PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – There will be no more tweets from President Trump.
Twitter finally banned the president on Friday evening and cited the risk of further incitement to violence.
The president attempted to send more tweets from the official account for the President of the United States and from his “Team Trump” campaign account to attack Twitter, but they were also removed from the platform.
It’s just the latest fallout from the presidential supporters’ deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.
WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 6: Supporters of President Donald Trump take over balconies and housewarming scaffolding at the United States Capitol on Wednesday, January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. Pro-Trump supporters gathered to protest last November’s election results. (Photo by Matt McClain / The Washington Post via Getty Images)
The gears are now in motion to try to remove President Trump from office with less than two weeks in his tenure.
Impeachment procedures have already been worked out by House Democrats.
Congressman Mike Doyle co-sponsored impeachment articles Thursday, hours after he announced he would support appeal on the 25th amendment.
It is planned to officially present the articles on Monday.
House spokeswoman Nancy Pelosi said in a statement that House Democrats would welcome President Trump’s resignation, but if he does not, “the House of Representatives will maintain every option, including the 25th amendment, impeachment or motion.” a privileged impeachment resolution. ”
Pelosi said the president should be held accountable for inciting the attack on the US Capitol.
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“We are only a few days before we can be protected from him. But he did something so serious that there should be a prosecution against him, ”Pelosi said.
If the trials are successful, President Trump will be the first president ever to be tried twice. However, with only eleven days remaining in his term of office, there is only a limited time left for a trial in the Senate.
The White House responded to impeachment threats by saying, “A politically motivated impeachment of a president with days left will only help to divide our large country further.”
There was Republican support in the removal of President Trump.
Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) is the first Senate Republican to call on President Trump to resign.
She told the Anchorage Daily News that she “wants him out” and that he “did enough damage”.
Senator Ben Sasse (R-NE) said he would consider which items to put on the floor.
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