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Tom Reed<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

WASHINGTON – Congressman Tom Reed<\/strong> (R-Corning, NY 23) joined several of his Republican colleagues and even some Democrats on Tuesday to introduce a concurrent resolution<\/a> to “censure the President of the United States, Donald J. Trump<\/strong>, for attempting to unlawfully overturn the 2020 Presidential election and for violating his oath of office on January 6th, 2021.”<\/p>\n

The Censure measure is being presented as an alternative to House Democrats’ effort to impeach<\/strong> the president for a second time on a single charge of \u201cincitement of insurrection.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

The dueling resolutions are being presented less than one week after President Trump encouraged a mob of loyalists to “Stop the Steal” and \u201cfight like hell\u201d against election results. Soon after his speech, the U.S. Capitol<\/strong> became the target of a deadly siege that left five people dead, including a Capitol Police Officer and four Trump supporters.<\/p>\n

While the first impeachment of Trump in 2019 brought no Republican votes in the House, a small number of leaders and other lawmakers are breaking with the party to join Democrats. But a majority of the Party – including Reed – say they won’t vote to impeach.<\/p>\n

“If our leaders make the wrong decision in how to hold him accountable, it could damage the integrity of our system of justice, further fan the flames of division, and disillusion millions of Americans \u2500 all while failing to accomplish anything,” Reed said in an opinion piece<\/a> published in the New York Times<\/em> on Tuesday. “Given the tools that lie before Congress, it is clear that pursuing impeachment only days before President-elect Joe Biden is inaugurated is not the answer.”<\/p>\n

Democrat and Republican Members of the U.S. Senate<\/strong> are convinced that the House\u2019s impeachment efforts will almost certainly result in a second acquittal of President Trump, which even some Democrats say would even further divide and inflame tensions in our nation.<\/p>\n

\"\"Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton<\/strong> (D-DC) stated, \u201c\u2026it is clear the 25th Amendment will not be invoked and that the Senate will not convict the president after impeachment. A censure resolution is the only way to send a bipartisan, bicameral message without delay to the country and the world that the United States is a nation of laws.\u201d<\/p>\n

Senator Joe Manchin<\/strong> (D-WV) also stated that the House\u2019s current impeachment approach \u201cis so ill-advised for Joe Biden<\/strong> to be coming in, trying to heal the country, trying to be the president of all the people when we are going to be so divided and fighting again.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to those who support censure, there are two constitutional purposes of impeachment: 1) removal from office, and 2) barring the future holding of office and the current approach being advanced by House leadership is certain to accomplish neither one of these. As a result, they are pushing instead for censure.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Censure] is an important step to hold the President accountable. Congress must make clear that it rejects extremism and condemns the President\u2019s actions,\u201d said Reed. \u201cWe will continue to push for Congressional leaders to work with us on investigating the events surrounding this dark period in our history and make sure it never happens again with the public\u2019s trust in our democratic institutions restored.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the four-page impeachment resolution relies on Trump\u2019s own incendiary rhetoric and the falsehoods he spread about Biden\u2019s election victory, including organizing a White House rally on the same day Congress was to certify Biden’s election. Some of those who attended the rally also participated in the raid on the Capitol following Trump’s speech, and supporters of impeachment say the speech was intended to whip his supporters into a frenzy just as members of congress took up the certification issue.<\/p>\n

The House tried first to push Vice President Mike Pence<\/strong> and the Cabinet to intervene, passing a resolution Tuesday night calling on them to invoke the 25th Amendment to the Constitution to remove Trump from office. But Pence made it clear he would not do so. In a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi<\/a>, Pence said it was \u201ctime to unite our country as we prepare to inaugurate President-elect Joe Biden.\u201d<\/p>\n

The President, meanwhile, insisted on Tuesday that he believes he bears no responsibility for the insurrection carried out by his supporters and has yet to explicitly call on them to refrain from launching another assault on the Capitol.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON – Congressman Tom Reed (R-Corning, NY 23) joined several of his Republican colleagues and even some Democrats on Tuesday to introduce a concurrent resolution to “censure the President of the United States, Donald J. 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