More than 50 members of Congress called for Trump’s removal on Tuesday. The amendment they’re citing requires JD Vance, the same man who just found out about U.S. strikes from a journalist.
The calls started Sunday, after Trump spent Easter threatening to destroy Iranian bridges and power plants, closing his Truth Social post with “Praise be to Allah.” They escalated on Tuesday when he posted that “a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again” if Iran didn’t meet his 8 p.m. deadline to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
Rep. Yassamin Ansari, the Iranian-American president of the House Democrats’ freshman class, was first out the gate Monday. “The 25th Amendment exists for a reason; his Cabinet should use it,” she said. “The fate of U.S. troops, the Iranian people, and the very foundation of our global system are at stake.”
The list grew fast. Here are the lawmakers who have publicly called for Trump’s removal so far:
1. Rep. Yassamin Ansari, Democrat, Arizona
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2. Rep. Ilhan Omar, Democrat, Minnesota
3. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, Democrat, Michigan
4. Rep. Shri Thanedar, Democrat, Michigan
5. Sen. Ed Markey, Democrat, Massachusetts
6. Rep. Lateefah Simon, Democrat, California
7. Rep. Julie Johnson, Democrat, Texas
8. Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, Democrat, New Jersey
9. Rep. Sara Jacobs, Democrat, California
10. Rep. Johnny Olszewski, Democrat, Maryland
11. Rep. Ayanna Pressley, Democrat, Massachusetts
12. Rep. Maxwell Frost, Democrat, Florida
13. Rep. Ro Khanna, Democrat, California
14. Rep. Melanie Stansbury, Democrat, New Mexico
15. Rep. Seth Moulton, Democrat, Massachusetts
16. Rep. Sarah McBride, Democrat, Delaware
17. Rep. Delia Ramirez, Democrat, Illinois
18. Rep. Summer Lee, Democrat, Pennsylvania
19. Rep. Mark Pocan, Democrat, Wisconsin
20. Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove, Democrat, California
21. Rep. Diana DeGette, Democrat, Colorado
22. Rep. Robert Garcia, Democrat, California
23. Rep. Chellie Pingree, Democrat, Maine
24. Rep. Rob Menendez, Democrat, New Jersey
25. Rep. April McClain Delaney, Democrat, Maryland
26. Rep. Nikema Williams, Democrat, Georgia
27. Rep. Steve Cohen, Democrat, Tennessee
28. Rep. Joaquin Castro, Democrat, Texas
29. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Democrat, New York
30. Rep. Eric Swalwell, Democrat, California
31. Rep. Jan Schakowsky, Democrat, Illinois
32. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, Democrat, New Mexico
33. Sen. Chris Murphy, Democrat, Connecticut
34. Rep. Dan Goldman, Democrat, New York
35. Rep. Linda Sanchez, Democrat, California
36. Rep. Morgan McGarvey, Democrat, Kentucky
37. Rep. Valerie Foushee, Democrat, North Carolina
38. Rep. Zoe Lofgren, Democrat, California
39. Rep. Adelita Grijalva, Democrat, Arizona
40. Rep. Sam Liccardo, Democrat, California
41. Rep. Maxine Dexter, Democrat, Oregon
42. Rep. Lizzie Fletcher, Democrat, Texas
43. Rep. Mike Thompson, Democrat, California
44. Rep. Jahana Hayes, Democrat, Connecticut
45. Rep. Ritchie Torres, Democrat, New York
46. Rep. Paul Tonko, Democrat, New York
47. Rep. Adriano Espaillat, Democrat, New York
48. Rep. Mark DeSaulnier, Democrat, California
49. Rep. Lori Trahan, Democrat, Massachusetts
50. Rep. Jimmy Gomez, Democrat, California
51. Rep. Val Hoyle, Democrat, Oregon
52. Sen. Ron Wyden, Democrat, Oregon
The calls weren’t just coming from Democrats. Former Republican congressman Joe Walsh posted that Trump “will forever be a stain on this country.”
Anthony Scaramucci, Trump’s famously short-lived White House communications director, invoked the Founders, writing that “more people now should be calling for this man’s removal.” Greene and Alex Jones joined in from the MAGA wilderness. Even the Infowars guy has limits, apparently.
Sen. Chris Murphy went further, writing on Substack that it was possible Trump had “come unglued in the face of a war he cannot win – a war that could be the world’s economic undoing and his political unraveling.”
Rep. Ro Khanna laid it out in a video on X: “He is threatening the entire destruction of a civilisation. He is calling Iranians animals. This is a moral crime. It is a war crime.”
Behind the scenes, rank-and-file Democrats were coordinating on potential action, with rumblings about forcing an impeachment vote or sending a formal letter to the Cabinet urging them to invoke the 25th Amendment. Those conversations had not yet reached the leadership level.
The White House called it pathetic.
Spokesperson Davis Ingle said Democrats were “deranged, weak, and ineffective,” adding that their approval ratings were at historic lows. A bold response from an administration currently threatening to wipe out a civilization on social media.
Trump himself predicted this back in March. At a Cabinet meeting, he said he couldn’t reveal his Iran strategy because “they’d probably institute the 25th Amendment.”
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