How does the community feel about Trump’s impeachment trials?
In retrospect on the Capitol insurrection that took place on January 6th, the community reflects on the justification of Trump’s impeachment trials.
After the storming of the Capitol on January 6th, Trump has been charged with one article of impeachment – incitement of insurrection.
On December 18, 2019, a trial started. A trial for the 45th President of the United States Donald J. Trump, being charged with two articles of impeachment against the president – abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
Starting from a House inquiry, the inquiry alleged that Trump had solicited foreign interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, with a call to the Ukrainan president Volodymyr Zelensky. The trial ended on February 5, 2020 with the President being acquitted by the U.S. Senate.
Recently, on February 8, 2021, the now-former president is to be charged with one article of impeachment – incitement of insurrection, after the storming of the U.S. Capital on January 6, 2021.
Both of these impeachments have affected the nation as a whole, but what do people in the Granite Bay community think about these impeachments?
“The first impeachment (occurred when) I was in my core class, right before the Constitution test,¨ freshman Madeline Mclaughin said.. “And the second impeachment I found out about … through Tiktok.”
Mclaughin feels that at the time of the first impeachment, she didn’t necessarily understand or care about politics; however, now she has educated herself and feels that both the impeachments were justified.
“It wasn’t very smart of the senate not to impeach him the first time, because he is a bad person,” Mclaughin said.
On the other hand, community member, Heidi Kniesel cares little about the impeachment trials.
“The impeachment doesn’t concern me,” Kniesal said. “There’s nothing we can do at this point.”
Additionally, Kniesel said that the impeachment at this time is pointless and will just cost taxpayers extra money.
¨I think there was a lot of good stuff happening with Trump, and there were riots,” Kniesel said. “I agreed with some and disagreed with some of his actions.”
Similarly, freshman Brenden Hackett, agreed with Kniesel in the regard that he doesn’t really care about the impeachment trials, but he thought it was funny that they tried to impeach him again.
“Well if it was actually a bad thing that happened, then yes (impeaching the president is the right course of action),” Hackett said.
Further, freshman Lizzy Harlan said that she thinks impeaching the president was the right course of action.
¨People seem happier, and the American flag seems less racist,” Harlan said.
Ultimately, for the community of Granite Bay, people seem to have different opinions on Trump’s impeachments.
Taylor is a freshman, and this is her first year on the Gazette staff.
Jake Ryder • Mar 19, 2021 at 7:52 am
Good overall job an the article. You could have explained the impeachment process a bit better and interviewed less people.
ria • Mar 5, 2021 at 10:34 am
Great article Taylor, but much like what the other comments say, I think it would be better to go more in depth on the opinions of the people you interview. Also maybe try to interview people who have more of an educated view because these people said don’t seem like very reliable sources.
TJ Antonio • Feb 26, 2021 at 10:31 am
I think it is really cool to see peoples opinions on this topic. Personally I’m no invested into politics but if it can make america more united and more stronger than its a probably a good decision. I don’t know though how they could impeach him since he isnt the president anymore but I don’t really care, but really well written article.
Jacob Marchuk • Feb 26, 2021 at 7:52 am
Great job on this article Taylor! It is very well written. Some feedback for next time…try to give more background information on the topic, and be sure to go more in-depth on opinions from both sides, they are equally as important.
Dmitriy Teplyuk • Feb 19, 2021 at 10:35 am
I think that this impeachment should concern us because although Trump is not our president anymore, his impeachment does affect our current President’s status (which should definitely “concern” us).
Kale Karres • Feb 19, 2021 at 10:34 am
I thought the article was very well written, although it seemed very one sided for Trump being impeached and I think the article would come off less bias if you implemented interviews that displayed for him being impeached and for him staying in office (or canceling the impeachment).
allison haughey • Feb 19, 2021 at 10:34 am
wow, i actually really love this!! i loved hearing different sides from students here at granite bay, it was good to hear multiple opinions instead of just one. <3
lizzy harlan • Feb 19, 2021 at 10:34 am
yea i think that his impeachment was a very good choice. President Joe Biden is doing a much better job at handling racial injustice along with lgbtq+ rights.
Timothy Zhuchenko • Feb 19, 2021 at 8:04 am
I think you should try to have more educated opinions in your article to make it seem stronger. Because when Mclaughin said “because he is a bad person,” the article lost some of it’s credibility. There was no true true reason but just a general opinion.
Abbey • Feb 19, 2021 at 7:57 am
I think this is a good article but it seems very one sided, there was a lot of people who were all for the impeachment and I think if possible maybe get some opinions from both sides next time.
Aliyah McCarty • Feb 19, 2021 at 7:56 am
Why did some of the students thought the impeachment “didn’t concern them”?
ally • Feb 19, 2021 at 7:55 am
This isn’t really showing different views on this problem, it just seems to be different shades of the same view. All seem to not care, or care a little but believe that the impeachment was in the right. You would need to expand your pool of data to get a real feel on how the community feels about these impeachment trials.
Anthony Lensky • Feb 19, 2021 at 7:53 am
If he was still the president, would you still want to impeach him?
Kevin Scifres • Feb 19, 2021 at 7:51 am
I think that you could have done a better job of explaining the events that lead to the impeachment trials so that people could better understand why he was being impeached. I also think that it might have been a better course of action to interview less people, but talk about their opinion more n depth.