BATTLE CREEK, Mich. (AP) – A defiant President Donald Trump is labeling his impeachment by the House of Representatives “a suicide march” for the Democratic Party.

Trump spoke at a freewheeling rally in Michigan on Wednesday night as the House voted to impeach him. He took the stage just minutes before he became the third president in U.S. history to be impeached.

It was a dramatic and discordant split-screen moment, with Trump emerging from a mock fireplace like Santa Claus at the Christmas-themed rally as the debate in Washington was underway. It was also Trump’s longest rally ever, clocking in at two hours and one minute.

Meanwhile, Americans are weighing in on President Trump’s impeachment. The Associated Press asked people across the country to offer their thoughts on the historic vote in the House of Representatives.

The response is as polarized as the country is known to be. But it’s possible that people on both sides agree with a state government worker in Tallahassee, Florida, Mark McQueen, when he said: “Tensions are high across the land.”

In festive places and rush-hour frenzy a week from Christmas, Americans absorbed the moment Trump became only the third president in history to be impeached.