Democratic Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that removing Donald Trump from power was an "emergency of the utmost importance", accusing him and his supporters of having participated in an "attempted coup. 'State".
Removing Donald Trump from power is "an emergency of the utmost importance," Democratic Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi said Thursday.
She accuses the President of the United States, and his supporters, of having participated in an "attempted coup".
She urged Vice President Mike Pence to "immediately invoke the 25th Amendment to the Constitution to declare Donald Trump" unfit "to govern, saying she hoped to have his answer" today ".
"An armed insurgency against America"
If it does not act, Congress "could be ready to move towards an impeachment procedure," added the President of the House who, in this capacity, has the power to initiate such a procedure.
"Yesterday, the President of the United States incited an armed insurgency against America," she declared at the opening of her weekly press conference at Capitol, seat of Congress.
On Wednesday, supporters of Donald Trump burst into this chamber during a special session of Congress to certify Joe Biden's victory in the November 3 presidential election, causing violent scenes of chaos.
"The threshold crossed is of such gravity that there is no question that this president is authorized to make decisions", she declared, denouncing an "attempted coup d'etat on the part of the President Trump and his supporters ".
Removing him from power is an "emergency of the utmost importance", she insisted.
Already subject to impeachment proceedings
In power since 2017, Donald Trump has already been targeted in Congress by an infamous impeachment procedure, opened by Nancy Pelosi at the end of 2019. He had been acquitted in the Senate, with a Republican majority, in early 2020. "If he wants to be unique and suffer. twice an impeachment procedure, it depends on him and his cabinet, the decision whether or not he remains in office, "said Nancy Pelosi.
Donald Trump will hand over power to Joe Biden on January 20.
“Although there are only 13 days left, every day can turn into a horror movie for America,” the Democrat warned.