The Trump/ Pence rift, expressed in a Trump tweet since blocked by Twitter as it has frozen his account for 12 hours:
"Mike Pence didn’t have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our Country and our Constitution, giving States a chance to certify a corrected set of facts, not the fraudulent or inaccurate ones which they were asked to previously certify," Trump tweeted Wednesday. "USA demands the truth!"
From inside Trump's circle:
.@Acosta: "I will tell you, Jake, I talked to a source, a GOP source close to the president who speaks with him regularly, and I take no pleasure in reporting this, but this source tells me that he believes the president is out of his mind." pic.twitter.com/Ld7r2hLnSH
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 6, 2021
The calls for action to strip Mango Mussolini of his powers are building:
Jay Timmons, the head of the National Association of Manufacturers, said in a statement that Pence should “seriously consider working with the Cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment to preserve democracy.”
Former U.S. Rep. Denver Riggleman (R-Va.) told Forbes he believes the 25th Amendment should be used to remove Trump from office, while Vermont’s Republican Gov. Phil Scott also said that Trump “should resign or be removed from office by his Cabinet.”
Former Defense Secretary William Cohen, a Republican who represented Maine in the Senate for 18 years, said on CNBC that the Cabinet should invoke the 25th Amendment since Trump “is no longer capable of serving the United States of America.”
Democratic U.S. Representatives Ted Lieu and Charlie Crist also said the 25th Amendment should be used to remove Trump from office.
From Congress --
Trump is directly responsible for this insurrection and violence. He needs to be removed from office immediately. It is the Constitutional responsibility of Vice President Pence and the cabinet to exercise the power granted them by the 25th amendment.
— Seth Moulton (@sethmoulton) January 6, 2021
This is outrageous, and the president caused it. We should impeach and convict him tomorrow.
— David Cicilline (@davidcicilline) January 6, 2021
The President has been encouraging these domestic terrorists since before the election.
— Rep. Jennifer Wexton (@RepWexton) January 6, 2021
He could have stopped them at any moment, but instead he whipped them into a frenzy and sicced them on the Capitol.
The Cabinet must remove him today or the House must impeach.
Tonight, I am asking Vice President Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment and begin the process of removing President Trump from office.
— Rep. Lucy McBath (@RepLucyMcBath) January 7, 2021
The President incited an insurrection in the U.S. Capitol today. The 25th amendment should be invoked, and he should be removed from office. What we witnessed in Washington today was an assault on the citadel of democracy.
— Rep. Richard Neal (@RepRichardNeal) January 7, 2021
What happened at the U.S. Capitol today was an insurrection, incited by the President of the United States. https://t.co/NojKm86sZ2
— Senator Mitt Romney (@SenatorRomney) January 6, 2021
He's a clear and present danger to our democratic republic. He hasn't finished with his coup, and ignoring his provoking insurrection only emboldens him further. Oh, and he's out of his mind.
