Senator Chuck Schumer is responding to bipartisan requests and has asked Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove President Donald Trump from office.
"What happened at the U.S. Capitol yesterday was an insurrection against the United States, incited by the president. This president should not hold office one day longer."
“The quickest and most effective way — it can be done today — to remove this president from office would be for the vice president to immediately invoke the 25th amendment . If the vice president and the cabinet refuse to stand up, Congress should reconvene to impeach the president," said Senator Schumer.
After yesterday, the number of legislators is growing who want Trump removed, either by using the 25th amendment or through impeachment.
Illinois GOP Representative. Adam Kinzinger was the first GOP lawmaker to call for invoking the 25th Amendment to remove President Trump from office.
"The president not only abdicated his duty to protect the American people and the people's house, he invoked and inflamed passions that gave fuel to the insurrection we saw here," said Kinzinger.
"Here’s the truth. The president caused this. The president is unfit and the president is unwell. And the president now must relinquish control of the executive branch voluntarily or involuntarily," said Representative Kinzinger.
It isn't just legislators. Many citizens and business leaders have made the same request.
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