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Sylvia Garcia
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. House, Speeches
Remarks on impeachment of Donald J. Trump - Jan. 13, 2021
January 13, 2021
Madam Speaker, this President took an oath to protect and defend the Constitution. Instead, he has chosen to betray and attack our sacred democracy. This President violated his oath, he abused the power of his office, attempted to betray the will of the American people, and incited insurrection against this very House. During the last impeachment trial, I reminded all Americans that democracy is a gift that each generation gives to the next. We must do all to protect it for our children and our future. We must impeach him. […]
Terri Sewell
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. House, Speeches
Remarks on impeachment of Donald J. Trump - Jan. 13, 2021
January 13, 2021
Madam Speaker, I rise today to support impeachment. I do so with a heavy heart and a lasting and searing memory of being in this gallery, this People's House, right up there, fearing for my life – and why? Because the President of the United States incited others to be violent, a mob of insurgencies in this House. It's unacceptable. It led to the killing of five Americans. Blood is on this House. We must do something about it. I ask that we move from stopping the steal to healing. […]
Veronica Escobar
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. House, Speeches
Remarks on impeachment of Donald J. Trump - Jan. 13, 2021
January 13, 2021
On January 6, terrorists attacked the United States of America. It was an attempted coup and insurrection. But what I hope Americans understand is that it was a terrorist attack against our country. Those who came and participated must be found and prosecuted. Those who aided and abetted must be found and prosecuted. And the man who incited it, President Donald J. Trump — our greatest national security threat — must be impeached, held accountable, and never be allowed to hold office again. Escobar, V. [C-SPAN]. (2021, January 13). U.S. […]
Yvette D Clarke
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. House, Speeches
Remarks on impeachment of Donald J. Trump - Jan. 13, 2021
January 13, 2021
Madam Speaker, today I rise to support H. Res. 24, the article of impeachment against Donald Trump, for high crimes and misdemeanors for a second time. Let us be very clear, what took place on January 6, 2021, was an act of domestic terrorism by right-wing, sycophantic, white supremacists promoted, instigated, and advanced by the man in the White House — Donald Trump. Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Once said, “The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it sets to […]
Zoe Lofgren
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. House, Speeches
Remarks on impeachment of Donald J. Trump - Jan. 13, 2021
January 13, 2021
Madam Speaker, I'm the only member of Congress who has been involved in all three of the last presidential impeachments. Those were long proceedings. Today we don't need a long investigation to know the President incited right-wing terrorists to attack the Congress, to try to overturn constitutional government. The actions were in public, plain as day. His actions are the most serious offense against our Constitution and our country. They are impeachable acts. The founders devised the impeachment clause to protect against a president who would threaten constitutional order. If […]
Lucille Roybal-Allard
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. House, Speeches
Remarks on impeachment of Donald J. Trump - Jan. 13, 2021
January 13, 2021
Madam Speaker, I take no joy in voting to impeach President Trump, but this president has blood on his hands in the wake of this attempted coup. The fact remains no president of the United States is above the law, and this president has sadly violated his oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic. As members of Congress, who have taken that same pledge, it is our duty to take this action and impeach this unfit and dangerous president. I […]
Lori Trahan
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. House, Speeches
Remarks on impeachment of Donald J. Trump - Jan. 13, 2021
January 13, 2021
Madam Speaker, I stand before you today in disbelief. Disbelief that after the President incited a violent mob to commit an act of insurrection and remain silent as police officers were assaulted, the Capitol was ransacked, and members of this body fled for their lives, that there are still members of his party who refuse to hold him accountable. It's because of that inaction that there is only one path forward to put an end to this presidency. Donald Trump must be impeached, removed from office, and barred from ever […]
Kathy Manning
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. House, Speeches
Remarks on impeachment of Donald J. Trump - Jan. 13, 2021
January 13, 2021
Madam Speaker, this president has repeatedly lied to the American people about his election loss. He incited his followers to attack our democracy, resulting in five deaths. His dangerous efforts to derail the peaceful transition of power were a violation of his oath of office. This president is unfit to lead our nation and unable to discharge his duties of office. I call upon my Republican colleagues to speak the truth to their supporters and join me in holding President Trump accountable by voting to impeach. I yield. Manning, K. […]
Kathy Castor
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. House, Speeches
Remarks on impeachment of Donald J. Trump - Jan. 13, 2021
January 13, 2021
I rise today to urge the impeachment of Donald Trump because the attack on the Capitol and the Congress was the single most depraved betrayal of the U.S. Constitution ever committed by a president. The traitorous incitement of an insurrection demands not just impeachment, but removal from office immediately. Violence during the transfer of power, Confederate flags, anti-Semitic paraphernalia desecrated this Capitol. So accountability must come swiftly. We must act with the same resoluteness we showed in the early morning hours after the insurrection where we ensured the will of […]
Katherine Clark
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. House, Speeches
Remarks on impeachment of Donald J. Trump - Jan. 13, 2021
January 13, 2021
Suffragist and abolitionist Lucy Stone stated, “If we speak the truth fearlessly, we shall add to our number those who will turn the scale to the side of equal and full justice in all things.” The truth is President Trump incited a violent attack against the United States government. The truth is President Trump spent his presidency inflaming hate, white supremacy, anti-Semitism and violence. The truth is he was enabled by all those who perpetuated the lie that the most secure election in our nation's history was stolen. The truth […]