Impeachment in, and beyond, the Beltway

Impeachment, Explained

Vox Media Podcast Network

Politics, News, Daily News, News Commentary

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 December 2019

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

This week, Donald Trump became the third president in US history to be impeached. What does that mean? Why is House Speaker Nancy Pelosi waiting to send the articles of impeachment to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell? And what should we expect from the upcoming Senate trial? Vox’s Matt Yglesias explains it all. Then, we have something special this week. Vox teamed up with PerryUndem to conduct a focus group with undecided voters in Pennsylvania on the impeachment process. This conversation is different than our usual, but it is equally, if not more, crucial to understanding some of the most important forces at play in impeachment — and our politics more broadly. And, at the end, some reflections on what all of this means for not just American politics, but how, and whether, Americans feel they can participate in our politics. Want to contact the show? Reach out at [email protected] Ezra's book is available for pre-order! You can find it at www.EzraKlein.com. You can subscribe to Ezra's other podcast The Ezra Klein Show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or wherever you get your podcasts Credits: Producer, Engineer, Editor - Jeff Geld Researcher - Roge Karma EP - Liz Nelson Theme music composed by Jon Natchez Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.6	The yeas are 230. The nays are 1.9.
0:33.8	The nays are 197. Present is 1. Article 1 is adopted.
0:42.0	On this vote, the yeas are 229.
0:45.9	The nays are 198, present is one.
0:50.4	Article 2 is adopted. I'm Ezra Klein and this is impeachment explained.
1:07.0	As of this week President Donald Trump has been officially impeached by the House of Representatives.
1:16.0	This is a week that had happened. He is now the third president in American history to be impeached.
1:20.0	I think you should properly understand Richard Nixon as having been impeached
1:23.6	but technically he was and he resigned before the House voted, although he is the only
1:27.6	president ever actually driven from office by impeachment proceedings. But President Donald
1:31.6	Trump, he is the third president to be impeached.
1:34.6	He joins Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton.
1:37.4	And so this is a big week.
1:38.4	I'm going to be joined in a second by Madaglacius to talk about the events of this week.
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