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blitzen

(4,572 posts)
Thu Oct 8, 2020, 08:54 PM Oct 2020

Folks, Pelosi is talking about legislation, not about 25th-ing Trump...

Just my humble opinion, but I think her comments are being misconstrued as some sort of immediate action against Trump. And the Repukes of course are already twisting this in that direction.

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Folks, Pelosi is talking about legislation, not about 25th-ing Trump... (Original Post) blitzen Oct 2020 OP
Yes, but she may have framed it 'badly.' elleng Oct 2020 #1
and it's 25 days to the election ... dweller Oct 2020 #2
You need to override a veto in house and senate so beyond making a statement .... bullimiami Oct 2020 #3

elleng

(130,908 posts)
1. Yes, but she may have framed it 'badly.'
Thu Oct 8, 2020, 08:57 PM
Oct 2020

Citing 25th Amendment, Pelosi, Raskin move to create panel that could rule on president’s fitness for office.

'House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Rep. Jamie B. Raskin (D-Md.) plan to introduce legislation Friday that would create a commission to “help ensure effective and uninterrupted leadership” in the presidency.

The panel would be called the Commission on Presidential Capacity to Discharge the Powers and Duties of Office, “the body and process called for in the 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution,” the offices of Pelosi and Raskin said in a statement announcing the move.'

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/pelosi-presidency-succession-trump/2020/10/08/3c71dfae-09a5-11eb-859b-f9c27abe638d_story.html

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