From Yahoo:
“Members of
Trump Cabinet discussing invoking 25th Amendment: Sources”
There have been
discussions among some members of the Trump Cabinet and allies of President
Donald Trump about the 25th Amendment, which would be a vehicle for members of
the cabinet to remove Trump from office, multiple sources with direct knowledge
of the discussions tell ABC News. It is unclear how extensive these conversations
have been or if Vice President Mike Pence is supportive of such action. Many
have been horrified by Wednesday's events and Trump's encouragement and lack of
engagement to call in resources to stop the protesters, the sources said.Trump
has only 14 days left in office, but some lawmakers want his presidency over
sooner, calling for his impeachment in the wake of Wednesday's violence on
Capitol Hill that left at least one woman dead.
Rep. Ilhan
Omar, D-Minn., announced that she's drawing up articles of impeachment,
tweeting: "We can’t allow him to remain in office, it’s a matter of
preserving our Republic and we need to fulfill our oath."” I am drawing up
Articles of Impeachment. Donald J. Trump should be impeached by the House of
Representatives & removed from office by the United States Senate. We can’t
allow him to remain in office, it’s a matter of preserving our Republic and we
need to fulfill our oath.”
Rep. Seth
Moulton, D-Mass., called for Trump's removal through the 25th Amendment, which
was ratified in 1967 in the wake of President John F. Kennedy's assassination
in 1963 and lays out the procedures for replacing the president in the event of
death, removal, resignation or incapacitation. "Trump is directly
responsible for this insurrection and violence. He needs to be removed from
office immediately. It is the Constitutional responsibility of Vice President
Pence and the cabinet to exercise the power granted them by the 25th
amendment," Moulton tweeted. "Or Congress must immediately impeach
and remove the President for the safety of our nation." “Trump is directly
responsible for this insurrection and violence. He needs to be removed from
office immediately. It is the Constitutional responsibility of Vice President
Pence and the cabinet to exercise the power granted them by the 25th amendment.
Rep. Charlie Crist, D-Fla., agreed. The 25th Amendment allows for the removal
of a President. It's time to remove the President. — Charlie Crist
(@CharlieCrist) January 6, 2021
Other lawmakers
also called for Trump's removal from office. This is outrageous, and the
president caused it. We should impeach and convict him tomorrow. — David
Cicilline (@davidcicilline) January 6, 2021 Trump encouraged and incited the
violence we are seeing at the Capitol today as Congress was in the process of
carrying out a fundamental aspect of our peaceful transfer of power. He
deserves to be impeached tomorrow and should be barred from ever holding
federal office again. — Mark Takano (@RepMarkTakano) January 6, 2021 Donald J.
Trump should immediately be impeached by the House of Representatives &
removed from office by the United States Senate as soon as Congress reconvenes.
This is dangerous & unacceptable. — Ayanna Pressley (@AyannaPressley)
January 6, 2021 The President has been encouraging these domestic terrorists
since before the election. He could have stopped them at any moment, but
instead he whipped them into a frenzy and sicced them on the Capitol. The
Cabinet must remove him today or the House must impeach. — Rep. Jennifer Wexton
(@RepWexton) January 6, 2021 In a tweet Wednesday evening, Trump falsely
claimed: "These are the things and events that happen when a sacred
landslide election victory is so unceremoniously & viciously stripped away
from great patriots who have been badly & unfairly treated for so
long."
Earlier in the
afternoon, Trump, in a video posted to Twitter, falsely said, "We had an
election that was stolen from us," baselessly calling it a
"fraudulent election." "I know how you feel. But go home and go
home in peace," Trump said, adding: "We love you. You're very
special." Twitter responded by saying that it's blocking Trump's video
from being replied to, retweeted or liked "due to a risk of
violence." Trump's video has since been removed by Facebook. "We
prohibit incitement and calls for violence on our platform," a Facebook
spokesperson said. "We are actively reviewing and removing any content
that breaks these rules.” YouTube also deleted the video. "We removed a
video posted this afternoon to Donald Trump’s channel that violated our
policies regarding content that alleges widespread fraud or errors changed the
outcome of the 2020 U.S. Election," Farshad Shadloo, the company's head of
policy communications, said in a statement. Twitter has locked the president's
account for 12 hours. "As a result of the unprecedented and ongoing
violent situation in Washington, D.C., we have required the removal of three
@realDonaldTrump Tweets that were posted earlier today for repeated and severe
violations of our Civic Integrity policy," Twitter said at about 7 p.m.
ET. "This means that the account of @realDonaldTrump will be locked for 12
hours following the removal of these Tweets. If the Tweets are not removed, the
account will remain locked."
^ Trump’s
Cabinet, Vice President Pence and Congress should invoke the 25th
Amendment and remove Trump from office before he can incite any more death and
violence. Trump’s “call to arms” that started the deadly Coup Attempt is
criminal and makes him a Traitor to the United States of America and the
American Democracy we are built on and have used for the whole 245 years of our
existence as an independent country and thus unfit to continue to serve as our
President even if for only the 14 days left until Biden becomes President. ^
https://www.yahoo.com/gma/lawmakers-call-trumps-impeachment-via-000500191.html
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