#25thamendment
Following the January 6 Coup incited by the President, my most immediate concern is that the US is effectively leaderless
This at a time leadership is desperately needed.
Cabinet and other Administration officials are resigning or acting independently. Numerous agencies are operating under acting heads and other senior positions, many installed since the election, including DoJ and DoD.
The Vice President ordered deployment of the National Guard, and the Military complied, despite the office being entirely outside military command. The order and response, though the right ones, were entirely outside legal authority.
Military allegiances appear in at least part divided, though generally alligned with Nation and Constitution, rather than the Person of the President.
Law enforcement allegiances are much more dubious, and general uncertainty widespread.
Numerous members of the Legislature, though not leadership, remain seditiously alligned with the Person, rather than Office, of the President.
Integrity of the Secret Service is openly questioned.
Trust and integrity of the Executive branch are in question.
The current President of the United States is the country's greatest national security risk, a fact openly acknowledged.
Should further external or internal threats emerge the nation is in immediate peril. Capability to assess and act in the Nation's are disrupted.
A 25th amendment removal, even if followed by a post-term impeachment, would address that lack. Failure to remove a clear and present danger, or obstruction of same, are themselves abdication of responsibility aiding the insurrection, itself impeachable.
#Jan6Coup #sedition #fascism #trumpism #trumpists #25thAmendment #impeachment #NationalSecurity #MikePence
Pence opposes removing Trump under 25th Amendment: reports
Vice President Pence opposed calls to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove President Trump from office following Wednesday’s a mob of Trump supporters' attacks on the Capitol, according to multiple reports.
Business Insider first reported that Pence would not back the move, citing advisers to the vice president.
Following the violent riots at the Capitol building Wednesday, a number of Republican and Democratic lawmakers urged Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment. The 1967 amendment to the Constitution ensures that the government remains in operation should a sitting president be deemed unfit to perform presidential duties.
The Democrats should file articles against all present and past members of the Trump administration, as well as Congressional seditionists.
#MikePence #25thAmendment #Impeachment #Jan6Coup #sedition #treason #politics
VP Pence's chief of staff banned from White House: (Bloomberg)
Trump banned Pence chief of staff Marc Short from the WH today, sources tell @JenniferJJacobs, me and @josh_wingrove
Top WH advisers including O'Brien, Liddell and Pottinger are thinking about resigning after today's events, we are told
https://nitter.net/SalehaMohsin/status/1347002442894999559?s=20
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer called on Vice President Mike Pence to remove Trump under the Constitution’s 25th Amendment
While Trump has just 13 days left in his term, there were numerous demands for his ouster including by the Senate’s top Democrat and a Republican congressman. Congress early on Thursday formally certified Democratic President-elect Joe Biden’s election victory despite objections from some Republican lawmakers.
Members of Trump’s Cabinet and allies of the Republican president have discussed invoking a provision of the U.S. Constitution to remove him from office, a source familiar with the situation said.
Meanwhile, a growing number of White House aides said they would quit, including envoy Mick Mulvaney, Trump’s former chief of staff, and top Russia adviser Ryan Tully. More departures were expected soon.
Facebook, a key social media platform for Trump, also said it would ban Trump posts until Biden’s Jan. 20 inauguration.
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer called on Vice President Mike Pence to remove Trump under the Constitution’s 25th Amendment, which allows Cabinet members to oust a president who has been incapacitated. At least one Republican and 19 Democrats in the House of Representatives also called for that step.
“What happened at the U.S. Capitol yesterday was an insurrection against the United States, incited by the president,” Schumer said in a statement. “This president should not hold office one day longer.”
“If the vice president and the Cabinet refuse to stand up, Congress should reconvene to impeach the president,” he added.
#politics #uspol #ChuckSchumer #25thAmendment #impeachement #DonaldJohnTrump #Trumpism #facism #insurrection #Jan6Coup
The National Association of Manufacturers asks Mike Pence to 'seriously consider' invoking the 25th amendment
This would remove Trump from effective control as President.
CSPAN quoting a tweet by Sam Mintz.