Pence will not invoke 25th Amendment

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12 Jan 2021, 9:30 pm

VP Pence rules out invoking 25th Amendment to remove Trump from power

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The House convened Tuesday night to vote on urging Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment to the Constitution to remove Trump with a Cabinet vote. But shortly before that, Pence said he would not do so in a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

In the letter issued late Tuesday, Pence said the mechanism should not be used “as a means of punishment or usurpation” and reserved for cases of medical or mental incapacitation. Pelosi has called on Pence to secure the majority of the Cabinet and vote to declare Trump unfit to serve.

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12 Jan 2021, 9:45 pm

He probably can't find the cabinet...

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12 Jan 2021, 10:12 pm

I didn't expect him to. I fully expected Donald's political future to hinge on what's decided in his second impeachment vote.

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12 Jan 2021, 10:29 pm

He’s dead in the water politically...no matter what.

The impeachment and possible conviction won’t mean much in hindsight...even though it would be the first time a President was convicted in an impeachment trial.

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13 Jan 2021, 12:43 pm

AIUI if Trump is actually convicted, that will disbar him from ever holding public office.
It will also mean that he misses out on the ex-president handouts and support. I think America has already paid him enough.

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13 Jan 2021, 12:53 pm

Slightly challenging to prove trump is nuts without professional diagnoses - but it could have been done.

Can’t help but wonder if part of pence’ decision not to pursue the 25th is influenced by the fact that magats have issued death threats to him if he does.

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This.

F trump.

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13 Jan 2021, 12:54 pm

Jiheisho wrote:

He probably can't find the cabinet...

More likely he cannot find his spine.

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13 Jan 2021, 2:51 pm

How are any Republicans supporting him, I call them his minions. Oh well, only 7 more days.

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13 Jan 2021, 3:14 pm

I've been watching the live impeachment debate and the most notable thing is a majority of Republicans doggedly presenting a mix of "Democrats have always been against Trump", "But what about those other riots?", "President Trump is a man of peace" - and a really worrying blind faith in the Orange One who apparently can do no wrong. Even when he's done wrong.

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13 Jan 2021, 3:19 pm

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Does not surprise me that some would keep the faith. I had someone tell me that they saw on Fox news the riot at the capitol was all antifa doing, when I saw the website fox actually blamed both sides.

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13 Jan 2021, 4:59 pm

Cornflake wrote:

Probably the ones who aided him in this and are praying for pardons.

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13 Jan 2021, 7:10 pm

It was a parade of craven spinelessness. Quite shocking, really, to see such weak defences of Trump's actions and the attempts at deflection.

No-one wanted to look at what Trump's been doing for the past four years, to take that into account as a drip, drip, drip enablement of all that's nasty lurking under the surface in America, his relentlessly sowing fear and doubt about the democratic process, a steadily increasing build-up to the events of the 6th.

That didn't happen in isolation - Trump is the root and cheerleader of it all yet they refuse to see it.

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