Fully 79% of all respondents, including two-thirds of Republicans and Trump voters, described the president’s supporters who attacked the Capitol on Wednesday as “criminals” or “fools.” A majority of Americans want President Donald Trump removed from office after he played a leading role in inciting Wednesday’s deadly right-wing mob attack on the U.S. Capitol, according […]
As Congress and President Donald Trump’s Cabinet face mounting pressure to immediately remove him from office for inciting a violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, Twitter announced Friday that it is permanently suspending the president’s personal account, @realDonaldTrump, for violating the platform’s rules. “After close review of recent tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them—specifically how they […]
U.S. President Donald Trump’s transportation secretary, Elaine Chao, announced her resignation Thursday, the first Cabinet secretary to resign because of Wednesday’s deadly invasion of the U.S. Capitol by a mob of Trump supporters. Chao, the wife of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who is a close Trump political ally, said she was “deeply troubled” by […]
“President Trump must be removed from office as soon as possible, indicted, and convicted,” said the head of Common Cause. In the wake of Wednesday’s violent attack on the U.S. Capitol incited by President Donald Trump and GOP lawmakers who opposed the certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory, a growing list of elected officials, leaders of civil society groups, […]