Chris Morris
What's The Floor Plan? #CapitolRiots @TheDemocrats
Capitol Rioters Coordinate Efforts #DomesticTerrorists
https://twitter.com/cm_merlin/status/1349252219242237952
Chris Morris
What's The Floor Plan? #CapitolRiots @TheDemocrats
Capitol Rioters Coordinate Efforts #DomesticTerrorists
https://twitter.com/cm_merlin/status/1349252219242237952
Tom Cotton: Senate âLacks Constitutional Authorityâ to Proceed with Impeachment After Trump Leaves Office
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) announced Wednesday after the House voted to impeach President Donald Trump that he is against moving forward with the impeachment process in the Senate because the Senate âlacks the constitutional authorityâ to remove a former president.
Cotton expressed his opposition to impeachment proceedings in a statement Wednesday evening after the House voted that afternoon to impeach Trump a second time, passing one article of impeachment, 232â197, charging Trump with âincitement of insurrectionâ over last weekâs riot in the U.S. Capitol. âThe Senate under its rules and precedents cannot start and conclude a fair trial before the president leaves office next week,â Cotton explained. âUnder these circumstances, the Senate lacks constitutional authority to conduct impeachment proceedings against a former presidentâ
Cottonâs statement coincides with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) stating, after the impeachment article was passed, that it would not be feasible for the Senate to conduct an impeachment trial prior to Trumpâs term ending on January 20. McConnell has said the earliest date the Senate could receive the article to begin the process of a trial would be January 19, and even then, the proceedings would not begin until 1:00 p.m. the following day, after Trump has left office. âThis is not a decision I am making; it is a fact,â McConnell stated Wednesday, reaffirming the schedule he outlined last week. Cotton, in his statement, emphasized his priority on âfidelity to the Constitution,â explaining that âthe Founders designed the impeachment process as a way to remove officeholders from public officeânot an inquest against private citizens.â âThe Constitution presupposes an office from which an impeached officeholder can be removed,â he said.
Notably, Cotton was the first Republican senator supportive of Trump to come out against challenging the electoral college, again citing the Constitution and arguing that its intent was for the states to run the election, not Congress. âFidelity to the Constitution must always remain the lodestar for our nation,â Cotton said. âLast week, I opposed the effort to reject certified electoral votes for the same reasonâfidelity to the ConstitutionâI now oppose impeachment proceedings against a former president.â
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/01/13/tom-cotton-senate-lacks-constitutional-authority-to-proceed-with-impeachment-after-trump-leaves-office/
https://twitter.com/SenTomCotton/status/1349548752776925185
https://www.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases/cotton-statement-on-senate-impeachment-proceedings
>He SHOULD be arguing the articles of impeachment themselves were abusing the constitution.
Typical of just saying the right words, so that the public hears "it", but no intended real meaning behind it.. Both sides of the mouth.