Overview
- Jen Psaki said on Stephen A. Smith’s SiriusXM show that using the 25th Amendment to remove President Trump “is not going to happen.”
- Her comments followed fresh calls from Rep. Daniel Goldman after a Wall Street Journal report alleged the president was kept out of a military briefing because of erratic behavior.
- Fifty House Democrats introduced a bill last week to create a commission that would examine the president’s fitness and evaluate whether to recommend a 25th Amendment process.
- Even if a commission forms, the amendment requires the vice president and a majority of the Cabinet to start any transfer of power, which makes removal highly unlikely.
- Psaki urged Democrats to use more targeted critiques, arguing that constant “screaming” about every action from the administration becomes background noise.