Measure by Jamie Raskin follows statements by Trump about annihilating Iran and post depicting himself as Jesus
House Democrats on Tuesday proposed creating a commission that would work with JD Vance to remove Donald Trump from office under the 25th amendment, should they determine he is no longer fit to serve.
The measure, introduced by Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the House judiciary committee, follows a series of statements from Trump, including his recent warning that Iran’s “whole civilization will die” if it did not capitulate to his demands, and a social media post that depicted him as Jesus Christ.
Democratic lawmakers and other opponents, including the former CIA director John Brennan, have seized on those comments to argue that the 79-year-old president is no longer competent to lead the country, and that the US vice-president should work with Trump’s cabinet to remove him.
While I hate this, I wouldn’t be mad if Trump started going after Vance the we he went after Pence.
Trump kneecapping Vance and his technocratic backers is probably the best thing he could for the world as a whole. I hope his spiteful nature makes it happen.
I get the feeling he is already doing that. JD hasn’t had many successes lately
I’m hoping he does. The more infighting on the right after Donnie kicks off the better, and if he finally assumes room temperature after publicly fighting with Vance, the conspiracy theorist types in his cult are gonna lose their absolute shit.
But also, this feels like it’s pure theater
This is just optics - Congress already has impeachment as an option. If they can’t get that going they’ll never get close to a 25th amendment.
My hairbrained theory is that Vance and the cabinet know that they need to invoke the 25th, but they’re waiting until after Trump’s 2nd term is 2 years in.
Reasoning: As VP, Vance would replace Trump (that’s just how the system works), …and… If Vance finishes out less than 2 years of Trump’s term, then he’s eligible to run for reelection in the next 2 elections, for a total of 10 whole years.
Combine that with how rigged the system already is in favor of Republicans, and how much they’re trying to beef up the rigging, they’re probably confident that they can actually get the full 10 years.
Add 10 more years of further rigging the system and they’ll be locked in permanently.
So, put January 6th, 2027 on your calendar. If they can keep Trump from completely imploding until then, and if I’m right, the days and weeks after that are going to be interesting.
The enemy of my enemy, I suppose
This really is the worst timeline. Remember on January 1st at 12:01 AM when there was a small glimpse of hope this year wasn’t going to be as bad as last. That was a good couple of minutes
The last time I had that feeling over new years’ mourning was like 2017-18, when I first started smoking. I decided to stop lying to myself back then.
Making it contingent on Vance’s cooperation is a good way to kill it from step 0. Pure theater. Invoking the 25th need not require anything of Vance.
