Calls grew Sunday for President Trump’s impeachment or resignation as lawmakers accused him of inciting the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol last week.
Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that he agreed with his colleague, Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), who became the first Senate Republican to call for Trump’s resignation last week.
“I think the best way for our country, Chuck, is for the president to resign and go away as soon as possible,” Toomey told NBC’s Chuck Todd. “It does not look as though there is the will or the consensus to exercise the 25th Amendment option, and I don’t think there’s time to do an impeachment. There’s 10 days left before the president leaves anyway. I think the best thing would be a resignation.” Continue reading.