众议院议长南希·佩洛西周日在给民主党人的一封信中说,民主党人将于本周在众议院采取措施罢免唐纳德·特朗普总统,首先呼吁副总统迈克·彭斯援引第25号修正案。
该决议将呼吁彭斯“立即使用第25修正案第4节规定的权力,召集和动员内阁行政部门的主要官员,宣布一个震惊的国家显而易见的事实:总统无法成功履行其职责和权力。”
如果共和党人阻止这一举措,民主党人将在周二就该法案进行投票,并在本周晚些时候进行弹劾。
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众议院议长南希·佩洛西在众议院重新召开会议期间发言
“我们呼吁副总统在24小时内做出回应,”佩洛西在谈到彭斯和第25修正案时写道。
民主党人将在美国东部时间下午2点举行一次私人会议。
霍耶的发言将于上午11点在众议院进行。
周三,在国会投票认证选举人票时,一群支持特朗普的支持者闯入国会大厦,随后有人呼吁罢免总统。对国会大厦的围攻造成至少五人死亡,包括一名国会警察。
佩洛西还询问了民主党人对第14修正案中关于罢免“参与叛乱或叛乱”的成员的一部分的看法。
一些民主党人,包括新进步的众议员柯里·布什,民主党人。,希望众议院驱逐可能鼓励国会暴力的议员。
“明天,我将提出我的决议,驱逐那些试图推翻选举并煽动白人至上主义者发动政变的国会议员,这场政变已造成多人死亡。他们违反了第14修正案,”布什周日在推特上说。“没有责任,我们就没有团结。”
House moves closer to 2nd Trump impeachment
Democrats will take steps this week in the House to remove President Donald Trump, beginning with a call for Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25 Amendment, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in a letter to Democrats on Sunday.
The resolution would call on Pence “to immediately use his powers under section 4 of the 25th Amendment to convene and mobilize the principal officers of the executive departments in the Cabinet to declare what is obvious to a horrified Nation: That the President is unable to successfully discharge the duties and powers of his office.”
If Republicans block the move, Democrats will vote on the bill on Tuesday and impeachment later this week.
“We are calling for the Vice President to respond in 24 hours,” Pelosi wrote, regarding Pence and the 25th Amendment.
Democrats will hold a private caucus call at 2 p.m. ET.
Hoyer’s action on the floor will take place at 11 a.m. on the House floor.
Calls for the president's removal come after a mob of pro-Trump supporters breached the Capitol on Wednesday while Congress was voting to certify the electoral votes. The siege of the Capitol left at least five dead, including one Capitol police officer.
Pelosi also asked Democrats for their views on a section of the 14th Amendment, regarding the removal of members who "have engaged in insurrection or rebellion."
Some Democrats, including new progressive Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., want the House to expel members who may have encouraged violence at the Capitol.
"Tomorrow, I’m introducing my resolution to expel the members of Congress who tried to overturn the election and incited a white supremacist coup attempt that has left people dead. They have violated the 14th Amendment," Bush tweeted Sunday. "We can’t have unity without accountability."