Congressman Raskin proposes panel to remove Trump

[Anonymous]

I admit that I had never heard of Raskin until this news hit but it shows the idiocy and desperation of Democrats who are so impotent that they propose meaningless measures that don't have a chance of success.

Raskin and other dumbasses supporting this measure don't seem to realize that with the House and Senate controlled by Republicans something like this will never pass. And the idea that Pence will take the lead on this is asinine.

Is it any wonder that Democrats are floundering in terms of how to deal with Trump and the Republican agenda? I guess they realize that impeachment will not fly so they are now relying on this idiotic measure.

Pointing to the outcry over President Donald Trump's latest controversial tweets, freshman Rep. Jamie Raskin is urging his colleagues to get behind a bill that could potentially oust the President if he was mentally or physically unfit.

The Maryland Democrat wants to create an 11-member commission made up of mostly physicians and psychiatrists -- more formally called the "Oversight Commission on Presidential Capacity." The panel would carry out a medical examination and determine whether the President was physically or mentally able to do the job.

Two of the commission's members would also be former high ranking officials, such as presidents, vice presidents, attorneys general or secretaries of state.

It's a provocative and long-shot effort, but Raskin is citing as his legal backup the 25th Amendment of the Constitution, which was adopted in 1967 after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy to establish procedure in the case a president is incapacitated. About two dozen Democrats have signed on to the effort as of Thursday.
Raskin is zeroing in on one section of that constitutional amendment, which allows the vice president to assume powers if either the majority of the Cabinet or "such other body as Congress" finds that the President is "unable to discharge the powers and duties of office." (The vice president would also have to agree to the assessment of the President's abilities.) Raskin is proposing his commission to serve as that "body."

The President could appeal the decision, and a whopping two-thirds of both the House and the Senate would then need to agree with the commission's assessment in order to keep the President out of office. If two-thirds fail to agree, then the President would be allowed to resume the powers and duties of the office.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/30/politics/jamie-raskin-bill-panel-remove-donald-trump/index.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I admit that I had never heard of Raskin until this news hit but it shows the idiocy and desperation of Democrats who are so impotent that they propose meaningless measures that don't have a chance of success.

I guess you don't live in the DC area, huh?

[Anonymous]

Raskin is psychotic. He's NEEDS to be taken for a 72 involuntary mental health evaluation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Raskin is psychotic. He's NEEDS to be taken for a 72 involuntary mental health evaluation.

Oh, I don't know. Jamie Raskin won his House seat in November 2016 with 59% of the vote. What percent of the vote did Donald Trump get?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I admit that I had never heard of Raskin until this news hit but it shows the idiocy and desperation of Democrats who are so impotent that they propose meaningless measures that don't have a chance of success.

Raskin and other dumbasses supporting this measure don't seem to realize that with the House and Senate controlled by Republicans something like this will never pass. And the idea that Pence will take the lead on this is asinine.

Is it any wonder that Democrats are floundering in terms of how to deal with Trump and the Republican agenda? I guess they realize that impeachment will not fly so they are now relying on this idiotic measure.

Pointing to the outcry over President Donald Trump's latest controversial tweets, freshman Rep. Jamie Raskin is urging his colleagues to get behind a bill that could potentially oust the President if he was mentally or physically unfit.

The Maryland Democrat wants to create an 11-member commission made up of mostly physicians and psychiatrists -- more formally called the "Oversight Commission on Presidential Capacity." The panel would carry out a medical examination and determine whether the President was physically or mentally able to do the job.

Two of the commission's members would also be former high ranking officials, such as presidents, vice presidents, attorneys general or secretaries of state.

It's a provocative and long-shot effort, but Raskin is citing as his legal backup the 25th Amendment of the Constitution, which was adopted in 1967 after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy to establish procedure in the case a president is incapacitated. About two dozen Democrats have signed on to the effort as of Thursday.
Raskin is zeroing in on one section of that constitutional amendment, which allows the vice president to assume powers if either the majority of the Cabinet or "such other body as Congress" finds that the President is "unable to discharge the powers and duties of office." (The vice president would also have to agree to the assessment of the President's abilities.) Raskin is proposing his commission to serve as that "body."

The President could appeal the decision, and a whopping two-thirds of both the House and the Senate would then need to agree with the commission's assessment in order to keep the President out of office. If two-thirds fail to agree, then the President would be allowed to resume the powers and duties of the office.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/30/politics/jamie-raskin-bill-panel-remove-donald-trump/index.html

Sorry OP, for most of us, it doesn't even take a panel to see that Trump is clearly mentally unfit to serve. He's already worse off than Reagan was in the latter part of his Presidency when he was suffering from Alzheimer's. Raskin is only trying to go through the formalities to get to that inevitable conclusion.

[Anonymous]

? Plenty of Rs feel the same about Trump. Repeal and replace.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I admit that I had never heard of Raskin until this news hit but it shows the idiocy and desperation of Democrats who are so impotent that they propose meaningless measures that don't have a chance of success.

I guess you don't live in the DC area, huh?

+1000 Most of my politically aware friends in DC know who Jamie Raskin is. OP is just another whining troll.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Raskin is psychotic. He's NEEDS to be taken for a 72 involuntary mental health evaluation.

LOL! What in your estimation makes him "psychotic?" That he speaks obvious truths?

[Anonymous]

I voted for Raskin. You most likely did not. I'm inclined to think you're the one in need of a mental health check.

[Anonymous]

Not surprising. Raskin boycotted Trump’s inauguration (after he said it was his “constitutional duty to be there.”). He knows how to fall in line.

[Anonymous]

The issue is that there is no way in hell that Republicans are going to participate in any move to remove Trump. So what we have is a bunch of Democrats pissing in the wind with meaningless gestures to create panels, etc. Totally idiotic and asinine.

[Anonymous]

OP, you realize the Congress in general does this sort of thing all of the time. If you are just realizing this now and singling out this example, then you are doing it wrong.

For example, the House passed over 50 measures to repeal the ACA over the past 6 years. Were you complaining about that waste of time too?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The issue is that there is no way in hell that Republicans are going to participate in any move to remove Trump. So what we have is a bunch of Democrats pissing in the wind with meaningless gestures to create panels, etc. Totally idiotic and asinine.

Of course, there's no way in hell that our elected representatives who are Republicans are going to do anything right now. So should our elected representatives who are Democrats just sit quietly in their seats until our elected representatives who are Republicans decide it's time to do something?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Raskin is psychotic. He's NEEDS to be taken for a 72 involuntary mental health evaluation.

Oh, I don't know. Jamie Raskin won his House seat in November 2016 with 59% of the vote. What percent of the vote did Donald Trump get?

Your representative of why America is flowing down shit river. You're too dumb to vote.

A con artist like Raskin has ability to gaining CONfidence of his marks. All con artists are sociopaths. That makes Raskin dangerous to America.

Number of votes he was able to dupe reveals just how good a con artist he is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I voted for Raskin. You most likely did not. I'm inclined to think you're the one in need of a mental health check.

You were an easy mark for a Raskin's con.