Post by account_disabled on Feb 18, 2024 10:39:08 GMT
Members of President Donald Trump's cabinet are considering applying the 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution to remove Trump from office , according to several media outlets. If the measure is ultimately applied, it would be a completely unprecedented process in the history of American politics since the amendment was ratified six decades ago. Jim Acosta, CNN 's White House correspondent , has explained that at the moment the measure is in its preliminary phase, while Margaret Brennan, CBS journalist , assures that nothing concrete has yet been presented to Vice President Mike Pence. A third national news network, ABC News, confirmed both reports, obtained from sources who did not want to reveal his identity.
This extraordinary event comes shortly after Trump supporters, crazed by the president's conspiracy theories about the 2020 election, converged on an attack on the Capitol this Wednesday , while Congress was in session—a merely testimonial step in other cases. electoral processes—to certify the electoral votes and end the campaign with the proclamation Europe Cell Phone Number List of President-elect Joe Biden. The process became news this year because Trump and his supporters baselessly said that Congress and, in particular, Vice President Mike Pence, have the legal authority to reject electoral votes by claiming that the election was "rigged" against him. . Congress and the vice president do not have this authority and are only tasked with counting the votes cast by the Electoral College that certify the election results. Lawmakers can raise objections to the votes, but for that challenge to be valid, both the House and Senate must support it .
Because the Democratic Party controls the chamber, there is virtually no chance that Republicans who have embraced Trump's push to overturn the election will succeed. Pence, for his part, plays no role in approving or rejecting a state's electoral votes and his involvement in the matter is largely ceremonial. Leaders around the world condemn the violent coup attempt by Trump and his allies after the assault on the US Capitol Regardless, Trump has consistently and repeatedly asserted that Pence and congressional Republicans are obligated to "decertify" the electoral votes of key states he lost because, he says, their respective elections were conducted fraudulently and, therefore, its results were illegitimate.
This extraordinary event comes shortly after Trump supporters, crazed by the president's conspiracy theories about the 2020 election, converged on an attack on the Capitol this Wednesday , while Congress was in session—a merely testimonial step in other cases. electoral processes—to certify the electoral votes and end the campaign with the proclamation Europe Cell Phone Number List of President-elect Joe Biden. The process became news this year because Trump and his supporters baselessly said that Congress and, in particular, Vice President Mike Pence, have the legal authority to reject electoral votes by claiming that the election was "rigged" against him. . Congress and the vice president do not have this authority and are only tasked with counting the votes cast by the Electoral College that certify the election results. Lawmakers can raise objections to the votes, but for that challenge to be valid, both the House and Senate must support it .
Because the Democratic Party controls the chamber, there is virtually no chance that Republicans who have embraced Trump's push to overturn the election will succeed. Pence, for his part, plays no role in approving or rejecting a state's electoral votes and his involvement in the matter is largely ceremonial. Leaders around the world condemn the violent coup attempt by Trump and his allies after the assault on the US Capitol Regardless, Trump has consistently and repeatedly asserted that Pence and congressional Republicans are obligated to "decertify" the electoral votes of key states he lost because, he says, their respective elections were conducted fraudulently and, therefore, its results were illegitimate.