{"id":5374,"date":"2021-01-08T17:02:56","date_gmt":"2021-01-08T06:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unshackledminds.com\/?p=5374"},"modified":"2021-01-08T17:03:01","modified_gmt":"2021-01-08T06:03:01","slug":"not-happening-vp-pence-refuses-democrats-demands-to-invoke-25th-amendment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unshackledminds.com\/not-happening-vp-pence-refuses-democrats-demands-to-invoke-25th-amendment\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Not Happening&#8221;: VP Pence Refuses Democrats&#8217; Demands To Invoke 25th Amendment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ZeroHedge<\/a> | Tyler Durden &#8211; Thursday, Jan 07, 2021 &#8211; 18:01<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Update (1800ET):<\/strong> In a none too surprising move, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/pence-opposes-25th-amendment-effort-to-remove-trump-2021-1\">Business Insider reports that<\/a>,&nbsp;despite the growing bipartisan chorus for a last-minute change at the very top of the American government, Vice President Mike Pence doesn&#8217;t support removing President Donald Trump from office via the 25th Amendment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em><strong>&#8220;Not happening,&#8221;<\/strong><\/em> said a Republican close to Pence when asked about growing calls for him to replace Trump.&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>So&#8230; impeachment it is then?<\/strong> Nancy, do you feel lucky?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/2021-01-07%20%285%29.png?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>*&nbsp; *&nbsp; *<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Update (1410ET)<\/strong>: Nancy Pelosi has joined Chuck Schumer in calling for 25th Amendment to remove Trump who &#8220;incited an armed insurrection against America.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking at the same time as Joe Biden, who was revealing more members of his cabinet, and revealilng just how much respect she has for the president elect, Pelosi said that &#8220;If the vice president and the cabinet do not act the congress may be prepared to move forward with impeachment,&#8221; she says during a press conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Yesterday the president of the United States incited an armed insurrection against America,&#8221; she said adding that &#8220;in calling for this seditious act, the president has committed an unspeakable assault on our nation.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: Nancy Pelosi calls for the 25th Amendment to be invoked by Mike Pence to remove Donald Trump from office.<br><br>She says Congress is prepared to proceed with impeachment if it is not <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FSUmVKeupb\">https:\/\/t.co\/FSUmVKeupb<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Tu8lKEiHmw\">pic.twitter.com\/Tu8lKEiHmw<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Bloomberg (@business) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/business\/status\/1347259744147402752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Pelosi also called Trump a &#8220;very dangerous person&#8221;, said that &#8220;this is an emergency of the highest magnitude&#8221; and added that &#8220;our Democracy is at risk if action is ignored.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">House Speaker Pelosi calls President Trump &quot;a very dangerous person who should not continue in office.&quot;<br><br>She asks Sec. of State Pompeo and Treasury Sec. Mnuchin why they won&#39;t invoke the 25th Amendment: &quot;Is it about success in business later?&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zBmh0hJkfl\">pic.twitter.com\/zBmh0hJkfl<\/a><\/p>&mdash; The Recount (@therecount) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/therecount\/status\/1347261849146957824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>She concluded that if the 25th amendment is not invoked my Mike Pence, Congress is prepared to proceed with impeachment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>* * *<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New articles of impeachment against President Trump introduced by Rep. David Cicilline seek not only to remove him from office for the very short remainder of his term &#8211; <strong>they would block him from ever running for office again.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the articles, President Trump&#8217;s insistence that he won the election by a &#8220;landslide&#8221; and other statements &#8220;encouraged &#8211; and foreseeably resulted in &#8211; imminent lawless action at the Capitol&#8221; on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump&#8217;s behavior &#8220;warrants impeachment and trial, removal from office, <strong>and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust, or profit under the United States<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Some House Democrats are now circulating articles of impeachment against President Trump after yesterday&#39;s violence in the Capitol.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lLTkmALFTG\">https:\/\/t.co\/lLTkmALFTG<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Laura Litvan (@LauraLitvan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LauraLitvan\/status\/1347231338739474433?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Chuck Schumer, the top Senate Democrat, and incoming Senate majority leader after the Dems victory in the Georgia runoffs, called for Donald Trump to be immediately removed from office, saying that the outgoing president was directly responsible for Wednesday&#8217;s riot in the Capitol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement, Schumer said Vice President Mike Pence should invoke the Constitution\u2019s 25th amendment, using support of the cabinet to take over in the Oval Office until Joe Biden is inaugurated on January 20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\" target=\"_blank\">ZeroHedge<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ZeroHedge | Tyler Durden &#8211; Thursday, Jan 07, 2021 &#8211; 18:01 Update (1800ET): In a none too surprising move, Business Insider reports that,&nbsp;despite the growing bipartisan chorus for a last-minute change at the very top of the American government, Vice President Mike Pence doesn&#8217;t support removing President Donald Trump from office via the 25th Amendment.&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/unshackledminds.com\/not-happening-vp-pence-refuses-democrats-demands-to-invoke-25th-amendment\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;Not Happening&#8221;: VP Pence Refuses Democrats&#8217; Demands To Invoke 25th Amendment<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5375,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[93,115],"tags":[2302,2304,2303,1496,1138],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/unshackledminds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/not-happening.png?fit=500%2C281&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unshackledminds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5374"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unshackledminds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unshackledminds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unshackledminds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unshackledminds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5374"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/unshackledminds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5376,"href":"https:\/\/unshackledminds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5374\/revisions\/5376"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unshackledminds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unshackledminds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unshackledminds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unshackledminds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}