WATCH: President Donald Trump celebrated his acquittal on impeachment charges at the White House with his family
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump celebrated his acquittal on impeachment charges with a pair of caustic, freewheeling speeches on Thursday that drew on White House pomp and the solemnity of an annual prayer breakfast to underscore the fact that he remained in office.
The Republican president then handed the newspaper to his wife, Melania, and said maybe they would frame it. Pelosi, a Catholic who launched the impeachment inquiry in September, said in December that she did not hate Trump and that she prayed for him. Republican Senator Mitt Romney, a Mormon, cited his faith when he voted to convict Trump on the charge of abuse of power. Romney was the only Republican to vote for conviction. No Democrat voted to acquit.
Pelosi said that Trump’s comments at the breakfast, the theme of which was “loving your enemies,” were inappropriate.In his East Room speech, which was interrupted several times by thunderous applause and laughter from the audience, Trump called former FBI Director James Comey a “sleazebag” and Representative Adam Schiff, the House Democrat who spearheaded the impeachment drive, a “vicious, horrible person.” He also reprised his attacks on 2016 Democratic rival Hillary Clinton.
The hyper-partisan tenor of Thursday’s events did not bode well for the already sharply divided mood in Washington, especially in an election year. Trump is running for re-election in November.“Instead of self-victimizing and self-aggrandizing, instead of being spiteful and vindictive, President Trump could have used his nationally televised speech to show some contrition and unite the nation,” said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.
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