{"id":137295,"date":"2021-02-16T10:31:52","date_gmt":"2021-02-16T15:31:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=137295"},"modified":"2021-02-16T11:13:55","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T16:13:55","slug":"north-carolina-gop-censures-sen-richard-burr-over-impeachment-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-carolina-gop-censures-sen-richard-burr-over-impeachment-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"North Carolina GOP Censures Sen. Richard Burr Over Impeachment Vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnorth-carolina-gop-censures-sen-richard-burr-over-impeachment-vote%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=137295&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Richard-Burr-1-1.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The North Carolina Republican Party voted to censure Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) on Monday for his vote to convict former President Donald Trump during his impeachment and bar him from holding office again.<\/p>\n<p>State Republican Party officials met in an emergency session on Monday night and voted unanimously to censure Burr, 65, who plans to retire in 2022 rather than run for reelection. Burr voted on Saturday to find Trump guilty of inciting the Jan. 6 riot that resulted in hundreds of pro-Trump protesters storming the Capitol to disrupt the certification of the 2020 election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s important for the party to go ahead and put out a vote and a statement that it disagrees with Senator Burr\u2019s vote, but in terms of practical impacts, it is just that. It\u2019s a resolution,\u201d North Carolina state party chairman Michael Whatley said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/north-carolina-gop-censures-sen-burr-impeachment-vote-n1257967\">NBC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Burr hit back at the state party in a statement, accusing the state GOP of abandoning principle in favor of Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is truly a sad day for North Carolina Republicans,\u201d Burr said in a statement. \u201cMy party\u2019s leadership has chosen loyalty to one man over the core principles of the Republican Party and the founders of our great nation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Burr voted to convict Trump after two earlier votes holding the impeachment trial of a president that has already left office unconstitutional. He explained his series of votes in a statement on Saturday. As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/republican-richard-burr-explains-guilty-decision-after-voting-trial-unconstitutional\">The Daily Wire<\/a> reported:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>In a statement after the trial, Burr argued that while he still believed that the trial was unconstitutional, because the Senate established a \u201cprecedent\u201d that the trial was constitutional, he was forced to consider the evidence presented to him as an impartial juror.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe President promoted unfounded conspiracy theories to cast doubt on the integrity of a free and fair election because he did not like the results. As Congress met to certify the election results, the President directed his supporters to go to the Capitol to disrupt the lawful proceedings required by the Constitution. When the crowd became violent, the President used his office to first inflame the situation instead of immediately calling for an end to the assault,\u201d said Burr.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAs I said on January 6th, the President bears responsibility for these tragic events. The evidence is compelling that President Trump is guilty of inciting an insurrection against a coequal branch of government and that the charge rises to the level of high Crimes and Misdemeanors. Therefore, I have voted to convict,\u201d the senator explained in a statement after the trial.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>After Burr\u2019s vote to convict, Whatley slammed Burr in a statement that precipitated the state party\u2019s vote to censure the retiring senator.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNorth Carolina Republicans sent Senator Burr to the United States Senate to uphold the Constitution and his vote today to convict in a trial that he declared unconstitutional is shocking and disappointing,\u201d Whatley said.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The North Carolina Republican Party voted to censure Sen. 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