Measure by Jamie Raskin follows statements by Trump about annihilating Iran and post depicting himself as Jesus
House Democrats on Tuesday proposed creating a commission that would work with JD Vance to remove Donald Trump from office under the 25th amendment, should they determine he is no longer fit to serve.
The measure, introduced by Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the House judiciary committee, follows a series of statements from Trump, including his recent warning that Iran’s “whole civilization will die” if it did not capitulate to his demands, and a social media post that depicted him as Jesus Christ.
Democratic lawmakers and other opponents, including the former CIA director John Brennan, have seized on those comments to argue that the 79-year-old president is no longer competent to lead the country, and that the US vice-president should work with Trump’s cabinet to remove him.
While I hate this, I wouldn’t be mad if Trump started going after Vance the we he went after Pence.
Trump kneecapping Vance and his technocratic backers is probably the best thing he could for the world as a whole. I hope his spiteful nature makes it happen.
I get the feeling he is already doing that. JD hasn’t had many successes lately
He successfully killed a pope and an authoritarian’s election. We should probably let him work his magic here.
Yup, let’s go with the guy that says UFOs are demons. Good idea.
But also, this feels like it’s pure theater
is this some “clever” ploy to get vance to either come out and say trump isn’t too much of a deranged fucking psycho lunatic to serve, or that he is? what would either outcome accomplish?
if, by some incomprehensible batshit fuckery in the spacetime continuum (which, admittedly, we are in the middle of) vance agrees, who the fuck thinks having vance on your side is some kind of flex?
who the fuck thinks having vance on your side is some kind of flex?
The Vice President is the one that needs to enact the 25th amendment (along with members of the cabinet). Its not so much of wanting Vance, but wanting the Vice President. If the Vice President was a ham sandwich, I’d be looking for the sandwich’s vote to enact the 25th amendment.
The Democrats would never! How dare you! They hold the record for the longest filibuster speech AND the longest government shutdown during this presidency. Look at all they have accomplished…
Making it contingent on Vance’s cooperation is a good way to kill it from step 0. Pure theater. Invoking the 25th need not require anything of Vance.
Vance would never go for it before Trump’s second year is over. He wants to be eligible to be elected twice.
You’re 100% correct. And getting removal via the 25th is the longest longshot ever. But it’s kinda wild that we all could die in WWIII while Vance waits for the halfway point, so he’s eligible to be elected twice, even though he’s so uncharismatic he’s never getting elected once.
