Senate GOP blasts impeachment: ‘The mob took over the House’
The House passed two articles of impeachment — one on Trump abusing power in his dealings with Ukraine and another on him obstructing Congress during its investigation of those actions — making him the third president in U.S. history to be impeached.
“The mob took over the House. If she did not move to impeach this president, she would not be speaker,” he added, referring to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)
Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), echoed Graham, accusing Pelosi of bringing the impeachment articles for a vote in an effort to appease progressives.
“This is a tragedy,” he said. “Impeachment used to be an important constitutional tool used rarely, not mental therapy for distraught liberals in the House of Representatives.”
“The impeachment of a president is a solemn and serious moment for our country,” Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said in a statement after the House votes. “At the start of a trial in the Senate, all senators will swear an oath to render impartial justice. The American people deserve that the Senate conduct a full and fair trial.”
“This has been unnecessary, distracting, and counterproductive,” he said. “The Senate will not continue this partisan abuse of power and should at once put an end to the charade.”
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