House to Vote on Trump's Second Impeachment
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We ran the numbers: There are 4459 news articles covering this topic. 44% (1975) are left leaning, 37% (1627) are center, and 19% (857) are right leaning.
On Friday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Democrats are prepared to move forward with impeachment next week if President Donald Trump doesn’t resign. While left-leaning articles highlight that the House would “preserve every option” for Trump’s removal, right-leaning articles highlight that Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer have a failed understanding of the Constitution.
A left-leaning article by CNN highlights that Pelosi said that the House would “preserve every option,” including legislation to establish a commission under the 25th Amendment that could recommend Trump’s removal. Pelosi told her caucus that she prefers Trump resigning or Vice President Mike pence and the Cabinet invoking the 25th Amendment to remove him from power.
NPR published a centrist article reporting that Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska is the first Republican senator to call on President Trump to resign in the wake of the insurrection this week at the U.S. Capitol. In an interview with the Anchorage Daily News, Murkowski said, “I want him to resign. I want him out. He has caused enough damage.”
A right-leaning article by Fox News highlights that Pelosi and Schumer wrongly called to remove President Trump from office through invoking the 25th Amendment, demonstrating their failed understanding of the Constitution. The article claims that the authors of the amendment made it clear it was not intended to facilitate the removal of an unpopular president.