By Dominic Taylor-
Congresswoman Liz Cheney, the third ranking House Republican, is facing calls to resign her leadership role in the party, after she voted to impeach president Trump.
The House of Representatives voted by 232 votes to 197 on Wednesday to impeach Mr Trump for allegedly inciting rioters who stormed the Capitol last week. The insurrection whipped up emotions in Congress because of the understanding that it was arranged to obstruct the meeting to certify Biden’s elections.
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Those who voted to impeach Trump viewed the attack on Capitol Hall as an attempt to subvert the U.S constitution.
Trump has spread unsubstantiated rumours of election fraud . Since them, some republicans have expressed serious concern for their safety, with some wearing body armour and changing their daily routines as part of safety measures.
“It’s sad that we have to get to that point, but you know our expectation is that someone may try to kill us,” Michigan Republican Peter Meijer told MSNBC on Thursday.
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“We don’t know what’s going to happen next. We weren’t expecting for the Capitol to get overrun for the first time in 200 years,” he said.
“And so in this unprecedented environment with an unprecedented degree of fear, of divisiveness and hatred, we have to account for every scenario.
Mrs Cheney, a Wyoming congresswoman whose father was vice-president to Republican George W Bush, has faced immediate calls to resign after voting to impeach Mr Trump for inciting insurrection against the US government. All members of the Congress were expected to vote according to their convictions about whether the president committed an impeachable offence.
“I’m not going anywhere. This is a vote of conscience,” Mrs Cheney said, after Mr Trump’s conservative supports in Congress called for her to quit
It’s one where there are different views in our conference. But our nation is facing an unprecedented, since the Civil War, constitutional crisis,” she told reporters on Wednesday, as Trump was impeached for a historic second time”.
Another Republican has said he and several colleagues have purchased body armour and have been forced to change their normal routines after receiving threats of violence.
“It’s sad that we have to get to that point, but you know our expectation is that someone may try to kill us,” Michigan Republican Peter Meijer told MSNBC on Thursday.
“We don’t know what’s going to happen next. We weren’t expecting for the Capitol to get overrun for the first time in 200 years,” he said.
“And so in this unprecedented environment with an unprecedented degree of fear, of divisiveness and hatred, we have to account for every scenario.
The FBI has warned of potential armed protests planned for Washington DC and all 50 US state capitals in the run-up to Democratic President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration on Wednesday.
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