73 CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES CALLING FOR THE 25TH AMENDMENT TO BE INVOKED AGAINST TRUMP
73 members of Congress, so far, are calling for the 25th Amendment to be invoked against Trump. There are also dozens of other state officials, and former federal officials, and even some prominent Republicans, calling for him to be removed.
As a reminder, the 25th Amendment details, among other things, how a president can be removed from office for being “unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office”. If that happens the vice president assumes the duties of the president. However, it has never, in the entire history of our country, come to pass, and it’s unlikely to now. But that said, it’s a *great* thermometer for taking the temperature of our country right now, one which Republicans can’t afford to ignore.
Here’s how involuntary removal under the 25th Amendment gets enacted. The vice president and a majority of the cabinet (there are 15 cabinet members) have to trigger it by transmitting to Congress that they are invoking the 25th Amendment because the president is no longer able to carry out his duties. (The Constitution also provides for an alternate body, in lieu of the cabinet; it’s a majority of the cabinet or “such other body as Congress may by law provide”, however Congress has never provided such a body, so the cabinet it is.)
The president can then revoke it by transmitting to Congress that he is now able to perform his duties again, at which point the VP and a majority of the cabinet can challenge the president taking the reins again. If that happens then 2/3s of both the House *and* the Senate must vote to side with the VP to keep the president from regaining office. Otherwise the president is back in the saddle again.
The 73 members of Congress (70 Representatives and 3 Senators) are (but this is moving fast, by the time you read this there will probably be more):
Senator Chris Murphy, Democrat, Connecticut
Senator Ed Markey, Democrat, Massachusetts
Senator Ron Wyden, Democrat, Oregon
Representative Adelita Grijalva, Democrat, Arizona
Representative Adriano Espaillat, Democrat, New York
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Democrat, New York
Representative Andre Carson, Democrat, Indiana
Representative Andrea Salinas, Democrat, Oregon
Representative Angie Craig, Democrat, Minnesota
Representative April McClain Delaney, Democrat, Maryland
Representative Ayanna Pressley, Democrat, Massachusetts
Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman, Democrat, New Jersey
Representative Brittany Petterson, Democrat, Colorado
Representative Chellie Pingree, Democrat, Maine
Representative Chris Deluzio, Democrat, Pennsylvania
Representative Christian Menefee, Democrat, Texas
Representative Dan Goldman, Democrat, New York
Representative Dave Min, Democrat, California
Representative Delia Ramirez, Democrat, Illinois
Representative Diana DeGette, Democrat, Colorado
Representative Doris Matsui, Democrat, California
Representative Dwight Evans, Democrat, Pennsylvania
Representative Eric Swalwell, Democrat, California
Representative Greg Casar, Democrat, Texas
Representative Hank Johnson, Democrat, Georgia11796082
Representative Ilhan Omar, Democrat, Minnesota
Representative Jahana Hayes, Democrat, Connecticut
Representative Jamie Raskin, Democrat, Maryland
Representative Jan Schakowsky, Democrat, Illinois
Representative Jill Tokuda, Democrat, Hawaii
Representative Jimmy Gomez, Democrat, California
Representative Joaquin Castro, Democrat, Texas
Representative Johnny Olszewski, Democrat, Maryland
Representative Julie Johnson, Democrat, Texas
Representative Lateefah Simon, Democrat, California
Representative Lind Sanchez, Democrat, California
Representative Lizzie Fletcher, Democrat, Texas
Representative Lori Trahan, Democrat, Massachusetts
Representative Madeline Dean, Democrat, Pennsylvania
Representative Mark DeSaulnier, Democrat, California
Representative Mark Pocan, Democrat, Wisconsin
Representative Maxine Dexter, Democrat, Oregon
Representative Maxwell Frost, Democrat, Florida
Representative Melanie Stansbury, Democrat, New Mexico
Representative Mike Quigley, Democrat, Illinois
Representative Mike Thompson, Democrat, California
Representative Morgan McGarvey, Democrat, Kentucky
Representative Nancy Pelosi, Democrat, California
Representative Nikema Williams, Democrat, Georgia
Representative Paul Tonko, Democrat, New York
Representative Pramila Jayapal, Democrat, Washington
Representative Rashida Tlaib, Democrat, Michigan
Representative Ritchie Torres, Democrat, New York
Representative Ro Khanna, Democrat, California
Representative Rob Menendez, Democrat, New Jersey
Representative Robert Garcia, Democrat, California
Representative Sam Liccardo, Democrat, California
Representative Sara Jacobs, Democrat, California
Representative Sarah McBride, Democrat, Delaware
Representative Scott Peters, Democrat, California
Representative Sean Casten, Democrat, Illinois
Representative Seth Moulton, Democrat, Massachusetts
Representative Shri Thanedar, Democrat, Michigan
Representative Steve Cohen, Democrat, Tennessee
Representative Suhas Subramanyam, Democrat, Virginia
Representative Summer Lee, Democrat, Pennsylvania
Representative Sydney Kamlager-Dove, Democrat, California
Representative Teresa Leger Fernandez, Democrat, New Mexico
Representative Val Hoyle, Democrat, Oregon
Representative Valerie Foushee, Democrat, North Carolina
Representative Yassamin Ansari, Democrat, Arizona
Representative Zoe Garcia, Democrat, Texas
Representative Zoe Lofgren, Democrat, California
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