Stacey Plaskett Is 1st Nonvoting House Delegate To Argue An Impeachment Trial SE3 EP27
b'Stacey Plaskett Is 1st Nonvoting House Delegate To Argue Stacey Plaskett made history on the Senate floor Wednesday when she became the first nonvoting delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives to serve as an impeachment manager.\\n\\nPlaskett represents the U.S. Virgin Islands, which as a territory does not have a vote in Congress. She is in the unique position of arguing the case to convict former President Donald Trump for inciting the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol but having been barred from voting to impeach him in the chamber she serves.\\n\\n"I\'ve learned throughout my life that preparation and truth can carry you far, can allow you to speak truth to power," Plaskett said in her opening remarks.\\n\\nShe touched on her unlikely journey from housing projects in Brooklyn, N.Y., to St. Croix, the U.S. Virgin Islands, "and now as an adult woman representing an island territory speaking to the U.S. Senate."'