Info on section 4 of the 25th amendment:
https://www.history.com/topics/united-states-constitution/25th-amendment
“25th Amendment Section 4
Section 4 stipulates that when the vice president and a majority of a body of Congress declare in writing to the president pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House that the president is unable to perform the duties of the office, the vice president immediately becomes acting president.
The president can then submit a written declaration to the contrary and resume presidential powers and duties—unless the vice president and a majority body of Congress declare in writing within four days that the president cannot perform his duties, in which case Congress will vote on the issue.”
Guess we are gonna find out about Pence - they can not do it without him can they?
The president can then submit a written declaration to the contrary and resume presidential powers and duties—unless the vice president and a majority body of Congress declare in writing within four days that the president cannot perform his duties, in which case Congress will vote on the issue.”
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Could that be why POTUS made sure they released him yesterday, even though he may not have felt the best? He looked as though his breathing was laboured once he got to the top of the White House steps yesterday.
I don’t know how many steps that is (maybe 20-28?), but it’s unlikely he gets a lot of cardio training, so that might be a small challenge for a 74 year-old man, let alone a 74 year-old man recovering from a significant respiratory illness.