Pelosi rules out censure after Trump acquittal

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Pelosi rules out censure after Trump acquittal
By Scott Wong - 02/13/21 06:14 PM EST

After the Senate voted to acquit former President Trump, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Saturday ruled out censuring the former president — an idea that several Republicans had floated in recent days.

“Censure is a slap in the face of the Constitution. It lets everybody off the hook, it lets everybody off the hook,” Pelosi told reporters following the Senate impeachment trial at the Capitol.

“Oh, these cowardly senators who couldn’t face up to what the president did and what was at stake for our country are now going to have a chance to give a little slap on the wrist?” Pelosi said while slapping her own wrist.
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“We censure people for using stationery for the wrong purpose," said Pelosi, referring to an episode that led Republicans to censure former Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.). "We don’t censure people for inciting insurrection that kills people in the Capitol.”

Moments earlier, the Senate voted 57-43 to acquit Trump, short of the two-thirds needed to convict him.

Seven Republicans voted with all 50 Democrats that Trump was guilty of inciting a violent insurrection against the Capitol on Jan. 6 in a failed bid to halt the certification of President Biden’s election victory.

Pelosi also took a couple jabs at Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who gave a blistering floor speech after Saturday’s acquittal calling Trump “morally responsible” for the Jan. 6 attack, but arguing that an impeachment trial of a former president was unconstitutional.

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https://thehill.com/homenews/house/538781-pelosi-rules-out-censure-after-trump-acquittal

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Pelosi rules out censure after Trump acquittal
By Scott Wong - 02/13/21 06:14 PM EST

After the Senate voted to acquit former President Trump, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Saturday ruled out censuring the former president — an idea that several Republicans had floated in recent days.

“Censure is a slap in the face of the Constitution. It lets everybody off the hook, it lets everybody off the hook,” Pelosi told reporters following the Senate impeachment trial at the Capitol.

“Oh, these cowardly senators who couldn’t face up to what the president did and what was at stake for our country are now going to have a chance to give a little slap on the wrist?” Pelosi said while slapping her own wrist.
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“We censure people for using stationery for the wrong purpose," said Pelosi, referring to an episode that led Republicans to censure former Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.). "We don’t censure people for inciting insurrection that kills people in the Capitol.”

Moments earlier, the Senate voted 57-43 to acquit Trump, short of the two-thirds needed to convict him.

Seven Republicans voted with all 50 Democrats that Trump was guilty of inciting a violent insurrection against the Capitol on Jan. 6 in a failed bid to halt the certification of President Biden’s election victory.

Pelosi also took a couple jabs at Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who gave a blistering floor speech after Saturday’s acquittal calling Trump “morally responsible” for the Jan. 6 attack, but arguing that an impeachment trial of a former president was unconstitutional.

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https://thehill.com/homenews/house/538781-pelosi-rules-out-censure-after-trump-acquittal

Maybe Nancy herself is afraid of being censured.