Democrats Seek To Declare Trump ‘Incapacitated’ And Remove Him From Office

Western Journalism ^ | July 1, 2017 | Tracy Mastaler

[Cheerio]

Twenty-four House Democrats are now backing the bill.

A Democratic congressman has introduced legislation aimed at creating a congressional oversight commission that could declare President Donald Trump incapacitated, prompting his removal from office under the 25th Amendment of the United States Constitution.

Twenty-four House Democrats support the bill, which was introduced by Rep. Jamie Raskin, D. Md., including the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich.

Former chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla.,has co-sponsored the bill.

[roadcat]

There are a huge number of Democrat members of Congress and the Senate who have demonstrated they have the mental capabilities of a squirrel. Declare those democrats incapacitated first, because they're stark raving lunatics.

Maxine Waters, Nancy Pelosi, Barbara Lee and Jackie Speier for a start, and that's just California female members. They are crazy people who need to be removed from office.

[the_Watchman]

There was one statement made by Hillary during the campaign that was correct and currently applicable: “Those who will not accept the results of a presidential election are a threat to our democracy!”

President Trump should tweet this every day until the nonsense stops.

[goldstategop]

Democrats are deranged.

This latest move stems from their unwillingness to reconcile to the fact they lost the election last year fair and square.

Removing Trump from office won’t cure what’s killing them.

They need to keep up their Hate Trump because Americans have voted against Trump four times, right?

I missed the part where the Democrats won.

[heterosupremacist]

"Rep. John Conyers (D–MI), is the second longest serving member of the House of Representatives, and the ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee. In the 1970s he played a prominent role in the recent impeachment process of Richard Nixon." "The "I" word has returned to Washington. Seven years to the week after the House of Representatives impeached President Clinton, discussion of the possible impeachment of President Bush has reached a new high. "In recent days, Senator Barbara Boxer, Congressmen John Lewis and John Conyers, Nixon’s former White House Counsel John Dean as well as numerous legal scholars have suggested Bush has committed impeachable offenses by illegally ordering the National Security Agency to eavesdrop inside the country without a court warrant." 12/21/2005 - https://www.democracynow.org/2005/12/21/first_step_towards_impeachment_conyers_introduces Former chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., has co-sponsored this travesty. Rep. Jamie Raskin, D. Md., is not someone I am familiar with, but I don't need to know...

[ADemocratNoMore]

> Careful there, lefties.

> Failed coups lead to rather savage purges, historically speaking.

If, God forbid they succeed in bringing down President Trump our next President will be an American Pinochet.

[Savage Beast]

The more deranged they become, the more dangerous they become. Their mass psychosis is causing them to behave more and more like paranoid schizophrenics, and that is scary!

[grayboots]

I hope they run on this ridiculous issue in the 2018 elections. Will be fun to watch the melt down!!

[Fungi]

When Rats say “nonpartisan,” it means exactly the opposite.

[10mm]

[Savage Beast]

But what is seriously dangerous is that their HATE has reached psychotic proportions! They are literally INSANE with HATRED!

[goldstategop]

They are doing this to keep their hardcore Hate Trump base from melting down.

Their legislation isn’t aimed at moderate swing voters.

Yeah, there’s a winning message for the 2018 midterm elections.

Its only summer and they’re trying to hit low-hanging fruit instead of going higher.

They have no message and no alternative policies.

[heterosupremacist]

>>>There are a huge number of Democrat members of Congress and the Senate who have demonstrated they have the mental capabilities of a squirrel. Declare those democrats incapacitated first, because they’re stark raving lunatics.
Maxine Waters, Nancy Pelosi, Barbara Lee and Jackie Speier for a start, and that’s just California female members. They are crazy people who need to be removed from office.<<<

Yes, they need to be removed from office, preferably before the island of Guam capsizes...

[TalBlack]

They’re delusional but if they EVER accomplished their idiotic goal the bloodshed would be profound and terrifying. Gaurenteed.

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

"Democrats Seek To Declare Trump ‘Incapacitated’ And Remove Him From Office start CW2."

Corrected.

[Savage Beast]

The more these nutcases reveal of themselves and their agenda, the more the American people give thanks for President Trump and the more determined they are to keep him in the White House!

[SandRat]

[Repeal 16-17]

First off, the 25th Amendment can not remove anybody from office. It is not an alternative to the impeachment process. It clarifies when the VP becomes President and when he becomes Acting President; the latter meaning he temporarily fills in for the President without succeeding to the office. When a VP has been an Acting President (has happened three times), no succession occurred and the President regained his powers.

As for this proposal, it is permissible under Section 4 of the 25th Amendment. The Cabinet may be replaced with "such other body as Congress may by law provide". However, this proposal is nakedly political. The sponsors of this bill expect this commission to immediately declare the President disabled. This would then put pressure on VP Pence to agree.

Even if amazingly they succeeded is having Pence become Acting President, Trump could then declare himself fit for command. Pence and the commission would then have to challenge this declaration for Pence to remain Acting President. Congress would then have to decide the issue (see second paragraph of Section 4 of the 25th Amendment for details). No way would two-thirds of each House of Congress side with Pence and the commission. This would result in Trump regaining the Presidential powers.

Note again: at no time would any of this result in Trump being removed from office. The supporters of this bill are not only desperate to remove President Trump from office, they are too stupid to know which part of the Constitution deals with such removal.

[heterosupremacist]

oops! https://www.democracynow.org/2005/12/21/first_step_towards_impeachment_conyers_introduces

[Savage Beast]

They always mean the opposite of what they say—e.g. liberalism, tolerance, love, peace, et al.

[PIF]

Ryan has the bill on fast track ...