sedition' against the U.S. House Democrats meet Friday to decide on their course of action 


 * House Caucus meets Friday to discuss impeachment 
 * Several top Democrats said a vote next week was likely 
 * GOP Sen. Ben Sasse said he would consider backing impeachment 
 * To succeed two-thirds of senators would have to vote to impeach 
 * Comes as 25th Amendment action appears to be falling apart 
 * Pompeo, the Secretary of State, and Treasury Secretary Mnuchin have reportedly discussed removing Trump 
 * Both men have held informal discussions with their staff about the 25th Amendment, CNBC reported   
 * Both men reportedly concluded that the 25th Amendment was not the way forward for the country 
 * Two cabinet secretaries resigned Thursday 
 * House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Trump had incited 'sedition' against the US 
 * Pelosi demanded the president's removal from office, as did Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer   * Both Democrat leaders called VP Mike Pence to demand Trump's removal from office - but were put on hold 
 * Republican congressman Adam Kinzinger posted a video in which he called for Trump to be removed 
 * Trump finally promised an 'orderly transition' on January 20 but maintained his false claims of election fraud 
 * The president had incited his supporters to storm the Capitol, forcing a halt to the electoral vote proceedings and his violent invaders ransacked offices, waved the Confederate flag and swung from a Senate balcony 

House Democrats held a conference call Friday to discuss a plan to rush through articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump in the final 13 days of his presidency – with leaders saying the votes are likely there for it. 

Leaders of both chambers, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Leader Charles Schumer – said they would support impeachment if Vice President Mike Pence fails to act with the Trump cabinet under the 25th amendment to strip him of authority following the Capitol riot on Wednesday. 

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WNU Editor: So the Democrats are going to rush articles of impeachment with little if any debate to impeach President Trump and to not only remove him from office, but to ban him from running again. 

And they accuse President Trump of making the U.S. a "banana republic"!?!?!? 

Talk about over-reach. 

And no. President Trump is not going to be removed from office.

But this vote is going to be interesting to me on who among the Republicans are going to support this motion. Seventy-five million Americans voted for President Trump in the last election, and they are not blaming the President for what happened on Wednesday .... Trump's fans condemn violence, but they aren't about to blame him (Reuters). With those numbers will the never-Trumpers stick to their principles? We shall see. 
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