Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi has described the impeachment of President Donald Trump as a Great day for the constitution.
Pelossi speaking right after the House impeached President Trump, said today is “a great day for the Constitution” but “a sad day for America.”
President Donald Trump has now been formally impeached by the House of Representatives, for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
The vote followed weeks of testimony, related to his dealings with Ukraine.
Trump now becomes the third president in US history to be impeached.
He will, however, remain in office until he is tried and convicted by the senate.
“I could not be prouder or more inspired by the moral courage of the House Democrats. We never asked one of them how they were going to vote. We never whipped this vote”
“I view this day, this vote, as something that we did to honour the vision of our founders to establish a republic, the sacrifice of our men and women in uniform to defend our democracy and the republic, and the aspirations of our children that they will always live in a democracy, and we have tried to do everything we can to make sure that that is their reality,” Pelossi said.
