01-15-2021, 10:54 AM
US Republicans in Congress are deeply divided after 10 members split with their party to impeach President Donald Trump on Wednesday.
Congresswoman Liz Cheney, the third ranking House Republican, is facing calls to resign her party leadership role after her vote to impeach.
The lawmakers that voted against Mr Trump face threats of violence, and have increased security, they say.
It comes as Mr Trump prepares to leave office and faces a trial in the Senate.
The House of Representatives voted by 232 votes to 197 on Wednesday to impeach him for allegedly inciting rioters who stormed the Capitol last week.
The FBI has warned of possible armed protests planned for Washington DC and all 50 US state capitals in the run-up to Democratic President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration on Wednesday.
Mrs Cheney, a Wyoming congresswoman whose father was vice-president to Republican George W Bush, faced immediate calls to resign after voting to impeach Mr Trump for inciting insurrection against the US government.
"I'm not going anywhere. This is a vote of conscience," said Mrs Cheney, after Mr Trump's conservative defenders in Congress called for her to quit.
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Congresswoman Liz Cheney, the third ranking House Republican, is facing calls to resign her party leadership role after her vote to impeach.
The lawmakers that voted against Mr Trump face threats of violence, and have increased security, they say.
It comes as Mr Trump prepares to leave office and faces a trial in the Senate.
The House of Representatives voted by 232 votes to 197 on Wednesday to impeach him for allegedly inciting rioters who stormed the Capitol last week.
The FBI has warned of possible armed protests planned for Washington DC and all 50 US state capitals in the run-up to Democratic President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration on Wednesday.
Mrs Cheney, a Wyoming congresswoman whose father was vice-president to Republican George W Bush, faced immediate calls to resign after voting to impeach Mr Trump for inciting insurrection against the US government.
"I'm not going anywhere. This is a vote of conscience," said Mrs Cheney, after Mr Trump's conservative defenders in Congress called for her to quit.
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