Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., is calling on President Donald Trump’s Cabinet and Vice President J.D. Vance to remove him from office through the 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution over his latest threat to Greenland.
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“Invoke the 25th Amendment,” Markey replied, referring to the constitutional process by which the vice president and a majority of the Cabinet can declare a president unable to discharge his duties. If the president disputes the declaration, Congress will ultimately decide whether he remains in power.
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Although Greenland is a semi-autonomous territory of Denmark, Trump said earlier this month that “we’re going to have Greenland no matter what” and has repeatedly refused to rule out the use of military force.
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That was enough for Markey and at least three other U.S. lawmakers. Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.), Rep. Sydney Kamrag Dove (D-Calif.) and Rep. Yassamine Ansari (D-Ariz.) also called for invoking the 25th Amendment, with Ansari explicitly describing Trump as “severely mentally ill.”
Others on social media also called for the 25th Amendment to be invoked:
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