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THEYRE BEING TOLD TO STAY AWAY FROM TRUMP: AFTER A DAY OF VIOLENCE AND 25TH AMENDMENT CHATTER, TRUMPS ALLIES ARE JUMPING SHIP
White House Counsel Pat Cipollone is reportedly warning West Wing staffers to avoid Trump for legal reasons, and even Stephen Miller thought Wednesday was atrocious. Will Mike Pence bring out the big guns?
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/01/after-a-day-of-violence-and-25th-amendment-chatter-trumps-allies-jumping-ship
Cipollones purported concern that Trump was committing treasona federal crimeillustrates the chaos and fear of Wednesdays unprecedented events. At least one staffer isnt waiting to flee the ship. On Wednesday night, CNN reported that Stephanie Grisham, the former White House communications director and Melania Trumps current chief of staff, resigned over the Trump-inspired riot. As staff quit or steer clear, Trump is increasingly isolated and alone. According to a person close to the White House, Trump refused to take calls on Wednesday from business leaders who wanted him to call off the insurrectionists. A former West Wing staffer said Republicans were texting and calling Chief of Staff Mark Meadows to lobby him to intervene, but Meadows wasnt answering.
Other Republicans I spoke to on Wednesday echoed the view that Trump wants to blow things up on his way out the door. Hell want to burn the whole thing down, a Republican strategist said. Trump doesnt give a shit about anyone but himself.
Tonight, there was a sense that the ground had shifted. Even Stephen Miller told one person close to the White House that it was a terrible day. Twitter finally suspended Trumps accountat least for 12 hours. And the immediate question facing Republicans became whether the violent scene today merits them invoking the 25th Amendment and removing Trump from office. The provision in the Constitution requires the vice president to secure support from the majority of the Cabinet or Congress. According to a D.C. strategist close to the White House, some prominent Republicans are lobbying Mike Pence to greenlight the process. Pence has to initiate it, the strategist said. Republicans I spoke to were doubtful Pence would take the extraordinary step given his longtime fealty to Trumpeven in the face of being humiliated. Maybe if Trump calls for another protest, then its possible, the former West Wing official said.
Blues Heron
(5,926 posts)I'm sure Eva has her own escape plan though
Tarc
(10,472 posts)"When you lose the Village Nazi..."
Poiuyt
(18,114 posts)chowder66
(9,055 posts)supporters and/or prison. Nothing else. They don't give a rats ass about what they have been fomenting.
herding cats
(19,558 posts)Maybe we'll get lucky and Twitter will keep him banned for an extended period of time?
3Hotdogs
(12,329 posts)He ain't gonna be the President. No longer has any chance of that.
Mother wanted him to be president. Even she's gotta figure that it ain't gonna happen.
lpbk2713
(42,736 posts)Approach at your own risk.