Rep. Tom Rice Latest Republican Censured By Party For Breaking With Trump

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Of the 10 House Republicans who sided with Democrats on the impeachment vote, Rice was among the most surprising given that he had voted with the majority of House Republicans earlier in the month to object to Biden’s electors. He credited his impeachment vote to reports of Trump’s callous indifference to the plight of lawmakers during the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, in which Trump supporters attempted to stop lawmakers from affirming now-President Joe Biden’s victory.

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"I have backed this President through thick and thin for four years. I campaigned for him and voted for him twice. But, this utter failure is inexcusable,” Rice said in a statement following his vote to impeach.

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Rice told the Charleston Post and Courier that the South Carolina GOP “has forgotten its own creed that says ‘I will cower before no man save my God,” accusing them of “cowering before Donald Trump.” Rice also defended his impeachment vote, calling Trump’s alleged incitement of the mob who stormed the Capitol a “clear violation of the constitution,” and declaring, “I don’t care if the President that does that is Republican or a Democrat, I’m voting for impeachment.”

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