Lawmakers call for President Trump’s removal

 

U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar has written the articles of impeachment for President Donald Trump.

In a tweet Thursday, Omar presented the resolution to impeach the president, saying, "We need to move quickly to remove this President from office."

"The insurrection yesterday tells us that we are almost out of time," Omar said in a news conference Thursday. She added that "radical" and "violent" fractions could grow if left unchecked. 

"What happened yesterday was unmistakenly a violent attempt to interrupt our Democratic processes," she said. 

In a letter, Omar proposed to her fellow lawmakers to introduce the resolution. Omar said she was drawing up the articles after a large mob of President Trump supporters breached the U.S. Capitol Wednesday. 

Five deaths have been linked to Wednesday’s chaos including  a Capitol Police officer that was injured during the pro-Trump riot. 

The resolution is co-lead by Reps. David Cicilline, Ted Lieu, Al Green, Hank Johnson, Ayanna Pressley, Rashida Tlaib, Vicente Gonzalez, Jamaal Bowman, Mondaire Jones, Veronica Escobar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Cori Bush. In a news conference Thursday afternoon, Omar said the impeachment articles have support from 60 other members of Congress, but no Republicans at this time. 

Rep. Dean Phillips, of Minnesota's 3rd Congressional District, also signed on to the introduction of the articles of impeachment Thursday. 

Thursday afternoon, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said if the President is not removed under the 25th amendment that impeachment proceedings can begin. 

"Once again, Trump has violated his constitutional oath to faithfully execute the office of the President of the United States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States," Omar wrote.

She added, "Every single hour that Donald Trump remains in office, our country, our democracy, and our national security remain in danger."