The White House is warning that if Democrats proceed with impeaching President Trump, it would divide the country at a time that should be reserved for healing.
President-elect Biden on Friday charged that President Trump “isn’t fit to hold the job.” But the president-elect refused to say whether he supported the push by congressional Democrats and handful of Republicans to immediately remove Trump from office either by impeachment or through the use of the 25th Amendment to the Constitution.
Democratic House members are calling for President Trump's removal from office just two weeks before his term is set to end, as violent protesters stormed and entered the U.S. Capitol building.
As 2020 comes to a close, the news has been dominated by a global pandemic, statewide lockdowns and a presidential election. Amid all that, it’s easy to forget about political events, including scandals and controversies, that otherwise would have been more in the spotlight.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday would not rule out impeachment as an option to stop President Trump’s Supreme Court pick from being confirmed to the bench, saying Democrats will “use every arrow in our quiver” to block the eventual nominee.
Former National Security Adviser John Bolton on Tuesday accused Democrats of having taken the “opportunity” of the impeachment inquiry and having driven it “straight into a ditch” by turning it into a partisan fight.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., ripped into Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s coronavirus oversight committee, after she announced that members include several high-profile Democrats who have been outspoken advocates of impeaching President Trump in the past.