Lawmakers call for use of 25th amendment after president brazenly threatens to commit war crimes in Iran
As Donald Trump unleashes curse-filled threats against Iran, Democrats are raising alarm over his mental stability and calling for his removal from office – while Republicans remain conspicuously silent.
Democrats are escalating their rebukes as the 79-year-old president delivers rambling, incoherent speeches, hurls puerile insults at US allies and brazenly threatens to commit war crimes. He used an Easter Sunday social media post to warn Iran to “Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell”.
The president followed up by insisting that a “whole civilization will die tonight” if Tehran does not meet his latest deadline to agree to a deal that includes reopening the strait of Hormuz.
By Tuesday afternoon, more than 20 Democratic members of Congress had called for Trump’s cabinet to invoke the 25th amendment to the constitution to remove a president who is deemed unfit for office.
Hope nobody expected any different. The repugs are as deeply entrenched in the fascism as trump is. Nothing short of a complete wipe will change that
Only twenty? Fucking cowards.
EDIT: Looks like it’s up to ~30 now? I do see that my rep, Melanie Stansbury is standing tall. Very proud of her.
I’m sometimes disappointed that I live in blue NM. There’s no politician I can hassle, and Stansbury is even arranging protests, so who am I supposed to yell at when she’s there in the crowd?
I wish I had reps to call and hassle, but mine are already voting to oust his fat pedo ass
Call and tell them you support what they are doing. Make the call, it’s very important.
Every person telling their rep they are behind them is one more reason for them to stand tall. Keep at it
If we don’t deal with them harshly at the first chance it’s feasibly possible it will come roaring back one final, unbeatable time.
I don’t like that it’s the only option. But it is.
