[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 9 (Friday, January 15, 2021)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E43-E44]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




IMPEACHING DONALD JOHN TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, FOR HIGH 
                        CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS

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                               speech of

                           HON. KWEISI MFUME

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, January 13, 2021

  Mr. MFUME. Madam Speaker, I rise to recognize Ms. Pelosi and our 
House Democratic colleagues who moved swiftly to begin impeachment 
proceedings against President Donald J. Trump for his role in inciting 
the deadly January 6, 2021 attack on this United States Capitol.
  This impeachment is not about politics. It is about the President's 
failed attempt to overturn a free and fair election, a violent 
insurrection, and the ongoing threat this President poses to our 
nation.
  For months, President Trump knowingly spread falsehoods about a 
``stolen election'' in

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an effort to subvert the results and a peaceful transfer of power. 
Through an act of desperation, he called and threatened a government 
official demanding that he finds ``lost votes'' in Georgia or face 
criminal charges. As if this were not enough, the President went a step 
further, pressuring Vice President Michael Pence to unlawfully reject 
certification of Electoral College votes. Then, in a last-ditch effort 
to regain power, on the morning of January 6, 2021, President Trump 
urged his supporters to prevent Congress from certifying the election 
results.
  The scenes from January 6th's deadly domestic terror attack will 
forever be etched in the hearts and minds of our families, neighbors, 
and colleagues. Mr. Trump has peddled vitriol, violent anger, and 
extremism for years. Since the day he was elected to serve this great 
nation as Commander in Chief, he has provided oxygen to the dangerous 
ideologies of white supremacy. That hate grew, festered, and eventually 
culminated into the chaos and siege of the U.S. Capitol. Five Americans 
died during this violent attack and more than 50 police officers were 
seriously injured.
  President Trump, through his traitorous incitement of insurrection, 
broke his constitutional oath to preserve, protect, and defend our 
country. This offense warrants not only impeachment but immediate 
removal from office and permanent disqualification from holding any 
office of honor, trust, or profit in these United States.
  While it is unfortunate that our nation has come to this place, it is 
incumbent upon Congress to act. I firmly believe history will judge the 
idle and the complicit. On the 13th day of January in the year 2021, I 
am standing with my colleagues in the United States House of 
Representatives to perform my constitutional duty to protect American 
democracy and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and 
domestic.
  I will vote to impeach Donald J. Trump.

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