25th Amendment and it’s urgent pass after Donald Trump’s mob chaotic attempt to overturn the electoral votes

Mahmoud Drira
2 min readJan 7, 2021

On January 6th 2020 after president Donald Trump delivered his speech filled with a lot of encouragements for violence rioting and fake information to his pro supporters . thousands of pro Trumps rallied to the capitol Hill causing a huge chaotic mess that resulted in many injuries and 4 deaths.

The senate staff fortunately managed to take the ballots out of the senate room before the mob stormed it .

It was one of the darkest days in America’s history of democracy and freedom.

Many people were discussing if it’s possible to pass the 25th amendment and give the power to the VP Mike Pence until President elect Joe Biden takes the office in January 20th. D.Rep Ilhan Omar was the first member of the house to suggest the pass of the 25th amendment while many sources reported that many republicans from the house and the senate are so for it to give the power to VP Mike Pence until January 20th day .

the 25th Amendment clarifies that the vice president becomes acting president when a president becomes unable to carry out his duties — when, say, the president undergoes major surgery. It also provides that a president can be removed if the vice president and a majority of the cabinet determines he or she is “unable to discharge the powers and duties” of the office. If the president contests the finding, and the vice president and cabinet persist, Congress can order the president’s removal by a two-thirds vote in both chambers.

and it was used in the new era by two presidents. Ronald Reagan when he passed his authority and power to the VP George .H.W. Bush after he went on a colon cancer surgery . and George W bush when he went for medical procedures he had to pass the authority to Dick Cheney his VP .

While it was never used permanently but temporarily in the past .

What president Trump committed on January 6th is no way forgivable and the seek of our democracy and safety lands in the hands of congress to put Mike Pence as the only man who’s in charge of the presidential duties until President Elect Joe Biden takes the lead on January 20th

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