What Democrats Are Doing to Force President Trump Out of Office

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🗓️ 8 January 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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On Thursday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called on Vice President Mike Pence and President Donald Trump’s Cabinet to use the 25th Amendment to remove the president from office. Pelosi said if not, the Democrats could seek to impeach the president a second time. This comes after the president tried to tamper with election results in Georgia and incited a riot at the U.S. Capitol that left five people dead. Experts say taking either path would be challenging for Democrats. We explain the various scenarios for forcing a president out of office and what it means for Trump’s limited time in the White House. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:05.3	Coming up on forum, Vice President Pence is reportedly opposed to calls from Democratic leaders and some Republican officials to invoke the 25th Amendment.
1:09.4	Yesterday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Democrats could seek impeachment
1:13.3	if Pence did not strip the president of his powers for his role in inciting a mob of
1:17.8	insurrectionists that stormed the U.S. Capitol.
1:20.7	We look at the scenarios for forcing Trump out of office in his limited time in the White House.
1:25.8	Then, Trump is back on Twitter, but Facebook and Instagram are continuing to ban Trump on their platforms for at least the next two weeks.
1:33.3	We look at why some are calling the efforts to curtail Trump online too little too late.
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