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Headquarters @HQNewsNowThe following members of Congress are now (on record) calling for Trump to be removed via the 25th Amendment:
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D)
Rep. Diana DeGette (D)
Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D)
Rep. Mark Pocan (D)
Rep. Summer Lee (D)
Rep. Delia Ramirez (D)
Rep. Sarah McBride (D)
Rep. Yassamin Ansari (D)
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D)
Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green (R)
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D)
Rep. Seth Moulton (D)
Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D)
Rep. Ro Khanna (D)
Rep. Maxwell Frost (D)
Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D)
Rep. Johnny Olszewski (D)
Rep. Julie Johnson (D)
Rep. Sara Jacobs (D)
Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D)
Rep. Lateefah Simon (D)
Rep. Robert Garcia (D)
Rep. Chellie Pingree (D)
Sen. Ed Markey (D)
Rep. Shri Thanedar (D)
Rep. Rob Menendez (D)
Rep. April Delaney (D)
Rep. Nikema Williams (D)
Rep. Steve Cohen (D)
Rep. Joaquin Castro (D)
Rep. Betty McCollum (D)
Rep. Seth Magaziner (D)
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D)
Sen. Bernie Sanders (D)
Rep. Jill Tokuda (D)
Rep. Doris Matsui (D)
Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D)
Rep. Dan Goldman (D)
Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D)
Rep. Lori Trahan (D)
Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D)
Rep. Mark DeSaulnier (D)
Rep. Valerie Foushee (D)
Rep. Val Hoyle (D)
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D)
Rep. Morgan McGarvey (D)
Rep. Jahana Hayes (D)
Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D)
Rep. Christian Menefee (D)
Rep. Scott Peters (D)
Rep. Hank Johnson (D)
... list is certain to grow.
Rep. Mike Thompson @RepThompson 3h
add me
An eclectic, bipartisan group suddenly calls for removing Trump using the 25th Amendment
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/04/07/politics/25th-amendment-trump-iran-war
More Than 50 Congressional Democrats Now Calling for Trumps Immediate Removal from Office
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/50-congressional-democrats-now-calling-for-trumps-immediate-removal-from-office/
spooky3
(38,679 posts)Bet that Don Beyer will also sign on.
fujiyamasan
(1,783 posts)Especially since democrats dont have power in any branch.
It came down to the markets. Too much pressure came in from insiders concerned about a risk of a massive sell off. The market basically priced in TACO, which is why it initially didnt move during the day. But if he had gone through it, who knows what the reaction would have been.
bigtree
(94,358 posts)...subpoena power and ability to schedule hearings and criminal referrals.
And assuming politicians don't care when their party is getting flipped by double digits in special elections is to completely ignore the competetive fights we've been waging with slim majorities in both houses.
'He' is insane, and our politics have never rested on changing his mind. It's about moving republicans to either act or risk getting rolled over in the midterms.
Political pressure. It's basically the move right now, and it just moved Trump off of his genocide.
fujiyamasan
(1,783 posts)The US isnt a party to the Rome statute. And the Supreme Court basically said hes immune from official actions as president. No president republicans or democrat will ever extradite him. Thats not a precedent they want set. Thats why the US is not party to most international criminal court conventions.
The republicans will never hold him accountable. Thats always been obvious. We already had our chance. Garland blew it.
Trump keeps pushing the envelope because he alwyad gets away with it. Im sorry Im too cynical to believe he will ever be held accountable for anything. Well see subpoena after subpoena, hearing after hearing. Maybe well see a lower level official spend a few months in a Maxwell level minimum security prison for a few months. But Trump? Hell wont spend a day behind bars.
Oh, and 2028 isnt a guaranteed win either. The electoral college gets even more challenging as the mid Atlantic, California, and the blue wall loses seats.
bigtree
(94,358 posts)...that expands and advances with a Democratic majority.
That's what's happening here -not expecting republicans to do anything except what they always do; which is defend their own hides.
That's what political pressure is all about. It isn't instant gratification, but it's how the people wrest back control over the presidency and Congress to begin to shape our government and our nation away from this fascism and militarized megalomania.
