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US. Sen Pat Toomey said Sunday he thinks President Donald Trump should step down after last week’s attack on the Capitol

Toomey, R-Paist the second Republican Senator to say Trump should step down on Friday, U.S. Sen Lisa Murkowski, a Republican from Alaska, said Trump should step down

In a Sunday interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper on State of the Union, Toomey said he agreed that Trump should step down. He also said Trump had committed criminal offenses but wasn’t sure enough There was time to prosecute him and that may not be possible after he resigned

“I think at this point, with just a few days left, this is the best way forward,” Toomey said

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Toomey said he was not optimistic that Trump would step down, but said, “It would be the best way forward. On Saturday Toomey said on Fox News that Trump had committed criminal acts

Dozens of pro-Trump supporters broke into the Capitol on Wednesday as lawmakers met to count the votes of the electoral college, five people were killed in the violence, including a Capitol police officer, after the riots Trump had spoken before a large rally of his supporters in Washington

Pennsylvania Senior Senator, US. Sen Bob Casey Jr, D-Pa, said Vice President Mike Pence and the Cabinet should move on to Jan. Appoint Change and Remove Trump from Office Some other Democratic U.S. House members from Pennsylvania have said Trump should step down or be removed

Casey said using the 25th Amendment to the constitution calling for the removal of a president who is incapacitated or unfit for office would be the quickest way to get Trump out of office

“President Trump is a threat to our internal and national security,” Casey said in a statement

In a separate interview with NBC’s Chuck Todd on Meet The Press, Toomey said he saw no political will Use amendment to remove Trump, and reiterated his view that there is not enough time to indict Trump before his term expires on January 20

“I think the best way for our country, Chuck, is for the president to step down and leave as soon as possible,” Toomey said

After a delay of several hours following the violence in the Capitol, Congress returned on Wednesday and finished counting the votes He confirmed that President-elect Joe Biden will be America’s next president from January 20, following an unsuccessful vote in Pennsylvania Several Pennsylvania Republicans stood by Trump supporters and said the votes shouldn’t be counted

In an interview with CNN, Toomey, who voted for the president and publicly endorsed his re-election, said Trump’s behavior had gotten far worse since the elections.Trump has been heavily criticized by Democratic lawmakers and some Republicans for maintaining the legitimacy of the elections denied and inflamed his supporters Legislature also beat up Trump for failing to hasten more aid to the Capitol and waiting too long to call for the riots in the Capitol to stop the violence p>

Toomey tried to contrast Trump’s behavior prior to the election of his action in the following weeks, including last week

“What we’ve seen this week is orders of magnitude more egregious than anything we’ve seen before,” Toomey said in the CNN interview

While many Democrats have called for Trump to step down or step down, some lawmakers say it is impractical as his term ends in less than two weeks.Some lawmakers have said another impeachment measure would only divide the nation further

In the CNN interview, Toomey also said he thinks Trump is no longer “eligible”; There was speculation that Trump would run for president again in 2024

In a later interview on NBC, Toomey said, “The president disqualified himself, I don’t think he’ll ever be a viable candidate for an election again”

Toomey’s term expires in 2022. He has said he is not seeking re-election for a third term

Despite claims made by Trump and his supporters who denied the election, federal, state and local officials have defended the integrity of the Former U.S. Attorney General William Barr, long-time a key ally of Trump, said there was no evidence of widespread fraud that altered the election results

Courts across the country have rejected dozen of Trump’s legal challenges in the election, including some in Pennsylvania

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