Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) called for the removal of President Trump by impeachment or the 25th Amendment at a press conference Thursday afternoon. Earlier Thursday Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) issued a similar statement.
Pelosi: “Yesterday, the President of the United States incited an armed insurrection against America. The gleeful desecration of the U.S. Capitol, which is the temple of our American democracy, and the violence targeting Congress are horrors that will forever stain our nation’s history–instigated by the President of the United States. That’s why this is such a stain. In calling for this seditious act, the President has committed an unspeakable assault on our nation and our people. I join the Senate Democratic Leader in calling on the Vice President to remove this President by immediately invoking the 25th Amendment. If the Vice President and Cabinet do not act, the Congress may be prepared to move forward with impeachment. That is the overwhelming sentiment of my caucus.”
A group of House Democrats, including members of the Squad, have drafted two articles of impeachment against President Trump based on the storming of the Capitol Wednesday and his leaked phone call with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger that would bar him from a second term by banning him from holding federal office upon conviction and removal.
List of Democrat House members supporting the articles: David Cicilline (RI), Ted Lieu (CA), Al Green (TX), Hank Johnson (GA), Ayanna Pressley (MA), Rashida Tlaib (MI), Vicente Gonzalez (TX), Jamaal Bowman (NY), Mondaire Jones (NY), Veronica Escobar (TX), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY) and Cori Bush (MO).
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