A day after becoming the third U.S. president in history to be impeached, President Trump welcomed a party-switching member of the House into the GOP ranks.
, President Donald Trump taunted Democrats on Thursday by demanding a trial in the Republican-run Senate and welcoming a party-switching member of the House into the GOP ranks.of New Jersey to discuss his defection in the wake of the impeachment drive.
"They’re playing games," Trump said."They don’t want to put them in because they’re ashamed of them." Pelosi continued to duck questions Thursday about her strategy for sending the articles to the Senate for a trial. The speaker told reporters she is holding off on sending the articles until the Senate laid out the parameters of the trial. She then sought to shut down questions about the articles and the impeachment.
The Democratic-run House voted to pass two articles of impeachment against Trump, abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. In a series of tweets on Thursday, Trump stressed that every House Republican voted against impeachment, and he predicted an acquittal in the GOP-run Senate.
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