S.C. Lawmaker Mounts Challenge to Rep. Tom Rice, Says Trump Impeachment Vote Broke 'Trust'
State Representative Russell Fry of South Carolina is mounting a primary challenge against U.S. Representative Tom Rice, saying the Republican's vote to impeach former President Donald Trump broke his constituents' trust, the Associated Press reported.
"He campaigned with President Trump and worked with President Trump and was always willing to use President Trump's name for his reelection purposes, but he broke that trust," Fry told the AP on Thursday.
Rice had consistently supported Trump until voting to impeach him in January. The congressman told the AP that "it hurts my heart" to have voted against the president.
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Rice was among 10 GOP representatives who joined Democrats on January 13 in voting to impeach Trump for his role in the violence a week earlier at the U.S. Capitol. Trump was not convicted during a subsequent Senate trial.
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