Colorado congressman, House GOP ask Biden: Get Pelosi to stop impeachment efforts
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david-mullenJanuary 10, 2021 | updated 5 years ago
In this June 24 file photo, Rep. Ken Buck, R-Colo., the outgoing chairman of the Colorado Republican Party, listens during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (The Associated Press FIle)
U.S. Rep Ken Buck, in a letter signed by six other Republicans, asked President-elect Joe Biden on Saturday to request that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi stop efforts for a second impeachment trial for President Donald Trump.
The Republican lawmakers are asking Biden to step in “in the spirit of healing and fidelity to our constitution.”
“A second impeachment, only days before President Trump will leave office, is as unnecessary as it is inflammatory,” Buck wrote in the letter.
“This impeachment would undermine your priority of unifying Americans, and would be a further distraction to our nation at a time when millions of our fellow citizens are hurting because of the pandemic and the economic fall out. We respectfully urge you to encourage Speaker Pelosi to set aside this partisan effort immediately.”
Each of the six lawmakers, along with Colorado’s Buck, had issued a joint statement on Monday opposing Republican colleagues who objected to certifying the electoral vote in congress.
“We are committed to working with you as we tackle the related health and economic crosses confronting our nation,” the letter said.
“We look forward to working with you and your administration.”
In this June 24 file photo, Rep. Ken Buck, R-Colo., the outgoing chairman of the Colorado Republican Party, listens during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (The Associated Press FIle)In this file photo, Rep. Ken Buck, R-Colo., questions Attorney General William Barr during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on the oversight of the Department of Justice on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, July 28, 2020 in Washington. ((Chip Somodevilla/Pool via AP))Supporters of President Donald Trump participate in a rally last week in Washington. Far-right social media users for weeks openly hinted in widely shared posts that chaos would erupt at the U.S. Capitol while Congress convened to certify the election results. (The Associated Press)Trump supporters gesture to U.S. Capitol Police in the hallway outside of the Senate chamber at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) (Manuel Balce Ceneta)West Virginia Delegate Derrick Evans exits the Sidney L. Christie U.S. Courthouse and Federal Building after being arraigned on federal charges Friday, Jan. 8, 2021, in Huntington, W.Va. The West Virginia state lawmaker has been charged with entering a restricted area of the U.S. Capitol after he livestreamed himself rushing into the building with a mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters. (Sholten Singer/The Herald-Dispatch via AP) (Sholten Singer)Trump supporters try to break through a police barrier Jan. 6, 2021, at the Capitol in Washington. (the associated press file)
