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The U.S. House will vote on impeaching President Donald Trump Wednesday, alleging he spurred on last week’s mob assault on the Capitol.
UL Lafayette Political Science Professor Pearson Cross said he does not expect much Republican support for impeachment and would be highly surprised if any Louisiana Congressman voted in favor.
“The calculation is simply that if they go after and support impeachment for Trump they are going to end up on the wrong side of some of the most vocal people in their district, and that would get them in trouble,” said Cross.
Earlier today President Trump told reporters that the impeachment effort is causing “tremendous danger to our country, and causing tremendous anger.”
Cross said many Republicans are arguing that impeaching the President for a second time less than two weeks before he leaves office is beating a dead horse.
“Other people on the Democratic side are saying, well wait a minute this is too serious to let go and people should pay a price for these kinds of actions which seem to attack the Constitution,” said Cross.
President Trump is being impeached for “Incitement of Insurrection”, citing comments the President made at a D.C. rally shortly before a mob of his supporters stormed the Capitol. The Article claims he remains a threat to national security.
President Trump looks likely to be the only US President to have been impeached twice. Cross said this could be setting a new precedent.
“It is very hard to imagine that we would ever see a president impeached twice but on the other hand this may be the new normal and we may be seeing Presidents impeached more than once as a routine,” said Trump.
It appears unlikely two-thirds of the US Senate would vote to convict and remove the President before his term ends.
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