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The US Senate acquitted Trump for the second time
Publisher : Central News Agency via TVBS / Translation, editing : Gan Yung Chyan, KUCINTA SETIA
The US Senate voted on 13 February 2021 (Saturday) on the impeachment clause accusing former President Trump of inciting rebellion. 57 senators voted to convict Trump, including 7 Republicans while 43 Republicans acquitted Trump. Since the threshold of 2/3 conviction was not crossed, the Senate finally acquitted Trump and he is declared innocent.
A large number of Trump supporters broke into the U.S. Congress on 6 January in an attempt to interrupt the certification process for the results of the election in November last year, killing five people. The House of Representatives immediately impeached Trump with 232 votes in favour and 197 against on 13 January on the charge of "sedition", making him the first president in American history to be impeached twice. After the impeachment of the outgoing president was determined to be constitutional, the Senate launched the impeachment trial procedure on 9 February, and the pros and cons began a multi-day heated debate.
The prosecution, chaired by 9 Democratic congressmen, repeatedly called "Stop The Steal" after the Trump election was broadcast in the Senate, and called on supporters to "fight like hell" on the day of the Congressional certification. The film was used as evidence of Trump inciting rebellion. However, Trump’s team of lawyers refuted the allegations, saying that Trump’s speech was just general political language and stressed that the incident on 6 January was planned by a group of extremists in advance. The Senate originally planned to vote on the impeachment case on 13 February but because Republican Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler broke the news on Twitter on 12 February night, House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy asked on the phone after being broken into Congress. Trump assisted, but he was cold-eyed. The prosecution suddenly requested Butler to testify on Saturday morning.
However, just after the Senate voted 55 to 45 to allow witnesses to be summoned, the prosecution and Trump’s team of lawyers reached an agreement, agreeing to only include Butler’s statement as evidence and no longer call other witnesses, and enter the final defense process.
After the five-day trial, 57 senators voted Trump guilty and 43 voted Trump innocent. Seven of the lawmakers who found Trump guilty were Republicans, including Richard Burr, Bill Cassidy, Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, and Mitt Romney, Ben Sasse and Pat Toomey.
However, the impeachment conviction requires the support of at least two-thirds of the 67 senators, the Senate finally declared Trump innocent, ending the shortest presidential impeachment case in American history.
Trump immediately issued a statement thanking his team of lawyers and members of Congress who "proudly struggle for the Constitution and the principles of American sacred justice," and criticized the impeachment case as only one of the largest witch hunts in American history.
In December 2019, Trump was also impeached by the House of Representatives on charges of abusing power and obstructing Congress on charges of pressing Ukraine to investigate Democratic political opponents. Since the Senate was controlled by the Republican Party at the time, Trump also escaped with innocence.
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News (2) - (4) : Li Dayu, Publisher : Dayu News Insider / https://www.epochtimes.com/gb/21/2/15/n12753351.htm / Direct translation
News (2) 15/02/21
How does Trump win the impeachment war? It’s very important to have someone "carry the wind"
Everyone should know the result of the impeachment. In the end, the Senate voted that 57 people thought Trump was guilty and 43 people thought he was not guilty. Although the number of people who thought not guilty was still a minority, and there was one more "rebellion", because The impeachment of a president requires a two-thirds majority in the Senate, that is, at least 67 people. The current figure is far from reaching. Therefore, Trump was found not guilty and officially broke through the barriers, which was unique in American history. The second impeachment against the same president.
Many conservatives refer to these two impeachments of Trump as "political persecution."
The Democratic Party originally hoped that this impeachment could end sooner than the first time, but it is also expected to be after 20 February. But why did the impeachment end in just five days? What is the tactic?
The direct cause of this impeachment was the Capitol Hill incident on January 6. The whole incident almost ended from 1 pto 8 p.m., and it quickly subsided, and it did not turn into a major riot, but Democrats still think that they have picked up the gun. The powerful "political correctness" beast in Washington's political circle made some Republicans too scared to speak for Trump, and it was clouded for a while. The Democrats went online and insisted, saying that Trump had instigated the "Capitol Hill Rebellion." Therefore, the impeachment of an outgoing president was opened for an unprecedented level.
