NYT: Trump Had To Be Dissuaded From Dropping In On His Own Impeachment [View all]
Source: TPM
January 14, 2021 9:55 a.m.
President Donald Trump had to be dissuaded from appearing in person as the House began its proceedings and ultimately voted to impeach him a second time, The New York Times reported late Wednesday.
Advisers told the Times that Trump had to be talked out of going to the House chamber to offer up excuses after he incited a riot at the U.S. Capitol last week.
As lawmakers cast their impeachment votes on Wednesday, an official said that the President instead busied himself by awarding medals to performers such as Toby Keith and Kay Coles James, the president of the Heritage Foundation.
The scene of a president eager to justify his action as “totally appropriate” — as he did to reporters on Tuesday– echoed a similarly defiant Trump who wanted to make an appearance during his first impeachment in December 2019, advisers told the Times.
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geez, that would have been a scene.
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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 12: U.S. President Donald Trump walks to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on January 12, 2021 in Washington, DC. Following last week's deadly pro-Trump riot on Capitol Hill, President Trump is making his first public appearance on Tuesday as he makes a trip to the border town of Alamo, Texas to view the partial construction of a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
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