Rep. Ilhan Omar said she is drafting articles of impeachment against President Trump. She blamed him for his supporters’ attempt at an insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.
“Donald J. Trump should be impeached by the House of Representatives & removed from office by the United States Senate,” wrote Omar, a Democrat from Minnesota. “We can’t allow him to remain in office, it’s a matter of preserving our Republic and we need to fulfill our oath.”
In remarks to his gathered supporters on Wednesday at the Ellipse behind the White House, Trump falsely claimed that “this election was stolen from you, from me, from the country” and also incorrectly declared that he won “in a landslide.”
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