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| ‘Would set a terrible precedent’: Pence says he WON’T invoke 25th Am to oust Trump | ‘Would set a terrible precedent’: Pence says he WON’T invoke 25th Am to oust Trump |
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| Vice President Mike Pence has stated that he would not cave in to pressure from the Democratic-run House to invoke the 25th Amendment, arguing it should not serve as “a means of punishment or usurpation.” | Vice President Mike Pence has stated that he would not cave in to pressure from the Democratic-run House to invoke the 25th Amendment, arguing it should not serve as “a means of punishment or usurpation.” |
| As the House was in the midst of voting on a resolution calling on him to use the 25th Amendment on Tuesday evening, Pence ruled out such a possibility, saying in a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi that he believes such an action does not align with country’s immediate interests. | |
| “I don’t believe that such a course of action is in the best interest of our Nation or consistent with our Constitution,” the letter reads. | “I don’t believe that such a course of action is in the best interest of our Nation or consistent with our Constitution,” the letter reads. |
| Pence drew parallels between the last-minute public effort by Democrats to force Trump out of office and demands that he blocks certification of Joe Biden’s election victory. | Pence drew parallels between the last-minute public effort by Democrats to force Trump out of office and demands that he blocks certification of Joe Biden’s election victory. |
| “Last week, I did not yield to pressure to exert power beyond my constitutional authority to determine the outcome of the election, and I will not now yield to efforts in the House of Representatives to play political games at a time so serious in the life of our Nation.” | “Last week, I did not yield to pressure to exert power beyond my constitutional authority to determine the outcome of the election, and I will not now yield to efforts in the House of Representatives to play political games at a time so serious in the life of our Nation.” |
| Pence cited Pelosi’s own words “that president’s fitness for office must be determined by science and facts,” rather than be based on “a comment or behavior that we don’t like,” as he argued that the amendment was not devised as “a means of punishment or usurpation.” | |
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