The House’s second impeachment put Trump on the wrong side of history again
The House moved to impeach Donald Trump over the Capitol attack, locking in a fresh constitutional humiliation just two weeks after his presidency ended. The political significance was bigger than the procedural step itself: Republicans were forced to choose between Trump and the basic idea that violent pressure on Congress should carry consequences, and enough of them chose not to carry him.
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The House’s second impeachment put Trump on the wrong side of history again
The House moved to impeach Donald Trump over the Capitol attack, locking in a fresh constitutional humiliation just two weeks after his presidency ended. The political significance was bigger than the procedural step itself: Republicans were forced to choose between Trump and the basic idea that violent pressure on Congress should carry consequences, and enough of them chose not to carry him.
The House moved to impeach Donald Trump over the Capitol attack, locking in a fresh constitutional humiliation just two weeks after his presidency ended. The political significance was bigger than the procedural step itself: Republicans were forced to choose between Trump and the basic idea that violent pressure on Congress should carry consequences, and enough of them chose not to carry him.
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