Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, has introduced a bill that seeks to kick-start the removal of President Donald Trump through the 25th Amendment.
The legislation, which was offered with 50 Democratic co-sponsors, would establish a Commission on Presidential Capacity to Discharge the Powers and Duties of Office. That body would be composed of 17 members tasked with determining whether the president is incapacitated — “either mentally or physically” — and unable to discharge the powers and duties of office, as called for in Section 4 of the 25th Amendment.
In introducing the bill, Raskin pointed to Trump’s recent rhetoric on the war in Iran, his actions in the Middle East and the photo he posted on social media depicting himself as Jesus.
“Public trust in Donald Trump’s ability to meet the duties of his office has dropped to unprecedented lows as he threatens to destroy entire civilizations, unleashes chaos in the Middle East while violating Congressional war powers, aggressively insults the Pope of the Catholic Church and sends out artistic renderings on-line likening himself to Jesus Christ,” Raskin said in a statement.
“We are at a dangerous precipice, and it is now a matter of national security for Congress to fulfill its responsibilities under the 25th Amendment to protect the American people from an increasingly volatile and unstable situation,” he added.
The move comes days after dozens of Democrats — and some MAGA figures — called on the Cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment after the president’s threat warning that “a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again,” if Iran didn’t meet his requests by his deadline to reopen the Strait or Hormuz.
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