Senate Democrat calls for Trump impeachment after election claims

Sen. Ed Markey, a Democrat from Massachusetts, late Thursday called on Congress to impeach President Trump after the president claimed during a primetime address that forces that stole the 2020 presidential election are still at work and threaten the integrity of the 2026 midterm election.

Trump used words such as “rigged and stolen” and “corrupt” and “cover-up” and cited some recently declassified documents to support his alarming claims though critics in both parties say he still failed to substantiate his central contention that U.S. elections are marred by widespread fraud.

“Trump must be impeached for undermining and subverting our free and fair elections,” Markey declared in a post on X, the social media platform.  

“And when he sends ICE agents to the polls, then we must turn civic action into civil disobedience and take to the streets. Sit in. Protest. Withhold our labor. Everything must be on the table,” Markey........

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