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Liz Cheney Will Vote To Impeach President Trump

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Henry Rodgers Chief National Correspondent
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Republican Wyoming Republican Rep. Liz Cheney announced Tuesday that she will vote to impeach President Donald Trump.

“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. None of this would have happened without the President,” Cheney said in a statement. “I will vote to impeach the President.”

Cheney is the third-ranking Republican in the chamber.

House Republican?Conference Chair?Liz Cheney speaks at a press conference on September 30, 2020 in Washington, DC. Republican’s China Task Force spoke about the strategies to combat the growing threat of the Chinese Communist Party. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has reportedly told his Republican colleagues that Trump committed impeachable offenses and that he is fine with Democrats moving forward with impeachment. (RELATED: ‘Tried To Disrupt Our Democracy, They Failed’ — McConnell Slams Rioters Who Stormed Capitol Building)

The New York Times released a report Tuesday, citing anonymous sources, saying that McConnell is pleased Democrats will try to impeach Trump, hoping it will help separate the Republican party from Trump. Rioters supporting Trump stormed the U.S. capitol Wednesday, committing acts of vandalism and violence. As a result, the electoral college certification process was postponed and members of Congress were forced to evacuate the building.

Democrats in the House of Representatives introduced at least one article of impeachment against Trump on Monday morning after the pro-Trump mob stormed the U.S. Capitol. (RELATED: House Democrats Set To Introduce Articles Of Impeachment)

The House impeachment resolution charges Trump with one article of “incitement of insurrection” and the effort is being led by Democratic Reps. David Cicilline of Rhode Island, Jamie Raskin of Maryland and Ted Lieu of California.

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer introduced the resolution, which calls on Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office, NBC News reported(RELATED: Maskless Pramila Jayapal Complains She Got COVID-19 From Republicans Who ‘Cruelly Refused’ To Wear Masks)

The House is set to vote on impeachment Wednesday.