Removing Trump’s no-confidence motion from the archives divides Republicans

Division within the Republican Party continues to make life miserable for Kevin McCarthy. The leader of the House of Representatives is at the center of the disagreement over a single issue: removing the motion of no confidence in Donald Trump from the official record.

More moderate Republicans have already told him they will not support the measure and that, with such a slim majority in the House of Representatives, his efforts will fail. At the same time, those most loyal to Trump are demanding that he push through the impeachment process — as yet unpublicized — and do it as soon as possible.

“I hope it gets done before the August recess,” said Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene. In addition to being one of Trump’s staunchest supporters, Greene is the sponsor of one of two resolutions that, if passed, would culminate in the expungement of criminal prosecutions against Trump.

Asked by CNN, Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic leader of the House before Republican McCarthy, said the measure shows Republicans are “scared.” For Pelosi, Trump is a “puppet” orchestrating an attempt by his co-religionists to alter the record.

Under Pelosi’s leadership, the Democratic majority in the House of Representatives filed two motions of no confidence in Trump; the second of them, in 2021, due to the involvement of the former president in the attack on the Capitol, who is now, in addition, threatened with a third time on the dock.

If Trump is waiting for deletion, the fact that he is, according to specialized media, would indicate Political, raises the question in every conversation with McCarthy. This, in turn, says that as much as he supports the elimination, there is currently “no agreement” on it.

Not all Republicans support her. Ken Buck, a Republican congressman from Colorado, said that while he is “smart” in terms of the foundation, he is not “smart in terms of constitutional history.” Don Bacon, a representative from Nebraska, even disputed its usefulness to citizens: “Why should we overturn a conviction if he is not guilty?”