A lot more resignations to follow, I suspect. The biggest rats who thought the ship might not sink are calling mayday.
Moscow Mitch and his lady are going to start throwing up their hands and crying that they never liked the guy. It has always been about the cover he provided so they could make their millions.
The credit is entirely Baba's; it was her vision. I shouldn't have called it that; I just kept having these mental images all day that were piggybacked off of what she saw. For some reason the image of MM in a satan outfit is just so damned funny.
I dont think the 25th or impeachment will work. Impeachment takes too much time and would never finish by the 20th. 25th can be "appealed" by a letter from Trump and then the process would take us out past the 20th. Trying to make a move that will certainly fail can incite more violence from his cult so I think all this talk is just a message to others that he has lost all his support and no one needs to listen to him anymore.
No worries @polarberry, I feel like we get info from the collective and my vision may have triggered yours. And I agree that MM in a devil’s costume is pretty hilarious. Time will tell what that means!
@mas1581, according to Wikipedia, if Pence gets a majority of the Cabinet to buy in, and notifies the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House, Trump can be removed IMMEDIATELY and Pence would then be Acting President. Then if the President states no disability exists, the Acting President and Cabinet have 4 days to provide a written declaration that the President is unable to continue. Then the matter must be decided by Congress, if in session, within 21 days, by a 2/3 vote of both houses of Congress.
Pence would continue as Acting President unless Congress found the President "fit for duty!"
I love Wikipedia!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-fifth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
My biggest concern right now is that t***** will pardon all the insurrectionists who are in jail right now. CNN had pictures of the 4 most wanted from yesterday’s invasion of the Capitol Building and my first thought was that now that their names are out there, what will stop them from being pardoned for their actions by the criminal in the WH?
Pence has options available to him. Big question is whether he has the spine to act. Has he figured out yet that Twitler will throw anyone under the bus when he deems them no longer useful to him personally?
Look where unquestioned loyalty got Thomas Cromwell. Despots don't care.
Editing to add we can't forget that Pence is complicit in this administration's crimes as well.
With the timeline, we are looking at, at quickest, the 8th for it to be invoked, he will delay his response for at least a day and then 4 days for Pence to reply so the 14th. Then the Senate is in recess now til the 20th so that pushes it out further. Even if Mitch calls them back for one last jab, it will take another day to get them back(the 15th) and then Cruz/Hawley will delay things as much as they can thru parliamentary procedure so maybe at best he is ousted the 18th or 19th. That gives him 10-11 days to retaliate to the 25th being invoked. If you think he is crazy now, just imagine what he will do if he knows he is going to be surely ousted in disgrace with no chance at refunding in 2024 or staying relevant.....and he has a week and a half to do it.
If those are my only 2 options, I'll take my chances with 12 more days of him trying to save his brand and stay relevant over 10 days with him being completely cornered even in his own mind.