Maryland’s sole Republican Congress member bailed on Wednesday’s historic vote to impeach President Donald Trump for a second time.
Embattled Rep. Andy Harris 鈥� who has been called on to resign by other lawmakers in the aftermath of the deadly siege at the U.S. Capitol 鈥� called the impeachment vote “pointless” because Joe Biden will be president in less than a week.
Instead, Harris, an anesthesiologist, he was “caring for patients,” and noted that he would have voted against impeachment.
鈥淸House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s] divisive, hastily called, and politically motivated snap impeachment is a waste of time when we will swear in President-elect Biden in fewer than seven days鈥� time,鈥� Harris said.
鈥淚n light of his calls for unity and healing, I call on the President-elect to disavow this action. Engaging in a political impeachment that will be moot in one week was another waste of time brought to you by the Democrat majority.鈥�
In all, 10 Republican Congress members sided with the Democrats in Wednesday’s 232-197 vote. There were : Kay Granger of Texas; Gregory Murphy of North Carolina; and Daniel Webster of Florida.
Harris has been accused of in the run-up to last week’s siege.
On Monday, 71 members of the state House of Delegates and 13 members of the state Senate signed a letter calling on Harris to resign.
