“I will join the Democratic leader of the Senate in urging the Vice President to remove this President with the immediate introduction of the 25th Amendment,” said Pelosi. “If the vice president and the cabinet do not act, Congress may be willing to move forward with impeachment that is a true feeling of my caucus and of the American people. “
With the introduction of the 25th Amendment, Vice President Mike Pence and a majority of the cabinet had to vote to remove Trump from office because he was unable to “powers and responsibilities to fulfill his office ”- an unprecedented step. Not a penny has been discussed about the introduction of the 25th Amendment by any cabinet officials, an administration official tells CNN.
Schumer said at a news conference that he and Pelosi tried to summon Pence to change them to oust Trump, but they were arrested for 25 minutes and then told not to he would come to the phone. Schumer said if the vice president and cabinet do not remove the president, Congress should recall to impeach Trump “ASAP.” CNN has reached out to Pence’s office for comments.
At a separate press conference, Pelosi Trump declared “a very dangerous man who should not continue in office.”
“This is an emergency. This is an emergency of the highest magnitude,” she said.
Asked how long she would wait to see if the 25th Amendment was called before pursuing impeachment, Pelosi said, “As long as there are only 13 days left, a day can any to be a horrible show for America, “says,” My members are very interested. My phone is exploding with ‘impeach, impeach, impeach. “”
Any 25th Amendment push against an unprecedented steep hill will be to be accomplished with little time left before Biden was established. The calls in Congress, however, confirm the extent to which lawmakers are reeling and intimidating the President in the aftermath of the Capitol’s demise on Wednesday.
Sen. Patty Murray, no. There are 3 in the Democratic leadership of the Senate, also said it is time to call the 25th Amendment.
“The quickest way to ensure that the President is prevented from doing any more harm in the coming days is to call and repeal the 25th Amendment. look, I urge Vice President Pence and the President ‘s cabinet to put the country in front of the party and implement it, “she said in a statement.
House Audit Committee chair Carolyn Maloney, a Democrat in New York, resigned Thursday removing Trump from office either through the 25th Amendment or impeachment.
“The introduction of the 25th Amendment is the quickest way to do this, and speed must be our goal,” she said, adding, “Unless the Vice President and the Cabinet is at work, we have a duty to pursue impeachment. “
Other prominent Democrats have urged people in the wake of the capitol mob violence that erupted when a joint session of Congress met to count the election votes confirming that President Joe Biden won amid false claims from Trump that the election was held against him. .
Representative. Hakeem Jeffries, chairman of the House Democratic caucus, tweeted Thursday, “Donald Trump should be arrested, convicted and fired immediately.”
Three members of the House Review Committee – Reps. Jamie Raskin, David Cicilline and Ted Lieu – circulate impeachment intent to colleagues calling for Trump’s actions as an abuse of power. They wrote that Trump violated the Constitution by “inciting violence against the United States Government. “
The four members of the progressive “squad” of Democratic lawyers – Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib and Ayanna Pressley – have also spoken out in support of a high-profile after the Capitol’s violent siege.
“I’m designing impeachment articles. House of Representatives Donald J. Trump should be ousted and removed from office by the United States Senate. We can’t let him stay in office, he’s a matter of our Republic and we must fulfill our oath, “Omar tweeted Wednesday.
“This is on Donald Trump, time. He called people to DC and gave them marching orders. It must be taken out and removed immediately,” he tweeted on Tlaib on Wednesday.
With Biden ‘s start date approaching January 20, it is very likely that Congress will have enough time or political will to seek impeachment of any kind.
The Democratic-led House of Representatives already joined Trump in 2019. To oust a President through a high-stakes ruling, the Senate must vote to condemn him following an impeachment lawsuit. That did not happen in the GOP-controlled Senate where Trump was eventually freed.
After the pro-Trump mob was cleared from the Capitol, lawmakers made a late-night recall to continue with the Election vote count. Congress finalized the count and ended Biden’s win in the early hours of Thursday morning.
This story was updated with further improvements Thursday.
CNN’s Alex Rogers and Michael Warren contributed to this report.