We know that the United States is a two-party system, and many things are conducted in the mutual checks and balances of the two parties. Although the Democrats are determined to sanction Trump, the impeachment cannot be decided by a simple majority vote. At least 17 Republican senators must be won. The support is good, so they also have to see what the Republicans mean. So in this impeachment, one person has to be mentioned, that is, Senate Republican leader McConnell.
The two parties in the Senate now have 50-50 seats, and they are evenly matched. The Democratic Party has become the current "majority party" because the Democratic Vice President who also serves as the chairman of the Senate, but the number of seats is equal after all, so in formulating rules and daily voting , Will still be subject to great checks and balances by the Republican Party. Senate Republican leader McConnell may have become the most powerful "minority" leader of the Senate.
McConnell has a bad reputation among conservatives because he betrayed Trump after 14 December, and has been criticized by many as a traitor. However, he knows the rules of the Senate very well and has a wealth of practical experience, so which side of his scale is inclined is very important to Trump's second impeachment case.
Before the 2020 election, McConnell was Trump’s comrade-in-arms on Capitol Hill at least in public during the four years of Trump’s administration. Under his auspices, many of Trump’s agendas were passed, including 2018. Tax Cut Act of 2015. But in January of this year, McConnell no longer defended Trump. In condemning the Capitol Hill incident, several Republicans were the most enthusiastic in criticizing Trump. Among them, he was one of his former friends and enemies. The pace of change is too fast and too violent, which makes people feel suspicious of life.
Fortunately, McConnell's specific actions against the second impeachment still tilted the scales towards Trump. At least so far, it looks like this on the surface. We will talk about the reasons for doing this later. Let us first talk about what actions McConnell has taken.
First of all, on 13 January, after Pelosi led the House of Representatives and passed the impeachment case first, McConnell did not immediately accept the impeachment case in the last few days of Trump’s first term and refused to convene a meeting on the grounds. The new parliament has just been handed over and members are not ready yet. They have to wait until at least January 19, but according to the procedure, if the case is accepted on 19 January, the Senate will officially start the impeachment-related preparatory procedures, and it will not be until noon on the 20th. At that time, it happened that Trump had already stepped down for his first term. This impeachment case was officially turned into a weakly convincing impeachment against the outgoing president.
Second, before the official launch of the impeachment on 9 February, McConnell convened a small meeting of Republicans in the Senate. Through this incident, we can really see that McConnell is an "old river and lake" in the Senate.
In the United States, the party organization is very loose. It really resembles the meaning of their English word "party". Everyone comes and leaves if they want. Unlike the Communist Party, they have to swear an oath to dedicate their lives to whoever. Yes, everyone has something to hold a meeting together, mainly for electioneering activities. Whether you participate or not is all voluntary, mostly spontaneous. But when people arrive in Congress or any parliament, it’s different. Members of each party are like a big group in the parliament. Then the “squad leader” of each party is called the leader, and he represents the party in the parliament. To organize and convene everyone, try to be in the voting, so that the party can be unanimous, can play strength in actual combat, and will not be scattered.
Then McConnell’s "small meeting" before the official start of Trump’s impeachment trial was for this purpose. At the meeting, he told the Republicans in the Senate that in the subsequent impeachment vote against Trump, the "morality" "The will to vote according to one's own will, without restricting the direction of voting within the party, this is simply a "cold arrow" for Trump. But even though he told the Republicans to "vote casually," he voted against impeachment in the final vote, believing that Trump was innocent and became one of the 43 people. This is considered McConnell's initiative." "Bring the wind", the boss has voted like this, and he knows what others should do.
Third, McConnell has made endless condemnations of Lao Chuan throughout the entire impeachment trial. He exaggerated that some Democrats may be ashamed of themselves, but in the course of action, Trump has been explained everywhere. buckle.
