AssociatedPress
SENATE IMPEACHES BUTTEGIEG
KASICH IS WHISTLEBLOWER
In bipartisan fashion, the United States Senate successfully voted to impeach President Pete Buttegieg on two accounts of treason.
82 senators voted for the impeachment, well over the two-thirds majority needed. The 82 ‘yays’ included all 51 GOP senators, 30 democrats, and one independent. 14 democrats voted ‘nay’ and two democrats and two independents voted ‘present.’
“When President Buttegieg admitted to the allegations, I originally asked all Senate Democrats to vote against his impeachment, should it come to that,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-NY., said, “not only because Senate Republicans set the precedent of voting down party lines this congress by voting against a common-sense education reform bill early in President Buttegieg’s administration, but because senior Senate Democrats thought that this Article did not constitute an impeachable offense.”
Schumer’s mind was changed when his colleagues reported overwhelming support for Buttegieg’s impeachment from their constituents. Republican leadership reported the same, which Schumer said was “unsurprising,” given the anti-Buttegieg sentiment in many red states.
“If the House still elected the Senate, maybe I would have stuck to my original position,” Schumer said. “But we directly represent the American people now, so the Senate should not do what it thinks is best for the American people. The Senate must do what the American People ask.”
Schumer called another meeting of Senate Democrats, asking them to vote in the direction their constituents favored. A few Democrats would still vote ‘nay,’ powered by a rise in support for Buttegieg in his home state of Indiana and neighboring Midwestern states.
Schumer met with Senate Majority Leader John James, R-MI., and told him that the vote would be nearly completely bipartisan.
“I hope today sets an important precedent,” James said after the vote, “that Congress represents the people, and no party allegiance is more important than the republic. I look forward to a renewed professional relationship with my Democratic colleagues.”
White House Chief of Staff John Kasich admitted that he was the anonymous White House official who brought allegations about President Pete Buttegieg’s former double life to the New York Times.
Kasich told reporters he planned on keeping his whistleblower status a secret, but changed his mind once he saw the trouble that his anonymity made for his West Wing colleagues.
“I knew that if my allegations were true, they’d be burdened with all the subpoenas and testimony required in the impeachment hearings, as would I,” Kasich said. “But for them to have to deal with that on top of working for the President and facing death threats every day, in every form — I couldn’t see them taking responsibility for my decision to step forward.”
Angry messages to Executive Branch staff, including death threats, have been shouted, mailed, texted and shared via social media. Most senior staff have been assigned secret service attachments as a result. These messages are coming from all over the political spectrum, Kasich said.
President Buttegieg made a media appearance — his first concerning the allegations since his speech — defending his colleagues.
“My staff is worried for their lives. Please, no more ad hominem attacks," he said. "I guarantee that my staff are acting in good faith on behalf of the American people. Let's all honor the ongoing civic process."
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