Thursday, 07 January 2021 (YJC)_ US House Speaker Calls for 25th Amendment to Be Invoked to Remove Trump from Office.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is calling on Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove President Donald Trump from office.
If that is not done, she said Thursday the House may move forward with impeachment proceedings.
Talking to reporters, she called Trump "a very dangerous person who should not continue in office. This is urgent, an emergency of the highest magnitude."
Earlier in the day, Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer also called on Pence and Trump’s Cabinet to remove him from office -- the latest in a growing chorus demanding his removal following Wednesday’s violent assault on the Capitol by the president’s supporters.
In a statement Thursday, Schumer said the attack on the Capitol “was an insurrection against the United States, incited by the president.” He added, “This president should not hold office one day longer.”
Schumer said Vice President Mike Pence and the Cabinet should invoke the 25th Amendment and immediately remove Trump from office.
“The quickest and most effective way — it can be done today — to remove this president from office would be for the vice president to immediately invoke the 25th amendment,” Schumer said. “If the vice president and the Cabinet refuse to stand up, Congress should reconvene to impeach the president.”
Schumer is among a growing number of political, business and other leaders who have openly called for Trump to be removed from office.
More than 100 Members of Congress have called for his removal, either through impeachment or the 25th Amendment.
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