WASHINGTON – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called the Pentagon’s top general on Thursday and urged him to take extra precautions to prevent “unchanged” President Trump from using the nuclear code.
In a lengthy statement, Pelosi said he has removed Trump from office through the 25th Amendment for stepping down or pressurizing him.
Pelosi (D-Calif.) Wrote, “This morning, I spoke to Mark Miley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to discuss the precautions available to prevent an unstable president from launching military hostilities or reaching launch codes. Can do. ” .
He wrote, “The situation of this undefined president could not be more dangerous, and we must do everything we can to protect the American people from the imbalanced attack on our country and our democracy.”
Pelosi received assurances from Mile that if Trump wanted a nuclear attack in the last days of his presidency, security measures were put in place there.
A decorated and respected general, Mile, reportedly considering resigning in June, was forcibly removed by police after his role in President Trump’s photo op at a historic church outside the White House.
The top general apologized, stating that it was a “mistake” to appear in his combat bags and take a walk in the park with the president.
Dozens of Democrats and a growing number of Republicans have called on Vice President Mike Pence and the cabinet to implement the 25th Amendment and remove Trump, claiming he is no longer fit for office.
Echoing threats made to him on Thursday, Pelosi said that if Pence did not take action, Congress would move forward with new articles of impeachment – Trump’s actions were compared to President Nixon in the Watergate scandal.
“Yesterday, Leader Schumer and I placed a call with Vice President Pence, and we still expect to hear from him with an affirmative reply as soon as possible whether he and the Cabinet will honor the Constitution and its oath to the American people ,” ” She wrote.
“Nearly fifty years ago, after years of enabling his wicked president, Republicans in Congress finally told President Nixon that it was time to leave. Today, following the president’s dangerous and traitorous acts, Republicans in Congress need to follow her example and call Trump to leave his office – immediately, “she left.”
“If the president does not leave office imminently and voluntarily, Congress will move forward with our action,” she warned.
It is unclear whether Pence and his cabinet would perform such a dramatic and destabilizing task in the final two weeks of Trump’s presidency.
At least two cabinet members of the president and several staff members have left in protest against the president’s handling of the deadly riots in which five people died. White House Senior Counselor Hope Hicks is also reportedly going for an exit.
A growing number of Democrats, including House Majority Whip Jim Clyb (D-SC), announced their support for Trump’s impeachment early next week, but any move over Ukraine as Trump’s impeachment last year Is likely to follow the same fate. Pressure scandal.
Assistant House Speaker Rep. Catherine Clarke (D-Mass) said a floor vote could come next week.
“Donald Trump needs to be removed from office. And we are going to go ahead with every tool that we have to ensure that this happens to protect our democracy, ”he told CNN.
“If the report is true, and Mike Pence is not going to help him take the oath of office and remove the president and protect our democracy, then we will proceed with impeachment.”
Republicans are still in control of the Senate by the end of the month and are likely to vote against any measure, or block a test altogether, even Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Trump stalwarts like Sen. Linds Graham (R-NC) reprimanded the president’s claims that the election was stolen and his decision to gather a crowd of supporters at a rally before attacking Congress.
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