Rep. Ilhan Omar Says She is Drafting Up Article Of Impeachment Against Trump After Supporters Stormed The Capital

Rep Ilhan Omar (D-Minn) is drafting articles of impeachment against outgoing President Donald Trump after thousands of his supporters stormed the Capitol. Omar said Thursday she was drafting articles of impeachment against Trump for his actions which many called an attack on Democracy itself.

“Donald J. Trump should be impeached by the House of Representatives & removed from office by the United States Senate,” Omar wrote on Twitter. “We can’t allow him to remain in office, it’s a matter of preserving our Republic and we need to fulfill our oath.”

I am drawing up Articles of Impeachment.

Donald J. Trump should be impeached by the House of Representatives & removed from office by the United States Senate.

We can’t allow him to remain in office, it’s a matter of preserving our Republic and we need to fulfill our oath.

— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) January 6, 2021

Thousands of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol breaking glass, threatening security officers and politicians. One person was shot and killed during the day and three other people died due to medical emergencies, CNN reported. Trump instigated the incident as he tweeted for his supporters to approach the building.

Early Jan. 6, Vice President Mike Pence wrote and released a letter saying he would not interfere in the confirmation of President-elect Joe Biden in the largely ceremonial process.

During the incident, Trump released a video asking his supporters to leave the Capitol and act peacefully, but in the same breath repeated his claims of voter fraud and that the election was rigged. It also came out later Wednesday that at the height of the situation, many of Trump’s advisors begged him to send in the national guard, but he refused and it was Pence who sent in the National Guard to take back the Capitol and the surrounding area.

The House of Representatives already impeached Trump once for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. That makes it likely they’ll have no issues doing it a second time considering what happened Wednesday, but getting Republicans on board could be harder, even if they’re ashamed by the day’s events.

After Trump supporters had been moved out of the Capitol, Republicans including Missouri Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo) still objected to several states certifying their electoral college votes. Hawley got several Republicans to join the effort to overturn the election results earlier in the week and they were planning to delay and uphold the certification. Hawley, who sent out a fundraising email during the incident Wednesday, also had a photo taken of him encouraging Trump supporters as they began to storm the Capitol.

However, after the incident, many of the same lawmakers including Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Kelly Loeffler, who lost her Senate race to Rev. Raphael Warnock the day before, couldn’t wait to separate themselves from the outgoing president.