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Seven GOP Reps Ask Biden To Intervene Against House Impeachment Push

Eric Quintanar
Seven GOP Reps Ask Biden To Intervene Against House Impeachment Push
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Seven House Republicans wrote a letter to President-elect Joe Biden asking him to formally request that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) halt the push from members of the House to impeach President Donald Trump after Wednesday’s violent unrest at the Capitol building.

The Republican lawmakers Ken Buck, Tom McClintock, Thomas Massie, Chip Roy, Kelly Armstong, Nancy Mace and Mike Gallagher, all of whom were in favor of certifying the electoral college votes on January 6 argued that the impeachment option in the Constitution was never intended to be used absent “adequate investigation and congressional hearings.”

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