By — Associated Press Associated Press Leave a comment 0comments Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-reps-jordan-and-mcgovern-debate-fairness-of-second-trump-impeachment Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter WATCH: Reps. Jordan and McGovern debate fairness of second Trump impeachment Politics Jan 13, 2021 11:19 AM EDT The debate is heated almost from the start as House sets up a vote to impeach President Donald Trump. Watch an exchange between Reps. Jordan and McGovern in the video player above. Democrats and a few Republicans say Trump must be removed immediately after he egged on a violent mob of supporters a week ago who then stormed the Capitol. The insurrection happened as some of Trump’s GOP allies were challenging his election defeat, echoing the president’s false claims that there was widespread fraud in his loss to Democrat Joe Biden. Most Republicans are saying impeachment is divisive. They’re not mentioning the president. Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio is one of Trump’s most vocal defenders. Jordan blames Democrats for objecting to previous election results and he’s repeating baseless claims that the 2020 election was rigged. WATCH LIVE: House moves to impeach Trump But Democratic Rep. Jim McGovern of Massachusetts says Democrats haven’t pushed conspiracy theories that a president won in a landslide when he actually lost — which is what happened to Trump. McGovern is looking back at the deadly Capitol siege and saying “people died because of the big lies that were being told.” And he says that’s enough to merit impeachment. By — Associated Press Associated Press
The debate is heated almost from the start as House sets up a vote to impeach President Donald Trump. Watch an exchange between Reps. Jordan and McGovern in the video player above. Democrats and a few Republicans say Trump must be removed immediately after he egged on a violent mob of supporters a week ago who then stormed the Capitol. The insurrection happened as some of Trump’s GOP allies were challenging his election defeat, echoing the president’s false claims that there was widespread fraud in his loss to Democrat Joe Biden. Most Republicans are saying impeachment is divisive. They’re not mentioning the president. Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio is one of Trump’s most vocal defenders. Jordan blames Democrats for objecting to previous election results and he’s repeating baseless claims that the 2020 election was rigged. WATCH LIVE: House moves to impeach Trump But Democratic Rep. Jim McGovern of Massachusetts says Democrats haven’t pushed conspiracy theories that a president won in a landslide when he actually lost — which is what happened to Trump. McGovern is looking back at the deadly Capitol siege and saying “people died because of the big lies that were being told.” And he says that’s enough to merit impeachment.