Did Kevin McCarthy endorse Trump’s impeachment?
HOUSE Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy recently spoke out on taking President Trump to an impeachment trial for a second time. The Republican Senator is one of several GOP members who blame Trump for how the Capitol riots unfolded, killing five and injuring at least 60 more. Who is Kevin McCarthy? Kevin McCarthy is an American politician serving as House […]
HOUSE Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy recently spoke out on taking President Trump to an impeachment trial for a second time.
The Republican Senator is one of several GOP members who blame Trump for how the Capitol riots unfolded, killing five and injuring at least 60 more.
Who is Kevin McCarthy?
Kevin McCarthy is an American politician serving as House Minority Leader in the United States House of Representatives since 2019.
He previously served as House Majority Leader under Speakers John Boehner and Paul Ryan from 2014 to 2019.
He went to college and graduate school at California State University, Bakersfield.
He is a member of the Republican party and is married to wife Judy McCarthy.
The pair have two children, a daughter named Meghan and a son named Connor.
Did Kevin McCarthy endorse Trump’s impeachment?
Kevin McCarthy announced that he places blame on President Trump for January 6’s insurrection at the Capitol, but he would not vote for Trump to be impeached.
Instead, he said he was in favor of censure. Censure, according to the government, is “less severe than expulsion, a censure (sometimes referred to as condemnation or denouncement) does not remove a senator from office. It is a formal statement of disapproval.”
“The president bears responsibility for Wednesday’s attack on Congress by mob rioters. He should have immediately denounced the mob when he saw what was unfolding,” said McCarthy.
“These facts require immediate action from President Trump – accept his share of responsibility, quell the brewing unrest and ensure that President-Elect Biden is able to successfully begin his term.
“And the president’s immediate action also deserves congressional action, which is why I think a fact-finding commission and a censure resolution would be prudent. Unfortunately, that is not where we are today.”
He shot down rumors that the riots were incited by liberals.
“Some say the riots were caused by Antifa,” McCarthy said.
“There’s absolutely no evidence of that and conservatives should be the first to say so.”
McCarthy joined a handful of senators who objected to the certification of the Electoral College results.
What is impeachment and how does it work?
According to the US Constitution, impeachment is the tool Congress uses to punish serious misconduct from the president.
The misconduct can be categorized as treason or bribery, or it can be defined as “other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.”
The House of Representatives can vote to impeach a president with a simple majority. The Senate will then hold a trial which ends on a vote of a verdict..
It takes two-thirds of the Senate, a supermajority, to convict the president. If convicted, the president is removed from office, and the vice president would take power.
What happens if President Trump is impeached a second time?
President Donald Trump is facing an unprecedented second impeachment as House Democrats officially push forward to charge him with “inciting insurrection” in the wake of the Capitol siege.
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Democrats formally introduced the articles on January 11 and are now awaiting the Senate’s response.
Trump could become the first president in history to be impeached twice with a single charge.
If he were to be impeached a second time, the question would pose itself as to whether he should be removed from office to whether he should be banned from holding future federal office, effectively blocking him from running for president again in 2024.