众议院投票弹劾共和国总统唐纳德·特朗普——使他成为美国历史上唯一被弹劾两次的总统。
与2019年对特朗普的第一次弹劾不同,10名共和党人与民主党人一道,以232票对197票的最终结果,指控特朗普在1月6日袭击美国国会大厦事件中扮演的角色“煽动叛乱”。
投票反对特朗普的共和党人之一、众议员亚当·金辛格(Adam Kinzinger)说,一些共和党人可能担心自己的安全,如果他们投票支持弹劾的话。金辛格在美国广播公司的“动力政治”播客中说道他的政党的一些成员可能会因为害怕突出自己参与支持总统对选举舞弊的虚假指控而推迟投票弹劾。
科罗拉多州的民主党人杰森·克罗周三上午在接受MSNBC采访时表达了类似的想法。
“昨晚我和我的共和党同事们进行了很多交谈,其中一些人哭着和我交谈,说如果他们投票支持弹劾,他们担心自己的生命安全,”他说。
以下是反对特朗普的10名共和党人的名单:
纽约共和党众议员约翰·卡特科
“允许美国总统煽动这次袭击而不承担后果,是对我们民主未来的直接威胁。因此,我不能袖手旁观,不采取行动。我将投票弹劾这位总统。”
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共和党众议员约翰·卡特科(John Katko)戴着防护面具走向美国众议院
众议员亚当·金辛格,伊利诺伊州。
“这不会是什么‘库姆巴亚时刻’,而是美国人民的觉醒,让他们的领导人对自己的言论负责,”
众议员Jamie Herrera Beutler,华盛顿州。
“根据我对宪法的解读,总统的罪行是可以根据我们已经掌握的无可争议的证据进行弹劾的。我理解这样一种观点,即最好的办法是不要进一步煽动国家或疏远共和党选民。但我是共和党选民。我相信我们的宪法、个人自由、自由市场、慈善、生活、正义、和平和这个特殊的国家。我看到当我们中的那些人选择真理时,我自己的党将得到最好的服务。我相信特朗普总统违背了他的就职誓言,所以我将投票弹劾他。”
华盛顿共和党众议员丹·纽豪斯。
"对这次对我们共和国的野蛮袭击视而不见不是一种选择。"
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加州共和党众议员大卫·瓦拉多
“毫无疑问,特朗普总统是1月6日发生的灾难性事件的驱动力,他鼓励大量暴徒煽动对民选官员、工作人员和我们整个代议制民主的暴力。”
密歇根州众议员彼得·梅耶尔
梅耶尔,获胜的大一议员前众议员贾斯汀·阿玛什的席位周三投票弹劾特朗普。
“特朗普总统试图破坏我们的宪法程序,背叛了他的就职誓言,他对煽动我们上周遭受的叛乱负有责任,”他说发微博周三投票前。
共和党众议员汤姆·赖斯
赖斯在一份声明中说,“四年来,我一直支持这位总统。我为他竞选,投了他两次票。但是,这种彻底的失败是不可原谅的。”赖斯是投票支持反对认证选举结果的139名众议院共和党人之一。饭怒发微博,“总统在哪里!?"在上周国会大厦的暴乱中。
密歇根州弗雷德·厄普顿
厄普顿发微博在总统投票弹劾之前,国会必须让他“负责”。他说:“国会必须追究特朗普总统的责任,并发出明确的信息,即我们的国家不能也不会容忍任何总统阻止权力从一位总统和平移交给下一位总统的任何努力。”
俄亥俄州共和党众议员安东尼·冈萨雷斯
代表俄亥俄州东北部的冈萨雷斯说,特朗普在一份声明中“帮助组织和煽动了一群袭击美国国会的暴徒”在推特上发布。
丽兹·切尼,R-Wyo。
众议院共和党会议主席切尼宣布,她将在周二晚上投票弹劾特朗普。
“美国总统召集了这群暴徒,集合了他们,点燃了这次袭击的火焰,”她说。“接下来的一切都是他做的。没有总统,这一切都不会发生。”
Here are all of the House Republicans who voted to impeach Donald Trump
The House of Representativeshas voted to impeachPresidentDonald Trump-- making him the only president in American history to be impeached twice.
Unlike his first impeachment in 2019, 10 Republicans joined Democrats to charge Trump for the "incitement of insurrection" for his role in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol with a final vote of 232-197.
Some Republicans may have feared for their own safety if they voted for impeachment, Rep. Adam Kinzinger, one of those who voted against Trump, said. Kinzingertold ABC's "Powerhouse Politics" podcastthat some members of his party are likely holding back from voting for impeachment due to fear of highlighting their own participation in supporting the president's false claims of election fraud.
Democrat Jason Crow, of Colorado, relayed similar thoughts in an interview with MSNBC on Wednesday morning.
"I had a lot of conversations with my Republican colleagues last night, and a couple of them broke down in tears talking to me and saying that they are afraid for their lives if they vote for this impeachment," he said.
Here is a list of the 10 Republicans who took a stance against Trump:
Rep. John Katko, R-N.Y.
"To allow the President of the United States to incite this attack without consequence is a direct threat to the future of our democracy. For that reason, I cannot sit by without taking action. I will vote to impeach this president."
Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill.
"It's not going to be some 'Kumbaya moment' on the floor -- it's going to be an awakening by the American people to hold their leaders accountable to their rhetoric,"
Rep. Jamie Herrera Beutler, R-Wash.
"The president's offenses, in my reading of the Constitution, were impeachable based on the indisputable evidence we already have. I understand the argument that the best course is not to further inflame the country or alienate Republican voters. But I am a Republican voter. I believe in our Constitution, individual liberty, free markets, charity, life, justice, peace and this exceptional country. I see that my own party will be best served when those among us choose truth. I believe President Trump acted against his oath of office, so I will vote to impeach him."
Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Wash.
"Turning a blind eye to this brutal assault on our Republic is not an option."
Rep. David Valadao, R-Calif.
"President Trump was, without question, a driving force in the catastrophic events that took place on Jan. 6 by encouraging masses of rioters to incite violence on elected officials, staff members, and our representative democracy as a whole."
Rep. Peter Meijer, R-Mich.
Meijer, the freshman congressman who wonformer Rep. Justin Amash's seat, voted to impeach Trump Wednesday.
"President Trump betrayed his oath of office by seeking to undermine our constitutional process, and he bears responsibility for inciting the insurrection we suffered last week," hetweetedbefore the vote Wednesday.
Rep. Tom Rice, R-S.C.
Rice said in a statement, "I have backed this President through thick and thin for four years. I campaigned for him and voted for him twice. But, this utter failure is inexcusable." Rice was one of the 139 House Republicans who voted to sustain an objection to certifying the election results. Rice angrilytweeted, "Where is the President!?" during the rioting at the Capitol last week.
Fred Upton, R-Mich.
Uptontweetedthat Congress must hold the president "to account," before he voted for impeachment. "Congress must hold President Trump to account and send a clear message that our country cannot and will not tolerate any effort by any president to impede the peaceful transfer of power from one president to the next," he said.
Rep. Anthony Gonzalez, R-Ohio
Gonzalez, who represents northeast Ohio, said Trump "helped organize and incite a mob that attacked the United States Congress" in a statement hereleased on Twitter.
Liz Cheney, R-Wyo.
Cheney, the House Republican conference chair, announced that she would be voting to impeach Trump Tuesday night.
"The President of the United States summoned this mob, assembled the mob, and lit the flame of this attack," she said. "Everything that followed was his doing. None of this would have happened without the President."