13 Days Before The End Of His Term, Talk Of Removing Trump From Office

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🗓️ 7 January 2021

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Amid resignations and condemnation from Trump's Republican allies, top Democrats have said that he should be removed from office by impeachment or through the 25th amendment.

This episode: political correspondent Scott Detrow, congressional correspondent Kelsey Snell, and White House reporter Ayesha Rascoe.

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0:00.0	Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.
0:05.4	I'm Scott Detro.
0:06.4	I cover the Biden transition.
0:07.9	I'm Kelsey Snell.
0:08.9	I cover Congress.
0:09.9	Am I Shoraska?
0:10.9	I cover the White House?
0:11.9	Well as we were talking about last night, Congress did reconvene last night very early this
0:17.3	morning.
0:18.3	They certified the results of the election.
0:20.1	Joe Biden will be sworn in as the nation's 46th president on Wednesday, January 20th.
0:25.5	That's 13 days from now. He spoke again today in Delaware, reacting to everything that's
0:31.5	happened.
0:32.5	What we witnessed yesterday was not dissent.
0:35.7	It was not disorder.
0:37.9	It was not protest.
0:39.9	It was chaos.
0:42.4	They weren't protestors.
0:44.8	Don't dare call them protestors.
0:46.9	They were a riotous mob insurrectionist, domestic terrorists.
0:54.1	That basic is that simple.
0:56.1	And I wish we could say we couldn't see it coming.
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