Chuck Grassley

==== 2021–present ====
[[File:Joe Biden and Chuck Grassley Shaking Hands February 2, 2022.jpg|thumb|Grassley meeting with President [[Joe Biden]], February 2022]]
Grassley was participating in the certification of the [[2021 United States Electoral College vote count]] when Trump supporters [[January 6 United States Capitol attack|attacked the U.S. Capitol]]. He was removed from the Senate chamber and taken to a secure location when rioters entered the building.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gruber-Miller |first1=Stephen |last2=Pfannenstiel |first2=Brianne |title='Sad day in our democracy,' lawmakers react, U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley escorted out of Senate after Trump supporters breach Capitol |url=https://www.thehawkeye.com/story/news/politics/2021/01/06/iowa-sen-chuck-grassley-led-out-us-senate-mayhem-erupts-capitol-donald-trump-electoral-college-loss/6568081002/ |access-date=January 10, 2021 |work=The Hawk Eye Newspaper |date=January 6, 2021}}</ref> In the wake of the attack, Grassley said that Trump "displayed poor leadership in his words and actions, and he must take responsibility".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Oates |first1=Trevor |title=Rep. Axne will support impeaching President Trump again, Reps. Hinson, Feenstra will not |url=https://kwwl.com/2021/01/08/rep-axne-will-support-impeaching-president-trump-again-reps-hinson-feenstra-will-not/ |access-date=January 10, 2021 |work=KWWL |date=January 8, 2021}}</ref> He said efforts to impeach Trump would risk "further disunity" and that "the country must take steps to tone down political rhetoric and mend divisions".<ref>{{cite news |last1=McCullough |first1=Caleb |title=Iowa's congressional delegation split along party lines over impeachment |url=https://dailyiowan.com/2021/01/08/iowas-congressional-delegation-split-along-party-lines-over-impeachment/ |access-date=January 10, 2021 |work=The Daily Iowan |date=January 8, 2021}}</ref> In response, ''[[The Gazette (Cedar Rapids)|The Gazette]]'' editorial board wrote that Grassley and other Iowa Republicans "must reckon with why they did the wrong thing for so long".<ref>{{cite news |author=Staff Editorial|title=Gazette editorial: Iowa Republicans must face a reckoning |url=https://www.thegazette.com/subject/opinion/staff-editorial/gazette-editorial-iowa-republicans-must-face-a-reckoning-20210108 |access-date=January 10, 2021 |work=The Gazette |date=January 8, 2021 |language=en}}</ref>