Trump is 'pushing the envelope' because he has a republican party in power which has failed to confront him legislatively; something that ANY Democratic majority would have already done. The closer we get to that accountability of the election, the more pressured the republican politicians will be to try and repair their political vulnerabilities.
It's that political dynamic that Democrats are now advantaging in their opposition. It's really something to look at the political decline of republicans and not give the party that's been fighting them tooth and nail (with the little voters gave them) credit for their demise.
Full List of Special Elections Lost by Republicans in 2026 So Far
https://www.newsweek.com/full-list-of-special-elections-lost-by-republicans-in-2026-so-far-11497710
...who's allowing themselves to be gaslighted by what Trump believes anymore? What's the actual purpose of looking at our political prospects as if we're fragile or feckless?
Trump promises bigger majorities for GOP even as midterm warning signs flash for his party
https://apnews.com/article/trump-republicans-2026-midterms-iran-florida-loss-0354c2f58e7c75759aaafa8cca2cff5e
IcyPeas
(25,545 posts)What game is she playing?
bigtree
(94,358 posts)...Greene is just trying to salvage her party.
She's late joining the never-Trumpers who've been pining to get back to their conservative con game where they pretend to be populists.
It looks ridiculous on Greene, but no one on our side is going to tell her as we watch her devolve into obscurity with her weird, hollow epiphanies.
mr715
(3,596 posts)mcar
(46,121 posts)DOING SOMETHING!
ecstatic
(35,085 posts)Renew Deal
(85,219 posts)Talking about anything else is an abdication of their duty
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dalton99a
(94,398 posts)leftstreet
(40,922 posts)StarryNite
(12,140 posts)I hope they keep working towards this end. He needs to go!
H2O Man
(79,094 posts)Thank you for this. I've read a few members asking where is Congress, or where are Democrats? You have provided the correct answer.
AverageOldGuy
(3,928 posts). . . if several generals and admirals and perhaps the civilian leadership on the Pentagon told Hogsbreath and Trump to stop this bullshit? Hogsbreath has been very, very quiet.
3Hotdogs
(15,394 posts)Grim Chieftain
(1,809 posts)Hope that list grows each and every day!
LetMyPeopleVote
(180,248 posts)Like in the impeachment process, the Republican-controlled Congress has a role to play.
How the 25th Amendment would work against Trump amid his Iran belligerence
— EUROPE SAYS (@europesays.bsky.social) 2026-04-07T20:32:05+00:00
https://www.europesays.com/iran/56326/
Politically diverse voices have raised the prospect of using the 25th Amendment to sideline President Donald Trump as he brings us to the brinkâ¦
https://www.ms.now/deadline-white-house/deadline-legal-blog/how-25th-amendment-would-work-trump-iran
Section 4 of the amendment gives the vice president and a majority of the Cabinet (or another body designated by Congress) the power to declare that the president is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office. If such a declaration is made here, then Vice President JD Vance would, as the amendment says, immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President.
But that would not end the matter. Section 4, which has never been invoked, goes on to give the president the power to then tell Congress that hes able to serve. In that case, he regains the office unless the vice president and a majority of the Cabinet (or another body designated by Congress) say hes unable to serve. If that happens, then its up to Congress to decide, with the amendment requiring a two-thirds vote in both chambers, that the president is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office. If Congress makes that determination, the vice president continues acting as president; otherwise, the president resumes serving.
So, although the initial action can come from the White House, Congress ultimately has a role to play, and Republicans control both chambers. ....
Therefore, like the 25th Amendment, impeachment leaves the fate of the country to a Republican party and congressional majority that has been subservient to this president.
trump will NOT be removed under the 25th Amendment. Vance and the cabinet will not remove trump and if they did there is no way that two-thirds of both the Senate and House would support this if trump challenges this removal.
There may some political benefit in trying to shame Vance and the cabinet into invoking the 25th Amendment but I believe that Vance and the assholes in trump's cabinet are immune to shame