{"id":30651,"date":"2021-01-13T12:38:58","date_gmt":"2021-01-13T11:38:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=30651"},"modified":"2021-01-13T12:38:58","modified_gmt":"2021-01-13T11:38:58","slug":"days-to-trumps-tenure-end-impeachment-unnecessary-says-pence-as-he-blocks-move-by-democrats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=30651","title":{"rendered":"Days to Trump&#8217;s tenure end, impeachment unnecessary, says Pence as he blocks move by Democrats"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With just a few days to the end of Donald Trump&#8217;s tenure, his Vice President, Mr. Michael Pence, has told Speaker Nancy Pelosi that his planned impeachment by the Democrat Party-led Congress is needless.<br \/><br \/>The decision by Pence comes as Americans of different shades and extractions continue to fear for Inauguration day, January 20, 2021, on account of a Federal Bureau of Investigation report and tension within far right circles.<br \/><br \/>\u201cUnder our Constitution the 25th Amendment is not a means of punishment or usurpation,\u201d Pence said.<br \/><br \/>\u201cInvoking the 25th Amendment in such a manner would set a terrible precedent,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Part of the letter also reads, \u201cThe Bible says that \u2018for everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven&#8230;a time to heal, &#8230; and a time to build up.\u2019 That time is now. In the midst of a global pandemic, economic hardship for millions of Americans, and the tragic events of January 6th, now is the time for us to come together, now is the time to heal.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The House is scheduled to debate the article of impeachment against Trump, which charges him with incitement of insurrection in connection to the riot at the Capitol last week.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG-20210113-WA0026-791x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30652\"\/><figcaption>The Pence letter to Pelosi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He advised the lawmakers to &#8220;avoid actions that would divide and further inflame positions for now, in apparent reference to the brimming anger among Trump supporter who, like him, believe he was rigged out<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With just a few days to the end of Donald Trump&#8217;s tenure, his Vice President, Mr. Michael Pence, has told Speaker Nancy Pelosi that his planned impeachment by the Democrat Party-led Congress is needless. The decision by Pence comes as Americans of different shades and extractions continue to fear for Inauguration day, January 20, 2021, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":30653,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8],"tags":[301,2764,2765],"class_list":["post-30651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-politics","tag-impeachment","tag-pelosi","tag-pence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30651\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}