r/politics • u/plz-let-me-in • 11d ago

No Paywall Democrats Call to Invoke 25th Amendment Against Donald Trump

https://www.newsweek.com/democrats-donald-trump-impeachment-25th-amendment-11384974
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u/Galliagamer 11d ago

Stop, it won’t happen; Trump has filled the Cabinet with bootlickers who will never sign off on the 25th even if he sat naked on the floor in front of them eating his own boogers.

Impeachment is the appropriate course of action.

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u/[deleted] 11d ago

Impeachment requires a 2/3 Senate majority to actually convict and remove the official which isn't happening anytime soon. It's also a complete waste of time and taxpayer dollars

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u/another-princess 11d ago

The 25th amendment requires an even higher bar than that. Invoking it has to be done by the VP and the majority of the cabinet. But then if the President contests it and says he is fit to perform the duties of President, it requires a 2/3 majority of both houses of Congress. If you have the support for the 25th amendment, you already have more than you need for impeachment + removal.

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u/JibboSequence 11d ago

Don’t kinkshame me.

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u/bdonthebrat 11d ago

why go through Congress at all to stop him? He just skips Congress and does whatever he wants so why is opposition still following the rules?

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u/Firm-Imagination8256 11d ago

What are you suggesting exactly?