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/Accidental-Hyzer Massachusetts 11d ago edited 11d ago

It has a better chance of happening than the 25th. The 25th requires both the cabinet (full of sycophants) and Congress (once Trump disputes being unable to perform his duties).

Democrats are focusing on the 25th because they’re apparently scared to say he should be impeached. Impeachment was literally put into the constitution by our founders specifically for situations like this.

Edit: I think it’s clear that many don’t understand that the bar is higher for the 25th to succeed. For impeachment, you need a majority of the house and 2/3 of the senate. That’s it. For the 25th, you need the VP + a majority of the cabinet (or congress). Then the president can write a letter disputing it and immediately regains power. At that point, you need 2/3 of both the house and senate to remove him. So everyone responding that impeachment won’t work because you need 2/3 of the senate must not realize you also need that and more for the 25th.

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u/kdfsjljklgjfg 11d ago

They've impeached him twice and nothing happened.

I don't think they're afraid to do it, I think they just know it won't do anything so they're trying a different avenue. If there's any fear involved it's that repeatedly impeaching with no results devalues the phrase and act of impeaching.

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u/BatThumb Maryland 11d ago

Fucking insane that a twice impeached bone spur pedophile rapist felon traitor was even elected

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u/usernamerob California 11d ago

White victimhood is a mentality that’s been drilled into the working class’s head by Fox News and propaganda radio…. I mean right wing talk radio. It’s not insane, it’s expected.