Weekly Wrap

January 15, 2021

This Week: At A Glance

On Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to impeach the President, making him the only President to have been impeached twice while in office. While the country is deeply divided, there are several Republican women who stepped up to lead by example. Before we highlight a few of them, we want to get your opinion on last week’s riots.

Do you think President Trump is responsible for the Capitol violence?

GOP Women Display Great Leadership

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC), argues both parties are at fault for the divisiveness in the country and calls on Members of Congress to work together to find solutions, saying 'enough is enough.'

Watch full interview here

Big Announcement by Nikki Haley

Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina governor and United Nations ambassador, has created her own political action committee that will focus on recruiting strong candidates that can flip the Senate and the House red in 2022.

Click below to learn more

In The News

NPR: Leader McCarthy: Trump 'Bears Responsibility' For Violence, Won't Vote To Impeach. Republican House Leader Kevin McCarthy added his name to a shortlist of Republicans in Congress who unequivocally blamed President Trump for the insurrection at the Capitol last week.

The New York Times: Impeachment Results: How Democrats and Republicans Voted. The House of Representatives approved an article of impeachment on Wednesday charging President Trump with “high crimes and misdemeanors”. 

Fox News: Trump does not have future in Republican Party after Capitol riot: Rep. Nancy Mace."  Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., told Fox News Wednesday that while she opposes the impeachment of President Trump in the closing days of his term, he does not have a future in the GOP after last week's riot at the U.S. Capitol.

Associated Press: Impeachment could become defining moment for Liz Cheney.  Just before a mob unleashed a deadly rampage on the U.S. Capitol last week, President Donald Trump told tens of thousands of supporters that “we got to get rid” of Rep. Liz Cheney.

USA Today: 'Betrayal': Powerful GOP support for Trump's impeachment shows major Republican shift after Capitol riot.  The expected House vote Wednesday on whether to again impeach President Donald Trump will stress major fractures within the Republican Party over supporting or defending him in the aftermath of a riot.  

NPR: Trump Administration Urges States To Open COVID-19 Vaccination To Everyone Over 65.  The Trump administration is making several big changes to its COVID-19 vaccine distribution strategy, officials announced Tuesday, in a bid to jump-start the rollout and get more Americans vaccinated quickly.

Roll Call: Meet the 10 Republicans who voted to impeach Trump. Ten Republicans voted Wednesday to impeach President Donald Trump, exactly one week after a violent attack on the Capitol by the president’s supporters. 

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