House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday announced legislation to create a commission that would allow Congress to remove the president using the 25th Amendment, accusing President Trump of being in a “changed state” with his coronavirus treatment.
“This is not about President Trump,” Pelosi said Friday. “He will have to face the verdict of the electorate. But he has shown the need to create a process for future presidents.”
Pelosi denied that the timing of the law had anything to do with the election and argued that there was a need to create a commission on the president’s ability to “give people a little rest” on the stability of the government.
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Trump retaliated by saying that Pelosi’s attempt was to remove Biden, the future president.
Trump tweeted that Crazy Nancy Pelosi is looking at the 25th Amendment to see if Biden can be replaced by Kamala Harris. “Dames wants it to happen quickly because sleepy is far from it !!!
Pelosi Bill Writer Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Mo. Joined Capital by, who said the coronavirus crisis has shown a greater need for a succession plan in the event of the president’s incompetence.
“We need to act,” said Raskin, a constitutional law scholar.
“In times of chaos, we must stick to our constitution,” Raskey added. “The 25th Amendment is about the stability of the president and the continuity of office.”
Pelosi, who previewed the new law on Thursday, told reporters he would “talk of the 25th Amendment” on Friday – which would allow the vice president to become acting president if he determined the president was unable to step down. And duties of his office. “
He has questioned Trump’s health status and his behavior since he was diagnosed with CVD-19 amid an outbreak at the White House.
“The public needs to know the president’s health status,” Pelosi said Thursday, seeking to know a negative test for his virus before he became infected last week.
Trump later replied: “Crazy Nancy is something to watch out for. They don’t call her crazy for anything! ”
Under the 25th Amendment, Congress, the Cabinet and the Vice President can strip the President of power if he is declared ineligible in a serious situation for any reason. But that requires a 2/3 vote of both houses.
Article 4 of the 25th Amendment also states that a “majority of other members, such as the Congress,” determines whether the president is discharging his powers and duties. The 25th Amendment was ratified in 1967, and Ruxin said it was time for Congress. To establish this “body”.
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Ruskin’s bill, which must be passed by both chambers of Congress and signed by the president, would create a “commission on the president’s ability to discharge his powers and duties.”
The 17 members of the Bilateral Commission will work with the Vice President to determine whether the President is “incapable of discharging the powers and duties of his office” due to physical or mental disability. Presumably, that commission will consider the need for a transfer of power.
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Introducing a similar bill in 2017, Ruskin said Trump has plunged the country into chaos.
“For the safety of our people and the safety of the republic, we need to organize the so-called ‘body’ for the 25th Amendment,” Raskin said at the time. “The president can fire his entire cabinet for asking the same question. Millions of Americans are asking at their dinner table, but we can’t arrange for Congress or an expert body under the constitution.”
While such a bill could pass the Democrat-controlled House, the chances of passing the Republican-controlled Senate seem slim until Trump’s health improves significantly. However, it presents a new political narrative a few weeks before election day.
Trump was admitted to the Vander Reed National Military Medical Center last Friday, began a course of treatment and returned to the White House on Monday – before returning to the Oval Office on Wednesday.
Pelosi was asked on Friday if she thought Trump had reached the door for the 25th Amendment.
“It’s not up to us to decide,” he said.
The report is contributed by Chad Pergram of Fox News.
