The fates of the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump

The 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach former President TrumpDonald TrumpThe fates of the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump Resolution to honor Capitol workers on Jan. 6 would have been voted down by Hawley, senator says Trump to rally supporters in Texas MORE after the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol have increasingly become pariahs as their party moves in the opposite direction. 

When the 10 GOP House members, along with seven of the party’s senators, joined Democrats on Trump’s impeachment, they said the former president bore responsibility for inciting the mob of his supporters and was no longer fit for public office. 

But a year later, those Republicans are finding themselves ostracized — and even facing death threats — for being out of step with a party that continues to embrace Trump.  

Three of the 10 have decided not to run for reelection this year. The others are all facing Trump-allied primary challengers who accuse them of lacking fealty to the most influential figure in the GOP. 

And Rep. Liz CheneyElizabeth (Liz) Lynn CheneyThe fates of the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump Joe Biden’s disastrous 48 hours House Jan. 6 committee pushes back on legal challenge to its structure MORE (Wyo.), who was serving as the third-ranking House Republican, was unceremoniously booted from her leadership post last year for repeatedly pushing back against Trump’s false claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him. 

Unlike in the House, only one of the seven GOP senators who voted to convict Trump in his impeachment trial faces voters later this year: Sen. Lisa MurkowskiLisa Ann MurkowskiThe fates of the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump Republican rep who voted to impeach Trump running for reelection Biden’s FDA nominee advances through key Senate committee MORE (Alaska). She, too, is facing a Trump-backed primary challenger.

Here’s a look at what’s happened to the 10 House Republicans since their impeachment votes.  

Cheney

Cheney has gone from being one of the highest-ranking House Republicans plotting strategy against Democrats to accepting an invitation from Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiThe fates of the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump Top Biden adviser expresses support for ban on congressional stock trades House GOP campaign arm rakes in 0M in 2021 MORE (D-Calif.) to serve on the select committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection. Since her ouster as the House GOP conference chair, Cheney doesn’t hesitate to criticize her former leadership colleague, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthyKevin McCarthyThe fates of the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump House GOP campaign arm rakes in 0M in 2021 McCarthy dodges, deflects Jan. 6 questions MORE (R-Calif.), for reversing his initial position that Trump bore some responsibility for the attack to full-on embracing him again. Trump has endorsed trial attorney Harriet Hageman to challenge Cheney in the…