Twice Impeached: Trump’s Name Will Live Forever in Shame and Infamy
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🗓️ 14 January 2021
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
Today, President Donald Trump became the first president in US history to be impeached twice. A majority of the US House of Representatives—including 10 Republican members—voted to impeach Trump following last week’s violent attack by right-wing extremists on the US Capitol. “Donald Trump will go down in history as the most impeached president, ever,” says Washington DC bureau chief David Corn, on this breaking news edition of the show.
By the time House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s gavel formalized the historic rebuke of Trump, 232 members had voted for the measure, 197 against. Corn suggests that in the final weeks of his presidency, Trump’s incendiary rhetoric and persistent attacks on the election results will leave an everlasting stain on his legacy. “It was inevitable that the Trump presidency would end ugly.”
The impeachment moves next to the Senate. It is unclear whether Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will support it. But fractures have already appeared in the traditionally watertight Republican caucus, which has previously acted as a loyal force for Trump over the past four years. The future of the Republican party hangs in the balance.
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| 0:00.0 | On this vote the eyes are 232 the nays are 197 the resolution is adopted without |
| 0:09.5 | objection the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. |
| 0:13.0 | This is a special breaking news edition of the Mother Jones podcast. |
| 0:17.0 | I'm Jamila King in Brooklyn. |
| 0:20.0 | President Trump is the first president in US history to be impeached twice. |
| 0:28.8 | He must go. |
| 0:29.8 | He is a clear and present danger to the nation that we all love. |
| 0:34.7 | Today a majority in the US House of Representatives voted to impeach President Trump again, |
| 0:42.0 | following last week's violent attack at the US Capitol. |
| 0:46.0 | 232 members voted for impeachment. |
| 0:49.0 | 197 voted against. |
| 0:51.8 | Next, the impeachment vote moves to the Senate. This is a special |
| 0:56.0 | breaking news bonus episode about the most impeached president in US history. |
| 1:01.2 | Stick around. |
| 1:03.0 | Mother Jones' D.C. |
| 1:11.0 | Bureau Chief David Corn joins us for this breaking news |
| 1:15.4 | extra today to recap the impeachment proceedings. David, welcome back to the show. |
| 1:20.1 | I was up at 4.30 this morning. I'm ready to go. |
| 1:25.0 | All right. So I've been watching the impeachment trial all day and it is long but certainly not as long as the last one. |
| 1:36.0 | But it does kind of seem like the air is a little bit |
| 1:38.0 | kind of taken out of the balloon a little bit. |
| 1:40.4 | What's your take on how today's gone? |
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