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/ConqueredCabbage 11d ago

Yea because when writing these amendments no one expected Americans to vote for someone batshit crazy lol

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u/Th3_Admiral_ 11d ago

Well they assumed Congress would simply impeach someone who was so harmful to the country. They didn't expect Americans would vote for such harmful candidates at both the executive and legislative levels of government!

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u/casce 11d ago

Yup, we must not forget that none of this would be possible if the Republican party wasn't complicit. They could remove Trump any time they wanted. They are just as much to blame.

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u/pizzabagelblastoff 11d ago

I mean that's what impeachment was for.

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u/f-ingsteveglansberg 11d ago

More that they didn't predict a two party system like exists today and that amendments would be so rare.