Use 25th Amendment to remove Trump
In a parliamentary democracy, an incompetent prime minister can be removed from office by a vote of “no confidence.” Failures of the impeachment process prove American democracy is stuck with an incompetent fool of a president until January 2021. His inconsistent, uninformed actions during the previous four months of the pandemic virus and his recent inflammatory, dictatorial statements about civil unrest resulting from the murder of George Floyd demonstrate Donald Trump is a dangerous, incompetent executive.
Trump is ignorant of his constitutional prerogatives, uninterested in governing, obsessively focused on re-election, unable to formulate policies, lacks emotional intelligence, and is irrational and narcissistic. Our democracy is crumbling, and citizens’ lives are in danger. We the people cannot afford to wait for the November election to remove this guy from office. It is time for Republicans to invoke the 25th Amendment, whereby Vice President Pence (and Cabinet) notifies Congress that Trump is unable to safely discharge his official duties. Congress removes Trump by a two-thirds vote. Yes, I know we progressives will struggle with a President Pence, an obsequious enabler of Trump, but at least Pence appears to be compassionately sane. We have no other options.
Dave Benn
We’ll remember if vote-by-mail fails