Texas Republican Congressmen Dan Crenshaw and Chip Roy released a statement Wednesday condemning President Trump's behavior leading up to the Capitol riot last Wednesday, but opposing the Democrats' move to impeach him in the House during the last days of his administration.
Crenshaw tweeted:
Houston area congressman Mike McCaul released a similar statement Wednesday that also condemned the president but stop short of supporting impeachment.
"We can’t ignore the President’s behavior leading up to the violence in the Capitol last week. He bears enormous responsibility for it. But impeachment is not the answer. We all need to deescalate, lower the temperature, and move forward together as a country."
He also posted a graphic of a larger statement, signed by him, Chip Roy, and two other Republican congressmen, Nancy Mace of South Carolina and John Curtis of Utah, condemning the president's actions on the day of the riot, but calling on Congress not to impeach the president.
The statement is likely to please no one, antagonizing Republican voters at home, while not appeasing Democrats in the House, seeking vengeance on the president and all Republicans for the events of January 6.
"I strongly condemn the president's rhetoric and his behavior," said McCaul, admitting that, "there very well may have been impeached offenses committed leading up to, and on, that tragic day."
As a threat of impeachment loomed large over the president Wednesday, Trump issued a statement condemning violence.
He called on Americans to “ease tensions and calm tempers."
“In light of reports of more demonstrations, I urge that there must be NO violence, NO lawbreaking and NO vandalism of any kind,” Trump said. “That is not what I stand for, and it is not what America stands for.”
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