Moderate Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski called on Friday Donald Trump to resign after the violence at the Capitol, first of his party to take the plunge to the upper house while the Democrats demand his immediate departure.
“I want him to resign. I want to see him go. He’s done enough damage ”, declared the parliamentarian, already known for her moderate positions which sometimes led her to vote with the Democrats.
Donald Trump sympathizers on Wednesday burst into Congress during an extraordinary session aimed at certifying the victory of his successor Joe Biden, causing violent scenes of chaos.
Again refuses to admit defeat
Shortly before, the Republican billionaire had once again refused to acknowledge his defeat, calling on his supporters gathered in front of the White House to surrender “Peacefully” in front of the Capitol.
“You will never take back our country by being weak. You have to show strength ”, he had launched.
In an interview with Anchorage Daily News, Lisa Murkowski referred to these comments.
“How are they supposed to take it?” It’s an order from the president. And so that’s what they did. They came and fought, and people got hurt, and died. “
President “unfit”
Donald Trump will leave the White House on January 20, when he cedes power to the 46th President of the United States.
These last weeks, “He did not focus on what is happening with the Covid. He was either golfing or furious in the Oval Office, busy sacrificing everyone who was loyal and faithful to him ”, said Lisa Murkowski.
“He doesn’t want to stay there. He just wanna stay there for the title […] for his ego. He must go. It’s the right thing to do, but I’m not sure he’s capable of doing the right thing ”, assaulted Mrs. Murkowski.
House Republican Adam Kinzinger on Thursday called for the removal of Donald Trump on the grounds of Article 25 of the US Constitution, which allows the president to be declared “Unfit” to perform their duties.
Impeachment procedure
A Republican senator critical of Donald Trump, Ben Sasse, told him on Friday that he would review the charges if the House opened impeachment proceedings.
A sign of the discomfort between supporters and critics of the billionaire within the Republican Party, Lisa Murkowski did not rule out the possibility of leaving him:
“If the Republican Party has become nothing but Trump’s party, I sincerely wonder if this party is for me. “
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