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...an explanation for the monumentally stupid and/or tin foil hat crowd:
Why allegations of a ‘coup’ against Trump are unfounded
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Why allegations of a ‘coup’ against Trump are unfounded
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First of all, removing a president from office using systems included in the Constitution is, by definition, not a coup. Removing Trump from office by following the guidelines of the 25th Amendment would no more be a coup than removing him from office through impeachment or, really, than voting for another candidate in 2020. It’s part of the system.
But, second, it’s not as though Rosenstein could simply have stepped up to a microphone and announced that the president was no longer president, any more than Michael Scott’s declaration of bankruptcy in “The Office” was sufficient for that task.
We’ve outlined this before. For a president to be removed from office under the mechanism included in the amendment, one of two things has to happen.
If such an agreement is met, a letter is sent to Congress and Trump is out.
- A majority of the Cabinet and Vice President Pence must agree that Trump is unfit for office, or
- Pence and a commission established by Congress (which doesn’t currently exist) would have to reach a similar agreement.
That, by itself, gives the lie to Bongino’s lazy allegation. If Rosenstein asked half the Cabinet and Pence to oust Trump and they agreed, it’s hard to see how the culpable party was Rosenstein. These are people chosen by Trump! His removal would be on their hands.
But what’s more, Trump would have a mechanism to respond. He could simply send a letter to Congress saying that he is fit for office, and he is then reinstated. Some coup.
If, however, Pence and the Cabinet members still think Trump is unfit, the question would go to Congress, where two-thirds majorities in each chamber would have to agree. So that’s half the Cabinet, the vice president and scores of lawmakers who would ultimately need to declare that Trump should be removed from office before it could happen. (At the time of Comey’s firing, that hurdle was much higher, with Republicans in control of both chambers of Congress.)
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You understand this yet, spitbubble????
If not, the actual article does have pictures.