The Central Committee of the North Carolina Republican Party voted Monday to unanimously censor the senator. Richard Burr
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The committee announced the censorship in a statement arguing that Burr’s vote to convict outside the authority of the Constitution.
“Tonight, the Central Committee of the Republican Party of North Carolina (NCGOP) voted unanimously to censure Sen. Richard Burr for his vote to condemn former President Trump in the impeachment process he declared unconstitutional,” the committee said. in a statement, which added that “the Democratic-led attempt to charge a former president is outside the United States Constitution.”
“Now that the Senate has voted to oust President Trump, we expect Democrats to set aside their divisive party agenda and focus on U.S. priorities to address the COVID-19 pandemic, reopen schools safely, and restart the economy, ”he concluded.
Burr, who has said he does not plan to run for re-election, initially voted that trying Trump in the Senate was unconstitutional because the former president was no longer in office. But he eventually joined six other Republicans to vote to condemn Trump.
“It’s really a sad day for North Carolina Republicans,” Burr said in response to the censorship. “The leadership of my party has chosen a man’s loyalty to the basic principles of the Republican Party and the founders of our great nation.”
Republicans who voted to condemn Trump now face fierce criticism from conservatives and Trump’s allies within his party.
Burr’s censorship comes as Sen. Mitt Romney
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The Louisiana Republican Party censured the senator. Bill Cassidy
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The Democratic Party of North Carolina sparked censorship, and President Wayne Goodwin said in a statement that the state’s Republican Party “is in the midst of a civil war.”
“Today’s censorship vote against his senior senator for a vote of conscience in the most bipartisan conviction of a president in history shows that this is the Donald Trump party above all,” Goodwin said in a statement . “North Carolinians are already fleeing the party by thousands, donors are closing their checkbooks and political leaders are withdrawing their support after North Carolina Republicans helped incite a dangerous attack on our Capitol and the consequences only increase “.
Senators voted Saturday between 57 and 43 days to condemn Trump for “deliberately inciting violence against the U.S. government,” falling short of 10 votes out of the 67 votes required for the conviction.
Jordain Carney contributed.