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South Carolina GOP Votes To Censure Rep. Rice Over Impeachment Vote

Eric Quintanar
South Carolina GOP Votes To Censure Rep. Rice Over Impeachment Vote
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The South Carolina Republican Party voted to censure Congressman Tom Rice (R-SC), who has represented the 7th district since 2013, for voting to impeach former President Donald Trump for incitement of insurrection during his final days in the oval office.

Rice was one of ten House Republicans who joined with Democrats to impeach Trump over the January 6 riot at the Capitol building. While Trump was in office, Rice voted in-line with the president’s agenda approximately 94% of the time, with the exception of during the 117th Congress which began January 2021 according to FiveThirtyEight.

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