• NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip
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    23 hours ago

    trump can be removed under many many many different methods at this point.

    The problem is that he controls the house and senate and his entire party is terrified of his dying words being a condemnation of whoever stuck their neck out AND avoided getting lynched.

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      21 hours ago

      They can’t even answer simple questions of fact without pissing their pants. Just look at how they answer when asked if Biden won the 2020 election… “He… Well… He was certified.”

      … Fucking cowards

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        13 hours ago

        Even after that, he just sends a letter and gets to be President again. And the only way to override that is a 2/3 vote in both houses — which is a higher bar that’s impeachment and removal.

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      23 hours ago

      “In yet another shadow docket ruling the SCOTUS voted 6-3 in favor of denying the action of invoking the 25th amendment. The 6 votes were cast stating: It’s very very clear that the 25th amendment applies to everyone except Donald Trump.”

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    20 hours ago

    you know, when a significant chunk of the population views the president as an actual divine ruler, it might be a bit difficult to get rid of the president in a nonviolent fashion…

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    22 hours ago

    The section in question:

    Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President.

    No way Vance agrees to this. Sure, he’d be President, but MAGA outrage would strip him of power. Hell, if Trump dies in office, Vance is going to take the heat for Trump’s decisions. Imagine if Vance forced Trump out.

    • nymnympseudonym@piefed.social
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      16 hours ago

      Careful. Vance is younger, more charismatic, and smarter than Trump.

      (“If you’re prettier then General Franco, that’s not too hard…”)