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On CNN now....
Chyron:
Pence not ruling out 25th Amendment; Wants to preserve it in case Trump becomes more unstable.

soothsayer
(38,601 posts)SoFlaBro
(3,426 posts)Enough waffling
bluestarone
(19,360 posts)Give me a fucking break!
BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)ProfessorGAC
(72,172 posts)Is there such a thing as MORE unstable?
Once someone has gone off the deep end, they've passed the point of going "more".
And, even if it could happen, isn't a " little" unstable too much for a POTUS?
ProudMNDemocrat
(19,555 posts)Take your time, Mikey...Why hurry?
DemoTex
(25,942 posts)Good Lord and Sonny Jesus!
Mike Nelson
(10,528 posts)... it was ruled out... can't recall what source. It was a TV reporter.
(and, of course... Trump more unstable? Is that possible?)
Proud liberal 80
(4,367 posts)And you are left with Pompeo and all the ‘acting’ minions
DeminPennswoods
(16,685 posts)My guess is they don't, but we'll see what the WH lawyers say.
Proud liberal 80
(4,367 posts)And you are left with Pompeo and all the ‘acting’ minions
ecstatic
(34,703 posts)
Thomas Hurt
(13,931 posts)gldstwmn
(4,575 posts)to a whole other level.
gldstwmn
(4,575 posts)Also did you see John Dean saying the GA senators will be seated as soon as their election is certified rendering Mitch incapable of stopping the impeachment? Can this happen prior to inauguration? I didn't catch the whole thing.
Wednesdays
(20,450 posts)Doesn't matter if Warnock and Ossoff are inducted.
Grown2Hate
(2,172 posts)Leader Moscow Mitch until Jan 20th at noon.
SergeStorms
(19,538 posts)does he have to be, Q-tip?
If he suddenly becomes "more unstable" it'll already be too fucking late!
Liberty Belle
(9,655 posts)Pelosi and others. If he doesn't invoke the 25th these would-be assassins will be free to try again and perhaps succeed.
Or go find Mother and persuade her to convince Pence, since she seems to be the only one he listens to or is fearful of.
cbdo2007
(9,213 posts)can't leave town, can't post on social media, can't call for more rioters, can't talk about the election, etc. Just like a parent dealing with a little kid.
gldstwmn
(4,575 posts)malaise
(282,483 posts)Looks like mother needs to slap some sense into Pence
captain queeg
(11,780 posts)And have agreed to act at some certain point. Not sure what they could agree on as over the line, but for instance trying to launch nuclear weapons would trigger immediate action. It’s a dangerous game they are playing with someone who is so obviously crazed.
PA_jen
(1,114 posts)of your oath and should be impeached as well.
roamer65
(37,537 posts)He was stalling until he had it.
Flaleftist
(3,473 posts)Demsrule86
(71,121 posts)Y'all Qaeda to assassinate Pence. He is very vindictive Trump is and will not doubt encourage his followers to continue to harrass or even kill Mike Pence. A VP only gets one year of protection...but if he was president for a time...it would be lifetime protection which he may need.
Paladin
(29,970 posts)Groundhawg
(1,114 posts)Buckeye_Democrat
(15,197 posts)You got involved in the mess over 4 years ago, and now Trump's cult members want you dead regardless.
That's what you get for dealing with intolerant crazies with very strict "purity" rules... per their church leaders, Hannity, etc.
Quixote1818
(30,857 posts)roamer65
(37,537 posts)Congress will pass it and President Biden will sign it.
Buckeye_Democrat
(15,197 posts)alittlelark
(18,969 posts)Trumpanzees have a noose w/ his name on it.
roamer65
(37,537 posts)Let them fend for themselves.
JI7
(91,658 posts)roamer65
(37,537 posts)Buckeye_Democrat
(15,197 posts)The House would then only need a simple majority (50%) to enact a "temporary" removal that lasts for 21 days... which would effectively be permanent with the inauguration of Biden/Harris happening in the interim.
The 2/3 vote is for permanent removal per the 25th, if that had been tried long ago.
JI7
(91,658 posts)Can we take that away from Trump also and give it to Pence ?
Buckeye_Democrat
(15,197 posts)It's something that I'd like to see happen, but I don't really know.
Sorry, I had overlooked to whom you were responding in this thread.
alittlelark
(18,969 posts)To avoid impeachment or 25th - easiest option.
roamer65
(37,537 posts)👍👍
DeminPennswoods
(16,685 posts)He might be trying to box Trump in with no way to escape but to resign.
Quixote1818
(30,857 posts)it like he is so far, and then eventually pull the plug.
Bobstandard
(1,854 posts)It won’t be off the table until Biden is inaugurated. Until then, it’s a carrot he’s dangling to make it seem like he’s a responsible person. He supported Trump to tightly for too long for anybody to even suppose he might do the right thing
He still has Presidential ambitions. He won’t do anything more to antagonize Trumps base
DrToast
(6,414 posts)Then they won't have to vote against him.
Buckeye_Democrat
(15,197 posts)It might be happening as we type. None of those cowards want to upset their voting base of nut jobs.
Some of them like Romney are more insulated from them, since he can rely on his own Mormon cult to keep him in office.
Quixote1818
(30,857 posts)nt
DeminPennswoods
(16,685 posts)from just yesterday and earlier today. Maybe when Biden issued the invitation to Pence to attend Biden's inauguration, the two of them talked.
old guy
(3,299 posts)Pence has no intention of using the 25th. Just a deflection IMO.
Quixote1818
(30,857 posts)keep Trump at bay. As one poster above pointed out. It would let the GOP Congress off the hook because they are screwed either way. If they vote against it the moderate Dem they run against might beat them. If they vote for it then they get primaried. If he is taken out they have a clean slate.
Vivienne235729
(3,739 posts)Grown2Hate
(2,172 posts)LisaL
(47,160 posts)How unstable does Trump have to become for Pence to actually do it?
Buckeye_Democrat
(15,197 posts)... after he read a transcript from General Ripper who had managed to send off bombers with orders to drop nukes, with little hope of contacting or retrieving them.
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President Merkin Muffley:
There's nothing to figure out, General Turgidson. This man is obviously a psychotic.
General "Buck" Turgidson:
We-he-ell, uh, I'd like to hold off judgement on a thing like that, sir, until all the facts are in.
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GeorgeGist
(25,498 posts)Initech
(104,400 posts)
BlueStater
(7,596 posts)Does he need to eat a baby on live television before you’ve finally had enough?