The above three points are McConnell’s performance in this impeachment trial. His choice shows the overall trend of the mainstream in the Republican Party. Democrats cannot win enough Republican support. This is the rapid miscarriage of impeachment. important reason.
So next, let's take a look at the deeper reasons for the second impeachment failure.
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The outgoing defeat of the incumbent "three factors" helped Trump make a fortune
First, we continued from the above, and also started with McConnell. As the leader of the Republican Party in the Senate, he blatantly broke up with Trump after 14 December 2020, especially after January 6, but after that, there was a phenomenon that attracted the attention of all the two parties, that is Trump’s. The support rate remains high, and even has increased, which is mentioned in the report by The Wall Street Journal.
For example, a poll conducted by CBS Television in the United States showed that among Republicans, only 10% believed that Trump should be responsible for the Capitol Hill incident on January 6. Another poll showed that loyalty to Trump is very important to the Republican Party. There are 46% of important Republicans, nearly half, and another 27% believe that it is important to some extent. In some polls, Trump’s support rate in the poll on January 6 was even higher than that on election day on 3 November!
Moreover, all Republicans who voted for Trump’s impeachment in Congress have encountered huge backlash from voters in their districts. The most typical of these is Liz Cheney, the No. 3 Republican in the House of Representatives, and the Republican Senator. Bill Cassidy, after the Senate voted in favor of Trump's impeachment, was condemned by the Republican group in his state legislature.
All these things show that Trump has stepped down and that the Republican Party is still Trump's party and loyalty to Trump is very important. Seeing the "tragic" scene of one Republican being boycotted by voters after Congress betrayed Trump, perhaps McConnell secretly swallowed and found that Trump was always the "commoner emperor" of the Republican Party. Lao Mai is the leader of the Republican Party in the Senate, but the true leader of the Republican Party is still Trump. His words from Trump can make him drowned by the spit of Republican voters.
Moreover, facing the 2022 midterm elections, even if he insists on leading the Republicans in the Senate against Trump and convicting Trump in impeachment, that will provoke a strong backlash from Republican voters and may cause Republicans to lose ground in the 2022 election. , Even the Republican Party itself will be at risk, not to mention his own seat and position in the Senate. So from this perspective, no matter what, McConnell’s choice to favor Trump in the final impeachment vote is a must, and there is no choice.
But why does he scold Trump? If it is not sincere, it is to cooperate with the Democratic Party in acting. It may be for the subsequent interaction with the Democratic Party in Congress to become a minority Republican and still maintain a certain "check and balance" to prevent trouble. Then why did McConnell let everyone "just vote" before the impeachment vote? This is because after all there is a small wave of people in the Republican Party who supported the impeachment of Trump. Afterwards, it proved that there were 7 people. McConnell might have thought "We have the right to source", and I don't want to make it clear that this incident will damage my prestige in the party, and then use "voting" to guide the trend and reveal the true position.
This is the first deep reason behind the failure of the second impeachment, and it is Trump's high popularity in the party.
The second reason is that Biden, who has just seized power, has done nothing in the past few days. Apart from destroying Trump’s policies, it is to see the Democratic Party impeaching Trump. Everything is still Trump. Biden and his so-called White House team are clear. He said that he would not participate in the Trump impeachment process in order to promote his own policies as soon as possible, otherwise everything will revolve around Trump. At the same time, Bidens also understand that the Democratic Party in Congress is only a weak majority and many things have to rely on the support of the Republican Party. The impeachment of Trump, who has a very high reputation in the Republican Party, is politically costly. They do not want to have a stalemate with the Republicans in Congress. So also choose low-key processing.
Therefore, as expected by the outside world, this impeachment turned into a political drama performance of the Democrats' "knife mouth and tofu hand". After humiliating Trump, the impeachment ended hastily. Based on the above two deep-seated reasons, this is the product of mutual compromise and self-protection between the two parties. Trump, the outgoing man, defeated the big bosses in office and defeated those who wear shoes barefoot. In fact, this is a victory of public opinion. It also proved in turn how absurd this "short-lived" impeachment trial is.
