U.S. government members discussed the possibility of ousting President Donald Trump after his supporters stormed Congress, several U.S. media reported.
Their discussion revolved around the 25th amendment to the US Constitution, which allows the vice president and the majority in the government to declare the president incapable of doing his job, CNN, BBC , CBS, and ABC report, citing anonymous sources.
Two elected officials and major media columnists are openly calling for Trump’s removal from power, two weeks before Joe Biden enters the White House reports France Presse.
All Democrats in the judicial committee of the American House of Representatives sent a letter to Pence asking him to activate the 25th Amendment in the interest of democracy.
For them, the president is “mentally ill and unable to accept the results of the 2020 elections.”
The Washington Post writes that he is responsible for inciting the uprising and that he has proved that he “poses a serious threat to democracy.”
US President-elect Joe Biden wrote on Twitter:
– What we saw today is a painful reminder that democracy is fragile. Its preservation requires people of goodwill, leaders who have the courage and who are not committed to conquering power and personal interests at any cost but to the common good.
Earlier, Obama said “Trump instigated violence , this day will be remembered”. the main information fields dividing the country’s population into two. How misinformation flows affect American society and the US Presidential Election. Former US President George W. Bush condemned the incursion of protesters into the Capitol Hill building.
