{"id":330161,"date":"2021-01-11T03:54:36","date_gmt":"2021-01-11T03:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=330161"},"modified":"2021-01-11T03:54:36","modified_gmt":"2021-01-11T03:54:36","slug":"democrats-will-move-to-impeach-donald-trump-speaker-nancy-pelosi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/democrats-will-move-to-impeach-donald-trump-speaker-nancy-pelosi\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats will move to impeach Donald Trump: Speaker Nancy Pelosi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-330163 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/nancy-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"441\" height=\"429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2021\/01\/nancy-1.jpg 441w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2021\/01\/nancy-1-300x292.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2021\/01\/nancy-1-432x420.jpg 432w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 441px) 100vw, 441px\" \/>US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday said that the Democrats will move to impeach President Donald Trump from office after his supporters stormed the Capitol building in Washington DC.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Pelosi said Democratic leaders on Monday will request unanimous consent in the House for a resolution urging the Vice President to convene and mobilize the cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment to the Constitution to declare the President incapable of executing the duties of his office, after which the Vice President would immediately exercise powers as acting President.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cIf we do not receive Unanimous Consent, this legislation is planned to be brought up on the Floor the following day.\u00a0 We are calling on the Vice President to respond within 24 hours,\u201d Pelosi said,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cNext, we will proceed with bringing impeachment legislation to the Floor,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cIn protecting our Constitution and our Democracy, we will act with urgency, because this President represents an imminent threat to both.\u00a0 As the days go by, the horror of the ongoing assault on our democracy perpetrated by this President is intensified and so is the immediate need for action,\u201d Pelosi said in her letter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Violence erupted at the Capitol on Wednesday as thousands of Trump supporters stormed the building to protest the Electoral College vote, forcing lawmakers to evacuate the Capitol.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The mob clashed with police, climbed walls and broke windows and doors at the Capitol Building.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Several world leaders expressed shock and outrage at the violence that unfolded in the US capital by supporters of Donald Trump.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday said that the Democrats will move to impeach President Donald Trump from office after his supporters stormed the Capitol building in Washington DC. 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