If there is a third reason, it is that the Bidens have no idea about themselves and worry that if they do succeed in impeaching Trump, it will become their own "precedent."
However, in order for Trump to clear the impeachment trial, in addition to the secret compromise between the two parties, he must also have an effective strategic guidance. Trump’s lawyers and Senate Republicans avoided the question of whether Trump himself instigated the Capitol Hill rebellion. Instead, they focused on procedural warfare and slammed "the outgoing president should not be impeached." Although the Democrats are in the process They came up with so-called new evidence in the media, but there was nothing new. At the last moment, they wanted to call witnesses to add a bit of surprise to Trump’s conviction. However, the Republicans’ intentions were very clear. The "blade" of whether Trump is inciting a rebellion is open to the bottom line of the procedure, that is, the outgoing president should not be impeached.
McConnell’s speech before the final vote is the most illustrative. He condemned Trump, saying that he was disgraceful and morally responsible for inciting the Capitol Hill incident, and there is no doubt that his words changed immediately: However, the impeachment of the outgoing president should not be.
The Democratic Party also knows that there are many nights and dreams. This kind of ridiculous trial is not good for the Biden administration. The impeachment will go on for one more day, and Biden’s so-called "New Deal" will also have to be dragged on in the Senate for one day. People, after so long, they also see the situation clearly. But Trump's lawyer also mentioned in his submission that Trump did not instigate the rebellion, and that the Capitol Hill incident was "robbed" by people with bad faith, and has nothing to do with Trump. They mainly play the procedural card and defend Trump's conscience at the same time.
In addition, during the process of impeachment, Trump has always kept a low profile, and rarely made public statements, and did not give leftists a chance to exploit loopholes. It is these strategies that prompted the impeachment trial to end quickly, at least a week earlier than expected.
Just as Senator Leahy, a senior Democrat who presided over the impeachment trial, was caught by the microphone during the impeachment proceedings: this is a mess.
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Impeachment failed, leftists frustrated, Trump makes a comeback. Harris will be impeached next?
After the failure of the second impeachment of Trump, House Speaker Pelosi expressed “angry”, saying that all Republicans who voted against Trump’s impeachment were “cowards.” The Senate Majority Leader Schumer said that the result of this vote, It simply shouldn't have happened in the United States; and Biden, who said he would not participate in the impeachment proceedings, also expressed his thoughts on the results, saying that even if Trump was not convicted, the charges against him are not controversial.
After the impeachment, the Democratic Party continued to express its toughness, but some big Western media analyzed that this was just a "superficial article" made by the Democratic Party to cater to the anti-Trump forces in the party and the political correctness atmosphere of Washington.
However, Trump immediately issued a "long letter" after the impeachment, saying that he welcomed the results and announced that in the coming months, he would share a lot with the American people and continue his "unbelievable" journey. , To achieve the goal of making America great again.
What's interesting is that after January 6, Republican Senator Greenham, who was under pressure to announce a break with Trump, went "good" with Trump again. On Sunday, February 14, he told the media that he had spoken to Sichuan in Mandarin after the impeachment ended. He said that Trump expressed gratitude to his lawyers and was ready to continue fighting to rebuild the Republican Party. He also mentioned that Trump would be happy about 2022. The midterm elections are very concerned. He himself will go to meet Trump next week and play golf with Trump in Florida. He will also tell Trump that the movement of "making America great again" needs to continue, and we too Need to unite the Republican Party.
In addition, Greenham also predicted that the Democratic Party's wanton impeachment against Trump this time opened the Pandora's box. Next, if the Republican Party wins the House of Representatives majority in 2022, it may initiate impeachment against Vice President Kamala Harris. Because the Minnesota Freedom Foundation supported by Harris, after the Capitol Hill incident, paid bail for some of the arrested persons. Although Harris is the vice president, many people think that she is a time bomb placed next to Biden by the left. Once the time is right, Harris, an ultra-leftist, may have to take Biden's place.
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