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Handful of Republican Lawmakers Say They Will Vote to Impeach Trump

Ken Bredemeier

   WASHINGTON - A small but growing number of Republican lawmakers is
   signaling support for impeaching President Donald Trump after his
   supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol last Wednesday to try to upend his
   reelection defeat, leaving five people dead.

   Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, a member of the Republican Party's House
   leadership team, said Tuesday that she would vote to impeach Trump in
   his final days as president.

   "There has never been a greater betrayal by a President of the United
   States of his office and his oath to the Constitution," Cheney said.

   Also on Tuesday, New York representative John Katko and Illinois
   representative Adam Kinzinger, both Republicans, said they would vote
   to impeach the president.

     Third House Republican to vote for [1]#impeachment
     [2]https://t.co/HxQPJ9VVtV
     -- Katherine Gypson (@kgyp) [3]January 12, 2021

   While Republicans voted lockstep against impeaching Trump last year for
   pressuring Ukraine to investigate Democrat Joe Biden, who is now
   president-elect, House Republican leaders are indicating they do not
   intend to pressure their members to vote against impeachment this time
   around.

   A total of 218 Democrats have signed on to the impeachment resolution,
   ensuring a majority in the 435-member House with or without any
   Republican votes against the outgoing Republican president.

References

   1. https://twitter.com/hashtag/impeachment?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
   2. https://t.co/HxQPJ9VVtV
   3. https://twitter.com/kgyp/status/1349136367201214465?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

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