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elleng

(135,776 posts)
Sat Sep 7, 2024, 07:02 PM Sep 7

Trump calls for modifying 25th Amendment to make it possible to remove a vice president



'Former President Donald Trump on Saturday called for “modifying” the 25th Amendment to allow for the removal of a vice president who “lies or engages in a conspiracy to cover up the incapacity of the president,” a political nonstarter and the latest escalation of his attacks on President Joe Biden and the change atop the Democratic ticket.

“If you do that with a cover-up of the president of the United States, it’s grounds for impeachment immediately and removal from office, beause that’s what they did,” Trump said during a campaign rally in Mosinee, Wisconsin.'

https://www.aol.com/news/trump-calls-modifying-25th-amendment-203601963.html

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hlthe2b

(106,042 posts)
3. He just can't stop showing his utter ignorance and unfitness for the job. Albeit maybe he's concerned about Vance...
Sat Sep 7, 2024, 07:10 PM
Sep 7

LOL

tinrobot

(11,474 posts)
15. Remove the VP for "conspiracy to cover up the incapacity of the president?"
Sat Sep 7, 2024, 07:44 PM
Sep 7

JD would be removed covering up Trumps incapacity. Trump would never admit to being "incapacitated"

This is ALL about Biden/Harris.

Jack Valentino

(1,167 posts)
6. Oh, I thought this was the Onion, or Trump was preparing early
Sat Sep 7, 2024, 07:21 PM
Sep 7

to get rid of Vance!

All he has to do is get his family puppet RNC to pass a new rule,
and he can get rid of Vance now!

We can call it the "doughnut rule"


no_hypocrisy

(48,627 posts)
7. Kinda late for that, eh Don?
Sat Sep 7, 2024, 07:21 PM
Sep 7

Amendments to Amendments to the Constitution takes years, not weeks.

Plus, your premise is not applicable to this Election.

Deuxcents

(19,510 posts)
11. It really says a lot that a former president who is campaigning to return to the highest office in this county
Sat Sep 7, 2024, 07:24 PM
Sep 7

But has no understanding of our Constitution, the Amendments and yet almost half of the country says they’re gonna vote for him. His crimes, convections, ignorance, draft dodging and perpetual corruption and lies just don’t matter. I’ll never under It.

LuvLoogie

(7,520 posts)
16. It's because he's a racist piece of shit
Sat Sep 7, 2024, 07:56 PM
Sep 7

who will shit on and shit mouth all the people they hate. THAT'S it. He started his campaign with it. He's good at three things. Being a bigot, a grifter, a liar. It's no fucking mystery. This is America.

Rstrstx

(1,563 posts)
12. Well dipshit that's already in the Constitution
Sat Sep 7, 2024, 07:26 PM
Sep 7

The VP can be impeached for whatever “high crime and misdemeanor” the House sees fit. Good luck getting 2/3 of the Senate to agree.

So he wants Congress or his cabinet to be able to impeach a VP? Is he scared of JD or something?

Retrograde

(10,611 posts)
17. It's stupid enough that he may have
Sat Sep 7, 2024, 08:03 PM
Sep 7

thought it up all by himself - he's looking for a way to disqualify Harris because she's stealing all the attention from him.

The US Constitution specifies that the vice-president can be impeached by a majority vote of the House and removed by a 2/3 vote of the Senate - and that's not going to happen before November 5.

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