{"id":4473,"date":"2021-02-17T21:18:47","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T21:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=4473"},"modified":"2021-02-17T21:18:47","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T21:18:47","slug":"two-republicans-who-voted-for-trumps-conviction-were-immediately-censured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=4473","title":{"rendered":"Two Republicans who voted for Trump\u2019s conviction were immediately censured"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\n\n“In the hours after Republican Sens. Bill Cassidy (LA) and Richard Burr (NC) joined five other Republican senators<\/a> in voting to convict former President Donald Trump on an article of impeachment for his role in inciting the January 6 insurrection, the state Republican parties in Louisiana and North Carolina wasted no time laying down a marker that the GOP still belongs to Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The LAGOP and NCGOP each quickly censured Cassidy and Burr for their votes. In a statement posted to Twitter, the LAGOP wrote<\/a> that it \u201ccondemn[s], in the strongest possible terms, the vote today by Sen. Cassidy to convict former President Trump,\u201d while NCGOP chair Michael Whatley released<\/a> a statement denouncing Burr\u2019s vote as \u201cshocking and disappointing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump won both Louisiana and North Carolina in 2020. Cassidy was loyal to Trump<\/a> throughout Trump\u2019s term in office, but began to distance himself during the impeachment trial, perhaps feeling emboldened by the fact that he just won reelection for another six-year term. Following his vote, he posted a remarkably succinct video statement in which he said, \u201cI voted to convict President Trump because he is guilty.\u201d”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“the fact that seven of the 50 Republican senators voted for Trump\u2019s conviction indicates his hold over members of his party in that chamber has weakened since he was in office, the quick censures of Cassidy and Barr are reminders that his popularity among grassroots Republicans remains strong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The series of censures also points to a worrying dynamic that will be at play if Trump decides to run again in 2024. After all, if publicly inciting a violent attack on the legislative branch of the federal government isn\u2019t enough to prompt state-level Republicans to break with him, then what, if anything, would?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2021\/2\/14\/22282742\/bill-cassidy-richard-burr-censured-trump-impeachment<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“In the hours after Republican Sens. Bill Cassidy (LA) and Richard Burr (NC) joined five other Republican senators in voting to convict former President Donald Trump on an article of impeachment for his role in inciting the January 6 insurrection, the state Republican parties in Louisiana and North Carolina wasted no time laying down a marker that the GOP still belongs to Trump.<\/p>\n

The LAGOP and NCGOP each quickly censured Cassidy and Burr for their votes. In a statement posted to Twitter, the LAGOP wrote that it \u201ccondemn[s], in the strongest possible terms, the vote today by Sen. Cassidy to convict former President Trump,\u201d while NCGOP chair Michael Whatley released a statement denouncing Burr\u2019s vote as \u201cshocking and disappointing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump won both Louisiana and North Carolina in 2020. Cassidy was loyal to Trump throughout Trump\u2019s term in office, but began to distance himself during the impeachment trial, perhaps feeling emboldened by the fact that he just won reelection for another six-year term. Following his vote, he posted a remarkably succinct video statement in which he said, \u201cI voted to convict President Trump because he is guilty.\u201d”<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

“the fact that seven of the 50 Republican senators voted for Trump\u2019s conviction indicates his hold over members of his party in that chamber has weakened since he was in office, the quick censures of Cassidy and Barr are reminders that his popularity among grassroots Republicans remains strong.<\/p>\n

The series of censures also points to a worrying dynamic that will be at play if Trump decides to run again in 2024. After all, if publicly inciting a violent attack on the legislative branch of the federal government isn\u2019t enough to prompt state-level Republicans to break with him, then what, if anything, would?”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[336,1138,221,294,1135,968,1134],"class_list":["post-4473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article-share","tag-attack","tag-capitol-building","tag-donald-trump","tag-impeachment","tag-insurrection","tag-republican-party","tag-riot"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4473"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4474,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4473\/revisions\/4474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}