Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) spoke out on Sunday to call for President Donald Trump to be removed from office due to the Capitol riots last week.
“I absolutely believe that impeachment should be scheduled for several reasons,” Ocasio-Cortez said on Sunday while appearing on ABC’s “This Week.”
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“One, of course, our main priority is to ensure the removal of Donald Trump as president of the United States,” she added. “Every minute and every hour that he’s in office represents a clear and present danger not just to the United States Congress but frankly to the country. But in addition to removal, we’re also talking about complete barring of the president, of Donald Trump from running for office ever again and in addition to that, the potential ability to prevent pardoning himself from those charges that he was impeached for.”
Not stopping there, Ocasio-Cortez doubled down as she talked about supporters of Trump storming the Capitol last Wednesday.
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“We have to understand that what happened on Wednesday was insurrection against the United States,” she said. “That is what Donald J. Trump engaged in, and that is what those who stormed the Capitol engaged in. The process of healing is separate and, in fact, requires accountability. And so if we allow insurrection against the United States to happen with impunity, with no accountability, we are inviting it to happen again. That’s how serious it is.”
“I don’t believe that perhaps my colleagues weren’t in that room, perhaps my colleagues were not fully present for the events on Wednesday, but we came close to half of the House nearly dying on Wednesday,” Ocasio-Cortez concluded. “If a foreign head of state, if another head of state came in and ordered an attack on the United States Congress, would we say that should not be prosecuted? Would we say there should be no response to that? No. It’s an act of insurrection. It’s an act of hostility, and we must have accountability because, without it, it will happen again.”
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Democrats are set to officially launch their latest impeachment effort on Monday.
This piece was written by James Samson on January 10, 2021. It originally appeared in LifeZette and is used by permission.
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AOC, why does the democrats start stuff and blame on Trump. Those were not Trump supporters if you would look closer they are democrats antifa. They had backpacks, face covered and cameras running the entire time. This was a set up again and we all know it. Anyone who says otherwise are fools. When people go on YouTube and Facebook and state they were hired to make Trump supporters look bad so they would start obeying democrats. Democrats are the most corrupt people. Democrats keep saying we need to unite. Bull, when all you do is disrespect our President and us no way. Americans are fed up with your violence. It’s a shame you encouraged all the violence and then stole my vote. That will not happen again I guarantee you.