By Brad Reed,
Former Rep. Charlie Dent (R-PA) angrily denounced President Donald Trump for his role in inciting an attack on Congress last week, and he said his party should demand the president’s immediate resignation.
During an appearance on CNN, Dent said he understood why Democrats were moving to impeach the president because there need to be real consequences for stoking a mob to assault a co-equal branch of government.
He then outlined what he believed Republicans should be doing to hold the president accountable.
“I do think what should happen right now is the Republican leadership in Congress — Senate and House — should march down Pennsylvania Avenue to the White House and issue an ultimatum to the president. They should take the vice president with them and demand that resign for the good of the nation — now. To save us from the 25th Amendment or this impeachment process.”
Dent acknowledged that this gambit might not work, but he said it was the best thing his party could do right now.
“This is just so unprecedented and upsetting,” he said. “And to see it play out the way it did on television, I mean, it would almost be irresponsible not to act.”
Karine says
But what about the Democrats who incited Antifa, Black Lives Matter, and anarchists to riot, commit arson, loot, and pull down statues last year?
There were plenty examples of inflammatory language by Democrats.
These people burned police stations, Black businesses, minority businesses, small stores, and attacked Federal buildings such as in Portland, Oregon.
What happened in Washington, DC on January 6 was much less serious than the hundreds of riots last year consisting of perhaps a hundred thousand people, some armed.
I don’t see Democrats criticizing that, and many of us wonder why.
Joe Biden had practically nothing to say about it last year and is acting now as if it never happened.