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"contents": "<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The United States House of Representatives was tense on Wednesday, 13 January, with tempers flaring as the impeachment vote debate saw temperatures rise on both sides. In an impeachment showdown, strong words were thrown down by both sides. But ultimately, the Democrats won, their margin bolstered by 10 Republicans who plainly had enough of Donald Trump.</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ten Republicans joined the Democrats as an angry House impeached US President Donald Trump at 4:25 Eastern Standard Time (EST) yesterday in the US.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bemused representatives and capitol staffers arrived at work to find hundreds of National Guard troops filling the Capitol Buildings, some still asleep in the halls - they had arrived Tuesday night as part of inauguration security measures.</span>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-810294\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/h_56617125.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1140\" /> Majority Whip James Clyburn (R) walks past members of the National Guard trying to get some sleep inside the US Capitol in Washington, DC, USA, 13 January 2021. EPA-EFE/JIM LO SCALZO</p>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The strengthened security measures at the state Capitol no doubt will be echoed across the country as all 50 states are forced to beef up security in expectation of more pro-Trump violent uprisings ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden on 20 January, next Wednesday.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is the first time in US history that a president has been impeached twice. If Trump had not been assured of an ignominious spot in the history books after the terrifying riot at the national Capitol exactly a week ago on Wednesday, January 6, his place is now forever on the wall of shame.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After a speech by Trump, the mob rampaged through the Capitol complex last Wednesday, leaving five people dead in their wake, including a</span><a href=\"https://people.com/politics/pro-trump-rioter-beats-capitol-officer-with-american-flag/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Capitol police officer</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Brian Sicknik, who had been dragged into the mob and beaten so severely he later died of his injuries. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi the day after the riots said: “He will have to resign or we will impeach him.”</span>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-810296\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/h_56617822.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1258\" /> Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi bangs the gavel after presiding over the House of Representatives as it voted to impeach Donald J. Trump for a second time inside the US Capitol in Washington, DC, USA, 13 January 2021. Trump was impeached for incitement of insurrection following the attack on the Capitol last week as lawmakers worked to certify Joe Biden as the next President of the United States. This is the second time the US House of Representatives impeach Trump, making him the first President to be impeached twice in the same term. EPA-EFE/JIM LO SCALZO</p>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speaking at the Capitol, amid growing calls for Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment - which allows for the Vice President and a Cabinet majority to declare a president unfit for office - and remove Trump from office,</span><a href=\"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-pelosi-calls-for-using-25th-amendment-or-impeachment-against-trump\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pelosi said</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that “The president of the United States incited an armed insurrection against America... Any day can be a horror show for America.”</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During impeachment proceedings at the House on Wednesday, the Speaker said Trump was a “clear and present danger to the nation.”</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The final vote was 232 in favour, with 197 against, with four representatives not voting. The matter now moves to the Senate, where it will be decided if Trump should be convicted and removed from office.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(In short, “the Senate sits as a High Court of Impeachment in which senators consider evidence, hear witnesses and vote to acquit or convict the impeached official”. See the rules on impeachment</span><a href=\"https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/briefing/Senate_Impeachment_Role.htm\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.)</span>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-810295\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/h_56617806.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\" /> A still taken from video provided by the United States House of Representatives shows the House of Representatives shows the final vote count on agreeing on 'H.Res.24 - Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors', in the House chambers in the US Capitol, in Washington, DC, USA, 13 January 2021. The House impeached US President Donald J. Trump for inciting the insurrection that lead to the storming of the US Capitol by Trump partisans on 06 January 2021. This is the second time the US House of Representatives impeach Trump. EPA-EFE/US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HANDOUT HANDOUT</p>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While surprise has been expressed from some quarters that 10 Republicans voted to impeach, some senior US political pundits suggest those Republicans are not supporting impeachment because he incited an insurrection, but because the insurrection failed.</span>\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\"><a href=\"https://t.co/FIJbvCYGJ6\">pic.twitter.com/FIJbvCYGJ6</a></p>\r\n— The White House (@WhiteHouse) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/1349492130578919425?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 13, 2021</a></blockquote>\r\n<script async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"></script>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The vote itself was the most bi-partisan impeachment vote in US history, even more than</span><a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment_of_Andrew_Johnson#:~:text=On%20February%2024%2C%201868%2C%20three,House%20prior%20to%20the%20vote.\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the vote against President Andrew Johnson in 1868</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trump himself, in the middle of the impeachment proceedings, sent out a</span><a href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/statement-from-the-president-011321/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">statement via the White House</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in which he said “I urge there must be NO violence, NO lawbreaking and NO vandalism of any kind... I call on ALL Americans to help ease tensions and calm tempers.”</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By then, his fate was already sealed. </span><b>DM</b>\r\n\r\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An Wentzel is Night Editor and specialist reporter for Daily Maverick based in the United States.</span></i>",
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Majority Whip James Clyburn (R) walks past members of the National Guard trying to get some sleep inside the US Capitol in Washington, DC, USA, 13 January 2021. EPA-EFE/JIM LO SCALZO
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi bangs the gavel after presiding over the House of Representatives as it voted to impeach Donald J. Trump for a second time inside the US Capitol in Washington, DC, USA, 13 January 2021. Trump was impeached for incitement of insurrection following the attack on the Capitol last week as lawmakers worked to certify Joe Biden as the next President of the United States. This is the second time the US House of Representatives impeach Trump, making him the first President to be impeached twice in the same term. EPA-EFE/JIM LO SCALZO
A still taken from video provided by the United States House of Representatives shows the House of Representatives shows the final vote count on agreeing on 'H.Res.24 - Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors', in the House chambers in the US Capitol, in Washington, DC, USA, 13 January 2021. The House impeached US President Donald J. Trump for inciting the insurrection that lead to the storming of the US Capitol by Trump partisans on 06 January 2021. This is the second time the US House of Representatives impeach Trump. EPA-EFE/US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HANDOUT HANDOUT