Pascrell Supports Second Impeachment of Donald Trump

Criminal President unleashed insurrection to topple democracy

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today voted in favor of H.Res. 8, the impeachment of Donald Trump for inciting a fascist mob to attack the United States Capitol and try to end American democracy. He issued the following statement.

“Donald Trump is dangerous. He is the greatest internal threat ever to American democracy. Trump sowed insurrection with the intention of overthrowing our democracy and he came too close to succeeding. Trump engaged in treason. I warned in advance of Trump’s first impeachment that ‘The outrages of this administration have not abated, but instead accelerated by a failure to constrain them.’ The world and our country has seen the worst imaginable consequence of failing to constrain Trump. The blood of the dead are on his hands. If his actions are not impeachable, then I fear for the future of our republic. Impeachment, removal, and disqualification of this man is an important and profound action we must take. But it is not enough and when he is out of office, he must be prosecuted for the myriad of crimes he has committed.

“What the world witnessed on January 6 was not spontaneous but a product of too many Republicans lying to the nation for months about the election and spouting Big Lies about our government for decades. They built this Frankenstein which now threatens our democracy. History will condemn their years-long failure to stop Trump’s atrocities, and so too can we today pronounce judgement on their cowardice. Congressional Republicans who defend Trump’s actions have betrayed the Constitution. Had these Republicans been around in 1776 or 1861 or 1941, this nation may not have made it. In the coming days we must decide which of them are unfit to hold office. If we fail to hold Trump and his enablers accountable, America will lurch inexorably down the path of lawlessness and fascism.”

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