The US House of Representatives is voting now — 3:50 pm, Wednesday, January 13 — on the second impeachment of Donald J. Trump.
The most commonly quoted person was Congresswoman Liz Cheney, the #3 Republican in the House, who is voting for impeachment.
Her statement below.
2/ Liz Cheney...
‘The President of the United States summoned this mob, assembled the mob, and lit the flame of this attack. Everything that followed was his doing.
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‘There has never been a greater betrayal by a President of the United States of his office and his oath…’
3/ The pre-debate count was 7 House Republicans said they would vote to impeach.
The White House said they expected 12 Republicans to vote to impeach.
Ten minutes in: 5 Republicans have voted to impeach.
4/ The 2nd most commonly quoted person in the impeachment vote: Abraham Lincoln.
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The DC Mayor’s office was so desperate for help controlling rioters on Capitol Hill on 1/6, aides called Kellyanne Conway at home & asked her to call Trump in the White House.
She immediately did. Trump ignored his former aide.
2/ Sen. Lindsey Graham called Ivanka Trump’s cell phone — she was in the Oval Office — to tell her Trump needed to tell his supporters to stop their attack.
3/ Rep. Kevin McCarthy, the minority leader, found Trump so disengaged when he called from hiding, he did multiple TV interviews to try to get through to Trump via TV.
(Hours later McCarthy would nonetheless vote to invalidate votes from PA & AZ.)
Monday, the CEOs & presidents of almost 200 US companies signed a letter affirming that Joe Biden has won the presidency, & that efforts to undermine the election results 'run counter to the essential tenets of our democracy.'
Who signed that letter? A wild array of biz leaders.
2/ Some of the leaders urging Congress to certify Americans' votes Wednesday are well-known:
Adam Silver, NBA Commissioner
Albert Bourla, CEO, Pfizer
Richard Edelman, CEO, Edelman
Robin Hayes, CEO, JetBlue
Henry Kravis, Co-CEO, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
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3/ The roster of companies is a who's who of US business — whether you know the names of their leaders or not. Across politics & industries:
Law firms…
Senior partner, Sherman & Sterling
Senior partner, Skadden Arps
Senior partner, Paul Weiss
Senior partner, Cravath Swaine