President Donald Trump made history on Wednesday, becoming the only US president to be impeached twice after the House of Representatives voted 232-197 in favour.
“If this isn’t an impeachable offence,” Rep. Jim McGovern, a Democrat from Massachusetts, said during a debate ahead of the vote, “I don’t know what is.” But only a small sample of Republicans agreed. Though many Republicans condemned the storming of the Capitol, only 10 voted with the Democrats. Some said that they did not want to further inflame or divide the country; others offered to establish a bipartisan commission to look into what happened if Trump was not impeached, trading tangible accountability for the promise of an investigation.
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