North Carolina Republican Party votes to censure Burr for vote to convict Trump
By Brooke Seipel - 02/15/21 08:41 PM EST The North Carolina Republican Party's central committee voted unanimously on Monday to censure Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) over his vote on Saturday to convict former President Trump.
The committee announced the censure in a statement that argued Burr's vote to convict went outside the authority of the Constitution.
"Tonight, the North Carolina Republican Party Central Committee (NCGOP) voted unanimously to censure Senator Richard Burr for his vote to convict former President Trump in the impeachment trial which he declared to be unconstitutional," the committee said in a statement, adding that "the Democrat-led attempt to impeach a former President lies outside the United States Constitution."
"Now that the Senate has voted to acquit President Trump, we hope that Democrats will set aside their divisive partisan agenda and focus on the American priorities of tackling the COVID-19 pandemic, safely reopening schools and restarting the economy," it concluded.
Burr, who has said he does not plan to run for reelection, initially voted that trying Trump in the Senate was unconstitutional because the former president was no longer in office. But he ultimately joined six other Republicans to vote to convict Trump.
Those Republicans are now facing fierce criticism from conservatives and Trump allies within their party.
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