Mike Pence says he opposes eradicating Donald Trump with the twenty fifth Amendment
Vice President Mike Pence instructed House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday that he’s against invoking the twenty fifth Amendment to take away President Donald Trump from workplace after Trump’s supporters laid siege to the US Capitol final week.
“I do not believe that such a course of action is in the best interest of our Nation or consistent with our Constitution,” Pence stated in a letter launched by his workplace because the House ready to vote on a non-binding decision calling on him to make the most of the twenty fifth Amendment of the US Constitution.
At least three Republicans, together with a member of the House management, on Tuesday stated they’d vote to question Trump for urging supporters to march on the Capitol and “fight” shortly earlier than the assault that led to the deaths of 5 folks.
Pence instructed Pelosi the administration’s power was centered on making certain an orderly transition, and appealed to her and different members of Congress to keep away from actions that “would further divide and inflame the passions of the moment.”
“Work with us to lower the temperature and unite our country as we prepare to inaugurate President-elect Joe Biden as the next President of the United States,” Pence stated.
Pence and Trump had their first dialog on the White House on Monday night after days of silence following the riot and Trump’s public rebuke of Pence for not searching for to dam the congressional certification of Biden’s Electoral College win.
Trump, who has sought unsuccessfully to overturn his Nov. 3 election loss, had pressured Pence to intervene within the certification course of, and a few of Trump’s supporters within the assault mentioned assassinating Pence for being a traitor.
Pence referenced the strains in his letter to Pelosi. “Last 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,” he wrote.
Invoking the twenty fifth Amendment as a method of “punishment or usurpation” would “set a terrible precedent,” Pence stated.
Removal of a president below the twenty fifth Amendment requires a declaration by the vp and nearly all of the president’s Cabinet.
