Pence rejects invoking the 25th
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US Vice President Mike Pence told leaders of House of Representatives on Tuesday he does not support invoking the 25th Amendment process to remove Donald Trump, all but guaranteeing an impeachment vote against the besieged president.
鈥淲ith just eight days left in the President鈥檚 term, you and the Democratic Caucus are demanding that the Cabinet and I invoke the 25th Amendment,鈥 Pence wrote to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, referring to the process that would declare Trump unable to fulfill his duties and install Pence as acting president for the remainder of the term.
鈥淚 do not believe that such a course of action is in the best interest of our nation or consistent with our Constitution,鈥 Pence said.
Democrats mobilized rapidly to begin the process to have Trump removed after he encouraged his supporters last Wednesday to 鈥渕arch鈥 to the US Capitol and 鈥渇ight.鈥
The vice president鈥檚 letter came just hours before the House was to vote on a resolution that calls on Pence to initiate the 25th Amendment process and 鈥渄eclare what is obvious to a horrified nation: that the President is unable to successfully discharge the duties and powers of his office.鈥
Pence told Pelosi that the House鈥檚 call for invoking the 25th Amendment was misplaced, saying it was designed to 鈥渁ddress presidential incapacity or disability,鈥 not as a 鈥渕eans of punishment or usurpation.鈥
Pence and Trump had their first conversation on Monday evening after days of silence following the riot and Trump鈥檚 public rebuke of Pence for not seeking to block the congressional certification of Biden鈥檚 Electoral College win.
Trump, who has sought unsuccessfully to overturn his election loss, had pressured Pence to intervene in the certification process, and some of Trump鈥檚 supporters in the assault discussed assassinating Pence for being a traitor.
Pence referenced the strains in his letter to Pelosi.
鈥淟ast week, I did not yield to pressure to exert power beyond my constitutional authority to determine the outcome of the election, and I will not now yield to efforts in the House of Representatives to play political games at a time so serious in the life of our nation,鈥 he wrote.
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