Washington Post Editorial Board Calls For Trump's Cabinet To Remove Him

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The newspaper, along with the Miami Herald, joined Democrats in arguing the president’s Cabinet should remove him under the 25th Amendment.

“The president is unfit to remain in office for the next 14 days. Every second he retains the vast powers of the presidency is a threat to public order and national security,” reads the piece, published to the Post’s Opinion section Wednesday night.

The editorial board urged Vice President Mike Pence and the rest of Trump’s Cabinet to meet immediately and invoke the 25th Amendment, a law that allows the vice president to take over presidential duties if the president is no longer able to do her or his job due to sickness or disability. Once a president is removed under the 25th Amendment, the vice president and Cabinet members can decide if the president is “unable to discharge the powers and duties” of the White House.

“Americans put on their seat belts, follow traffic laws, pay taxes and vote because of faith in a system — and that faith makes it work,” the article continues. “The highest voice in the land incited people to break that faith, not just in tweets, but by inciting them to action. Mr. Trump is a menace, and as long as he remains in the White House, the country will be in danger.”

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/washington-post-editorial-board-calls-for-trumps-cabinet-to-remove-him_n_5ff67cefc5b64e568bf423cc

[Mike 03]

1. K + R

[NJCher]

2. Just finished reading one in ny times

That says the same. Says a vote in the senate to disqualify him could pass with a 50 vote. Needs to happen immediately so pence has to act fast.