Mr. Tact wrote on Jan 10, 2021, 08:16:
RedEye9 wrote on Jan 10, 2021, 00:51:
Pence has not ruled out 25th Amendment
I suspect this is either not accurate, or simply an attempt to cause the House Ds to delay. Almost any delay in their actions would lead to them running out of time to impeach prior to the 20th.
And to those who think a second impeachment will only cause further damage, I say it is easily avoided. All Trump has to do is resign.
One thing to consider is Trump has officially thrown Pence to the wolves. He won't overturn the election for Donald (despite the fact he doesn't have that power, despite what some scholars believe, because our entire democracy would be worthless if a President's VP could just turn the election over to the guy they work for and ignore the voters), so Trump has unleashed his followers on Pence. Some are calling for Pence to hang, and that he is a traitor, etc.
So in order to preserve his own life, he might be considering removing Trump, who is the one riling up all these insurrectionists who are out for Pence's head.