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joshdawg

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46. Okay. We invoke the 25th to get rid

Thu Oct 2, 2025, 03:18 AM

Oct 2

of one rabid lunatic just so we can have another rabid lunatic take its place.
Make no mistake about it, we are in a lose-lose situation.
trump is insane, no doubt about it.
vance is just as crazy as trump, maybe more so.
There are no sane reasonable people in trump's "cabinet."
Even johnson is mentally unstable.
I know of no valid solution to the problem. Perhaps someone could help me out here.

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Gov. Pritzker calls for invoking the 25th Amendment: [View all] Kingofalldems Oct 1 OP

Let's make this a national conversation! Torchlight Oct 1 #1

I've been signing petitions for this for months, soldierant Oct 1 #36

And now Rep. Maxine Waters: Kingofalldems Oct 1 #2

He's got my vote in Primary BunkieBandit Oct 1 #35

The trouble is he's surrounded himself with a fan club Cabinet. They'll be propping him up until he rots before Vinca Oct 1 #3

Agreed ProfessorGAC Oct 1 #4

Many of his cabinet members canetoad Oct 1 #33

Actually they are all criminals stealing our money while in those jobs and in fact Eliot Rosewater Oct 2 #52

Which reminds me. Did the FBI get the $50,000 back from Holman? Vinca Oct 2 #54

They probably took it and gave it to Patel Eliot Rosewater Oct 2 #55

They are trying to get him past the halfway point of his term InstantGratification Oct 1 #5

exactly obamanut2012 Oct 1 #14

Or at least time enough popsdenver Oct 1 #24

Just what I have been telling friends for a couple of months rurallib Oct 1 #29

Maybe Theil, but I don't think anybody else likes Vance any more than Trump Bluetus Oct 1 #31

Vance may stand in for taco...he will never be elected. MAGA doesn't like him, or his Indian wife. PortTack Oct 1 #37

My thoughts exactly! Stonealone Oct 2 #44

You think they plan on there being an actual vote? quakerboy Oct 2 #45

I didn't say Vance could win on his own merits InstantGratification Oct 2 #49

All the more reason for a major state leader out of the felon's circle to say it to the general public. ancianita Oct 1 #10

Nonetheless, after this shitshow with the Generals, we have an opportunity Bluetus Oct 1 #32

Likely most, if not all of them, have very lucritive side scams that rely on their positions. Attilatheblond Oct 2 #47

"End this disastrous presidency" BaronChocula Oct 1 #6

Rep. Eric Swalwell: Kingofalldems Oct 1 #7

Bravo, Gov Pritzker! It's out there now. Cha Oct 1 #8

IL Gov JB Pritzker is what leadership is about. ancianita Oct 1 #9

Indeed..proud to have such a great governor! PortTack Oct 1 #38

I lived there before his time. I miss Chicago. ancianita Oct 1 #41

But then we get VAnce.... Amaryllis Oct 1 #11

one monster at a time... nt orleans Oct 1 #25

Yeah. But he won't shake things up too much unless Peter Thiel gives him a script and marching orders. ancianita Oct 1 #43

Stevie Miller is keeping trump going so he can actually run the gov't. erronis Oct 1 #12

Yet another person who doesn't know how that amendment works. MineralMan Oct 1 #13

All the more reason to put leadership pressure on the VP. It's now out there and not going away. ancianita Oct 1 #16

Great headline, but sadly this will never come to pass. His cabinet are too loyal (or too stupid) to care. QueerDuck Oct 1 #15

It won't happen, but when he goes completely bananas tavernier Oct 1 #17

Probably not a popular view, but I don't think the 25th was intended for this situation onenote Oct 1 #18

His mental fitness is very much in question -- waiting for full incapacitation may be too late. eppur_se_muova Oct 1 #22

It's great hyperbole, though leftstreet Oct 1 #30

I agree. We have to get him out. lees1975 Oct 1 #19

A lot of us have been saying this since 2016 mdbl Oct 1 #20

If there was ever an administration screaming for the 25th Amendment, it's this one. Uncle Joe Oct 1 #21

Kick. N/T Upthevibe Oct 1 #23

Gov Pritzker is my top choice for 2028 if he wants to be pres SheltieLover Oct 1 #26

Post removed Post removed Oct 2 #60

The people of Illinois love him. He is my top choice for 2028 SheltieLover Oct 2 #61

He's the governor of a Dem state where his constituency fucking loves him. That is the Dem we need running nationwide. SoFlaBro Oct 2 #62

DURec leftstreet Oct 1 #27

that'll definitely work!!!! WarGamer Oct 1 #28

As the New Yorker who now lives in Chicago... nycbos Oct 1 #34

This is brilliant strategy from Pritzker Deminpenn Oct 1 #39

NEVER was there a better case for it, or even remotely close !!!! Jack Valentino Oct 1 #40

Pritzker rocks Lulu KC Oct 1 #42

Okay. We invoke the 25th to get rid joshdawg Oct 2 #46

The cheese has slipped off the cracker. Sneederbunk Oct 2 #48

best governor in the country by far RogueRocket Oct 2 #50

doesn't vance become president then? samsingh Oct 2 #51

Funny thing is every Democrat should be calling for that SSJVegeta Oct 2 #53

Who is going to invoke it? LS0999 Oct 2 #56

I really wish people would actually read section five of the 25th Amendment. rsdsharp Oct 2 #57

ding. this, AllaN01Bear Oct 2 #58

25th Amendment requires more votes than impeachment/removal krawhitham Oct 2 #59

Doesn't mean it is not called for. Kingofalldems Oct 2 #63