Title: Conviction and Disqualification of President Trump

Summary: Urges United States Senate to convict President Trump & prohibit him from holding & enjoying any office of honor, trust, or profit under United States.

Full Text:
WHEREAS, the power of the federal executive branch is vested in the President of the United States, and WHEREAS, the President serves as the head of state and the Commander in Chief of our armed forces, and WHEREAS, the President holds the duty to faithfully execute the Office of the President of the United States and, to the best of his or her ability, to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and WHEREAS, the United States Constitution pr ovides that the House of Representatives "shall have the sole Power of Impeachment" and that the President "shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors," and WHEREAS, Presiden tDonald John Trump incited a violent insurrection in our nation's capital when he addressed a crowd WHEREAS, President Trump incit ed a riot and encouraged domestic terrorism with statements such as "when you catch somebody in a fraud, you are allowed to go by very different rules" and "if you don't fight like hell, you're not going to have a country anymore," and WHEREAS, the siege of the United States Capitol Building and the subsequent threat to members of Congress, security forces, and the public resulted in the death of five Americans, including that of Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, and WHEREAS, President Trump's action son January 6, 2021, followed prior efforts to subvert and obstruct the certification of the results of the 2020 Presidential election, and WHEREAS, on January 2, 2021, the President urged the Georgia Secretary of State, Brad Raffensperger, to "find" eno ugh votes to overturn Georgia's presidential election results and threatened Secretary Raffensperger if he failed to do so, and WHEREAS, President Trump gravely endangered the security of the United States and its institutions of Government while threaten ing the sanctity of the democratic system, and WHEREAS, President Trump interfered with the peaceful transition of power and jeopardized a coequal branch of Government, and thereby betrayed his trust as President to the manifest injury of the people of th eUnited States, and WHEREAS, President Trump removed plausible deniability by making statements to violent insurrectionists, such as "we love you, you're very special," after the siege of the Capitol, and WHEREAS, President Trump was impeached by the Un ited States House of Representatives on January 13, 2021, with a vote of 232-197, making it the most bipartisan House impeachment in the history of the United States, and WHEREAS, the Florida Legislature hereby condemns the violent siege of the United States Capitol Building instigated by President Donald John Trump, and WHEREAS, the Florida Legislature acknowledges that the United States House of Representatives has voted in favor of impeachment, and WHEREAS, the United States Senate has the constitu tional power and responsibility under s. 3, Art. I of the United States Constitution to hold an impeachment trial, and WHEREAS, the Florida Legislature acknowledges that the impeachment trial in the United States Senate may conclude before the adoption of this memorial, and WHEREAS, the Florida Legislature has a unique responsibility to the state President Donald John Trump calls home to condemn his actions and urge for his conviction in the United States Senate or be judged forever by history, NOW, THEREFORE, HM 2021 hm0825 FL OR I DA HO US EO FR EP RE SE NT A TI VE SR EP RE SE NT A TI VE SBe It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida: That the Florida Legislature respectfully urges the United States Senate to convict the 45th President of the United States and to disqualify him from holding and enjoying any office of honor, trust, or profit under the United States. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be provided to the Governor, the Attorney General, the Chief Financial Officer, and the Commissioner of Agriculture. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be dispatched to the President of the United States, to the President of the United States Senate, to the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, and to each member of the Florida delegation to the United States Congress.