Now what?
House Democrats have for the second time formally introduced an article of impeachment against President Donald J. Trump, charging him with “incitement of insurrection” for his role in the takeover of the U.S. Capitol last week by a violent pro-Trump mob. The measure has enough supporters to guarantee passage, and Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the House will make that vote this week if Vice President Pence does not seek to remove Trump under the 25th Amendment by Wednesday.
It’s taken the horrible and deadly scenes of last Wednesday to bring America to where we are today: No, the election was not rigged. Trump did not win; Joe Biden did. No, those rioters were not patriots, as Trump sought to label them. Among all registered voters, 80% of respondents to a new Quinnipiac University poll said the rioters were undermining democracy, not protecting it. Only 10% said they were protecting it, and another 10% had no opinion.
Even among respondents who voted for Trump, 62% said the mob was undermining democracy; 19% said it was protecting it and another 19% had no opinion.
For all the conservative whining about how the “liberal” mainstream media supposedly has been mean to Donald Trump for four years, just look at conservative media today in the aftermath of that deadly mob siege that overwhelmed police, terrorized lawmakers and led to the deaths of five people.