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Democrats Invoke 25th Amendment, Question Trump’s Mental Health
Breitbart ^
| 20 Feb 2017
| Adelle Nazarian
Posted on 02/20/2017 2:38:54 PM PST by detective
Democratic lawmakers are openly questioning President Donald Trumps mental health, and a growing number of them are invoking the 25th Amendment as a springboard to introduce legislation that would allow former presidents and vice presidents to determine if Trump is mentally unfit for office.
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA), and Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) are among several of these Democrats, according to The Hill. Franken reportedly said a few Republican colleagues have expressed concerns to him about Trumps mental health, and Lieu plans to introduce legislation that would require the presence of a psychiatrist or psychologist in the White House.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government
KEYWORDS: democrats; impeachment; media; trump
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To: detective
I wonder if the Right will invoke that “Homosexuality is a mental condition” against the left. Now that would start a civil war.
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posted on
02/20/2017 3:16:35 PM PST
by
Jumper
To: detective
Al Frankenstein THINKS he is mentally fit to be a Senator??? GIVE ME A DAMNED BREAK!!!! LOL, LOL, LOL,
To: Trump Girl Kit Cat
Post #10 says it ALL about mental fitness!!!! These IDIOTS MAKE ME SICK!!! Bill Clinton getting BJ’s in the Oval Office by an intern IS mentally fit!!!!! YET these BASTARDS circled the wagons SCREAMING it was his private life!!! UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!!
To: txhurl; flaglady47; Maine Mariner; Seattle Conservative; ExTexasRedhead; Bushbacker1; danamco; ...
"Still haven't seen an article quoting Zero since he got back".
This is an important point....and it hasn't had much discussion for some reason.
It could mean one of two things....Obama is lying back in the weeds and pulling the strings on his puppets fronting for him while he organizes his going-back into civilian life...or
President Trump is sitting on some really hot incriminating things he's uncovered or in the process of uncovering which would destroy Zero forever, including destroying his hopes for his foundation which he's depending upon as a power base and as his slush fund for the rest of his sorry life, ala the Clintons who are set for life absent any indictments.
Obama may HAVE to lurk in the background....at least for a while.
Leni
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posted on
02/20/2017 3:25:18 PM PST
by
MinuteGal
(GO TRUMP !!!......GO PENCE !!!......Boycott Starbucks and Target !!!)
Going full tilt boogie on Franken’s background ought shrivel his enthusiasm for this BS.
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posted on
02/20/2017 3:25:57 PM PST
by
Clutch Martin
(Hot sauce aside, every culture has its pancake, just as every culture has its noodle.)
To: detective; Jane Long; BlackFemaleArmyCaptain; Black Agnes; djstex; RoosterRedux; DoughtyOne; ...
U.S. Constitution - Amendment 25 Amendment 25 - Presidential Disability and Succession <> 1. In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President. 2. Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the President shall nominate a Vice President who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress. 3. Whenever the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that he is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, and until he transmits to them a written declaration to the contrary, such powers and duties shall be discharged by the Vice President as Acting President. 4. Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President. Thereafter, when the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that no inability exists, he shall resume the powers and duties of his office unless the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive department or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit within four days to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office. Thereupon Congress shall decide the issue, assembling within forty eight hours for that purpose if not in session. If the Congress, within twenty one days after receipt of the latter written declaration, or, if Congress is not in session, within twenty one days after Congress is required to assemble, determines by two thirds vote of both Houses that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall continue to discharge the same as Acting President; otherwise, the President shall resume the powers and duties of his office.
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posted on
02/20/2017 3:26:53 PM PST
by
HarleyLady27
('THE FORCE AWAKENS!!!' Trump/Pence: MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!)
To: All
People who think we can change the weather by riding bicycles are not in the best position to judge mental competence.
People who think they are Muslims when they are not ...
etc etc
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posted on
02/20/2017 3:30:22 PM PST
by
Peter ODonnell
(Listen for my radio call-in program on channel A in your brain, yes caller ... I'm listening)
To: detective
> legislation that would allow former presidents and vice presidents to determine if Trump is mentally unfit for office.
They truly are idiots. They have no idea how the government is structured.
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posted on
02/20/2017 3:36:04 PM PST
by
Ray76
(DRAIN THE SWAMP)
To: detective
These people are desperate and deranged. The demons are stirring in these people full-force. They know their days are numbered. . .Jesus has already won the victory. Let us pray that our President stays his course under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. The goats are separating themselves from the sheep right before our very eyes.
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posted on
02/20/2017 3:37:48 PM PST
by
Maudeen
(No one on this earth is too far gone for Jesus.)
To: Telepathic Intruder
Dem platform: fewer jobs, more muslims.
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posted on
02/20/2017 3:40:32 PM PST
by
jazminerose
(Adorable Deplorable)
To: MinuteGal
[maybe] President Trump is sitting on some really hot incriminating things he's uncovered or in the process of uncovering which would destroy Zero forever...Wouldn't that be delicious!
Have faith... we have the right man in position now to make such a bold move...
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posted on
02/20/2017 3:42:49 PM PST
by
poconopundit
(Trust thyself, every heart vibrates to that iron string. Emerson)
To: piytar
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posted on
02/20/2017 3:44:37 PM PST
by
MS.BEHAVIN
(Women who behave rarely make history)
To: detective
If anybody know about mental health it’s the democrats but they still look for the unicorn rustlers.
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posted on
02/20/2017 3:47:52 PM PST
by
Vaduz
(women and children to be impacted the most.)
To: MinuteGal
I’m going to ask a question...and that is all it is, a question?
Doesn’t anyone have a feeling that Mike Pence was put in as V.P. knowing full well that the Congress and other people were not going to go with President Trump and with Paul Ryan taking money from George Soros, could Ryan and Pence and others (Preibus for one) have something cooked up to remove President Trump and put V.P. Pence in office to protect the ‘New World Order’???
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posted on
02/20/2017 3:52:03 PM PST
by
HarleyLady27
('THE FORCE AWAKENS!!!' Trump/Pence: MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!)
To: detective
Well, Trump is crazy but aren’t we all just a bit? Wasn’t Teddy Roosevelt who is the only past pres he should be compared to, at least according to that PBS guy, a bit crazy? But as a impeachment strategy please waste your time.
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posted on
02/20/2017 3:52:51 PM PST
by
Phlap
(REDNECK@LIBARTS.EDU)
To: HarleyLady27
Almost like they want a shooting war.
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posted on
02/20/2017 3:53:35 PM PST
by
Duchess47
("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
To: detective
Democrats are the least qualified to remark on another’s mental status.
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posted on
02/20/2017 3:55:12 PM PST
by
Montana_Sam
(Truth lives.)
To: poinq
Democrats cant invoke anything. The VP and most of the Cabinet need to do it. Twice.
Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide...
Democrats seem to be trying to set up an "other body" to declare Trump unfit, but they still need Pence to go along with it.
-PJ
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posted on
02/20/2017 3:57:15 PM PST
by
Political Junkie Too
(1st Amendment gives the People the right to a free press, not CNN the right to the first question.)
To: detective
So ANYONE who violates the liberal orthodoxy is mentally ill?
Gotcha. Good to know.
To: HarleyLady27
I have the same question. I have the feeling President Trump is surrounded by enemies.
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posted on
02/20/2017 3:58:31 PM PST
by
Duchess47
("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
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