The results of a poll conducted by the "Reuters Ipsos" news agency, Friday, January 8, 2020, showed that 57% of Americans want President Donald Trump to be dismissed immediately after he encouraged a protest, Wednesday, January 6, which developed into bloody riots inside Congress building.
The survey conducted on Thursday and Friday showed that a number of those who voted for the Republican president in the presidential elections that took place on the third of November expressed their opposition to the president's hard-line supporters who stormed Congress during the ratification session of the election results, which he lost to Democrat Joe Biden.
And 70% of those surveyed said they did not agree with Trump's actions in the lead up to the storming of Congress on Wednesday.
Trump urged thousands of his supporters at a rally on Wednesday to march into Congress.
This comes after the chaos, which witnessed the death of a policeman and four others, was criticized by Democrats and Republicans alike.
A much 200 senator moving to isolate Trump
In a related context, the American "NBC" channel said that based on its statistics, there are more than 200 lawmakers in Congress supporting the move to impeach Trump, noting that almost all of them belong to the Democratic Party or independents, against the backdrop of pro-Trump protesters storming the US Congress building, Wednesday. January 6.
The current US House of Representatives Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, is also calling for Trump to be dismissed, or for the activation of Article 25 of the US Constitution to remove the president from office.
Pelosi called for Trump to be isolated or stepped down, fearing for the fate of the United States during the next 12 days, which is the last period in Trump's rule, adding that she "spoke with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff regarding precautionary measures to prevent Trump from carrying out hostile actions or ordering a nuclear strike." .
Democrats in the House of Representatives, which has the power to hold Trump accountable, will hold a conference call at 12:00 local time (1700 GMT) to discuss next steps.
Likewise, at least one Republican member of the Senate is considering supporting the efforts of Democrats in the US Congress to take measures to impeach Trump for a second time.
On Friday, Republican Senator Ben Sas told CBS news that he would "definitely" study the measures that lawmakers could use, stressing that Trump "did not respect the oath he took."
If the House of Representatives agrees to impeach Trump, and the Senate will hold a session to try him and then vote to impeach him, his conviction needs to be supported by two-thirds.
Since Thursday, January 7, 2021, calls have increased for Trump's ouster.
The storming of Congress resulted in the deaths of 5 people, including a woman who was among the protesters who was shot dead by police.
Supporters of Trump stormed Congress to halt the confirmation hearing on Biden's victory in the presidential election.