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发帖数: 3796 | 1 Republican Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania said Saturday he thinks President
Donald Trump "committed impeachable offenses," but said he is not certain
attempting to remove the President from office with just a few days left in
his term is the right course of action.
"I do think the President committed impeachable offenses," Toomey told Fox
News. The senator, who has said he is not going to run for reelection in
2022, would not say whether he would vote to impeach Trump should there be a
Senate trial, saying he is not certain what kind of articles of impeachment
would be passed by the Democrat-led House of Representatives.
Toomey said he believes Trump's "behavior this week does disqualify him from
serving. But we've got 10 days left, 11 days left."
"I don't know whether logistically it's actually really even possible or
practical and I'm not sure it's desirable to attempt to force him out, what
a day or two or three prior to the day on which he's going to be finished
anyway," Toomey said. "So I'm not clear that's the best path forward."
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday Democrats are prepared to move
forward next week with impeaching the President over his role in Wednesday's
deadly attack on the US Capitol if he doesn't resign. House Democrats plan
to introduce their impeachment resolution on Monday.
A growing number of Republicans want Trump to leave office before January 20
, the day President-elect Joe Biden will be sworn in as the next president.
Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska became the first Republican senator
to call on Trump to resign on Friday, telling the Anchorage Daily News, "I
want him out. He has caused enough damage." Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger
of Illinois has endorsed invoking the 25th Amendment, which would force
Trump's removal from office.
Republican Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska said in radio interviews Friday that
he would consider impeachment but questioned whether that was the right
course of action |
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