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Trump's Iran post causes talk of his impeachment, removal to erupt among Hill Democrats
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Calls for President Trump's removal from office reached a fever pitch among congressional Democrats on Tuesday after he threatened that " a whole civilization will die tonight " in a post about Iran.
Key facts
- What they're hearing: Rank-and-file lawmakers are coordinating on potential organized action, two senior House Democrats and a senior aide familiar with the matter told Axios
- Calls for President Trump's removal from office reached a fever pitch among congressional Democrats on Tuesday after he threatened that " a whole civilization will die tonight " in a post about Iran
- Dozens more Democrats called for Trump's ouster on Tuesday after he posted on Truth Social: "A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again
- Don Bacon (R-Neb.), a retiring centrist who often breaks with Trump but also advocates an interventionist foreign policy, told Axios the president is "negotiating Trump style
Summary
Lawmakers are openly floating impeachment or even removal via the 25th Amendment, a far cry from the strict taboo around such procedures at the start of Trump's second term. With the Democratic grassroots increasingly raging at what they see as corruption and constitutional violations by the Trump administration, their allies on Capitol Hill have warmed to more drastic methods. Trump's strikes on Venezuela and now Iran this year have galvanized Democratic lawmakers around measures like impeachment. "The 25th Amendment exists for a reason; his Cabinet should use it.