If our democracy is to endure, and I believe it will, today must mark the beginning of the end of the dark undercurrent of insurrection fueled and exploited by President Trump. Read my comment on the President’s second impeachment here: leahy.senate.gov/press/comment-… 
Pres. Trump has not simply failed to uphold his oath to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution, which itself would be sufficient to warrant impeachment and removal. He has emerged as the *greatest threat* to the Constitution and to American democracy in a generation.
I hope that Leader McConnell and Senate Republicans will stand with our constitutional republic, as did 10 Republicans in the House today. For the good of the country, he must lead his party in voting to convict Pres. Trump and to prevent him from holding future office.
Both parties must send a unified message across the ages: no authoritarians are welcome in the halls of the world’s greatest democracy.
Healing our country is critical, but uniting our country happens not through rushing to forgive and forget an act of domestic terrorism. It happens through utilizing the constitutional powers granted to us by the Founders to protect our democracy.
We must act together now not just to hold President Trump accountable, but to ensure that no future president, no matter their party, places at risk our democracy in service of their own selfish, illegal, and authoritarian ambitions.
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