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Posted: 2021-01-14T01:11:11Z | Updated: 2021-01-14T10:44:02Z

Im at peace.

10 Republicans in the House of Representatives joined Democrats to impeach President Donald Trump for a second time on Wednesday , an unprecedented rebuke of an American leader who has flouted norms and sown discontent for years with little reprimand from his own party.

The House voted 232-197 in favor of one article of impeachment, charging the president with incitement of insurrection following the deadly assault on the U.S. Capitol last week by a mob of pro-Trump rioters.

Five people died in the attack, including one Capitol Police officer, and a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers have condemned the president for his role in fanning the flames.

The number of House Republicans to vote against their partys president was record-breaking. The president will now face a trial in the Senate, although the process is likely to drag into the early days of the Biden administration when Democrats control the chamber.

In the House, however, the rebuke was swift. Heres what Republican members of Congress had to say about their vote to impeach Trump, in their own words:

Rep. John Katko (R-N.Y.)