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Congressman says some GOP lawmakers are 'paralyzed with fear,' and think their families will be attacked if they vote for impeachment

Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo., and other members take cover during the Capitol Siege on Jan. 6, 2021.
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Democratic Rep. Jason Crow of Colorado on Wednesday confirmed anonymous reports that have been bubbling up over recent days on how some Republicans are approaching the impeachment vote.
Crow said many of his Republican colleagues are ostensibly in favor of impeachment, but fear that voting in favor of it could endanger themselves and their families.
The congressman said that while some in the GOP are "morally bankrupt" and "too far gone to be...
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The Capitol siege proves it's finally time to take Trump and other politicians' violent rhetoric both seriously and literally

5 days ago | By Business Insider

Rioters clash with police using big ladder trying to enter Capitol building through the front doors.
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Capitol rioters shouted "Hang Pence!" and "Where's Nancy?" and scrawled "Murder the Media" on a door.
The Capitol siege showed that it's no longer reasonable to treat venomous words which have defined the Trump experience are merely impassioned hyperbole.
The rioters were convinced they were revolutionaries, and they came to hurt their "enemies."
We need to, at long last, take Trump's violent words - and the incendiary words of Republican...
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