Bill That Would Remove President Trump from Office Gains Steam After Wrestling Tweet

[DonViejo]

by Rachel Stockman | 10:28 am, July 3rd, 2017

If you were hoping that President Donald Trump‘s bizarre and unhinged tweet showing him literally beating up “CNN” was the last straw on the sanity scale, you are not alone. Some lawmakers are proposing a bill that would take advantage of Section 4 of the 25th Amendment that basically declares the president unfit to “discharge the powers and duties of the office,” and removes him from office.

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“Given Donald Trump’s continued erratic and baffling behavior, is it any wonder why we need to pursue this legislation?” Rep. Darren Soto, D-Florida, a co-signer recently told NBC News. “The mental and physical health of the leader of the United States and the free world is a matter of great public concern.”

The legal matter is a bit more complicated than that, and has a very, very small chance of happening. But here’s how it would work. The proposed law would set up an 11-member bipartisan commission to medically examine if the president has all his mental and physical faculties. The bill was proposed in May, but is gaining new steam after Trump’s tweets about cable news host Mika Brzezinski‘s’ “bleeding facelift,” and a video showing him beating up CNN.

The lawmakers contend that he 25th Amendment empowers Congress to establish a permanent body that can declare that the President is “unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office.”

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[woodsprite]

1. He is sick, the thing that concerns me most is that the Mueller team

and the committees in the House and Senate would stop their investigations if Trump got kicked to the curb in a straight jacket. We know there are plenty more people involved than just Trump, plus the pesky fact of a foreign power corrupting our election. I wouldn't want it to stop the investigations from moving forward and being carried out to their fullest extent.

[shraby]

2. That shouldn't stop any investigations. They are related to crimes committed before and

while in office. His stepping down through the 25th amendment is not permanent anyway. If he can show later he's competent, he has a chance at coming back into office.

No removal will alter whether there were crimes committed or not. If the investigations show crimes happened, they should be prosecuted like the law requires.

[angstlessk]

3. I've not heard of a cure for dementia

or even demented?

[NYC Liberal]

4. It would still require Pence's sign-off. So it will never happen.