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Trump Impeached for Inciting US Capitol Riots

posted by martyb on Wednesday January 13 2021, @10:15PM   Printer-friendly

martyb writes:

Trump impeached for 'inciting' US Capitol riots:

The US House of Representatives has impeached President Donald Trump for "incitement of insurrection" at last week's Capitol riot.

Ten Republicans sided with Democrats to impeach the president by 232-197.

He is the first president in US history to be impeached twice, or charged with crimes by Congress.

Mr Trump, a Republican, will now face a trial in the Senate, where if convicted he could face being barred from ever holding office again.

But Mr Trump will not have to quit the White House before his term in office ends in one week because the Senate will not reconvene in time.

Mr Trump will leave office on 20 January, following his election defeat last November to Democrat Joe Biden.

The Democratic-controlled House voted after several hours of impassioned debate on Wednesday as armed National Guard troops stood guard inside and outside the Capitol.

[...] Impeachment charges are political, not criminal.

Also at Newsweek, c|net, Al Jazeera, Washington Post.

[Ed Note - The linked article has been revised since submission. The quoted text has been revised accordingly. - Fnord]

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  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday January 14 2021, @12:28PM (1 child)

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Thursday January 14 2021, @12:28PM (#1100019) Journal

    Another fix would be to raise the voting age to 28. We have idiots voting. Some of these people have never paid taxes. Most don't have kids. Since people without kids don't have reason to care about future generations, they shouldn't get to vote either.

    How about this? One vote, if you're me, and zero votes, if you're anyone else?

    My take on this is that having kids demonstrates preparedness, awareness, and care of/for the future and issues facing us (which apparently is suggested here as a qualification for the right/privilege to vote), much like jumping out of an airplane demonstrates preparedness, awareness, and care of/for skydiving and having a parachute. Some key steps are missing.

    People have already noted that there's a fair number of people for which having a kid demonstrates lack of awareness and care of the future.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 14 2021, @01:14PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 14 2021, @01:14PM (#1100045)

    My take on this is that having kids demonstrates preparedness, awareness, and care of/for the future and issues facing us

    *Except for octomom. But otherwise 100% infallible logic.