The dangerous mob that Donald Trump unleashed on the United States Capitol represents a violent assault on the separation of powers and on the peaceful transfer of power that we have long taken for granted. The impeachment of Donald Trump is not politics but law, not passion but reason, not vengeance but justice. And we as the people’s representatives must rise to the challenge of defending democracy in the face of its gravest threat. And we will.
Ritchie Torres speaks about the impeachment of Donald Trump and the threat to democracy posed by the mob he incited.
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