Pelosi unveils legislation questioning Trump’s mental fitness

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>The speaker of the US House of Representatives has unveiled legislation that would allow Congress to intervene to remove Donald Trump as president&comma; insisting it is not about him but inspired by a need for greater congressional oversight of his White House&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Ads1--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Nancy Pelosi has been raising questions about Mr Trump’s mental fitness since his Covid-19 diagnosis and demanding more transparency about his health&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Under the 25th Amendment to the Constitution&comma; the bill would set up a commission to assess the president’s ability to lead the country and ensure continuity of government&period; It comes a year after Ms Pelosi’s House launched impeachment proceedings against him&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This is not about President Donald Trump — he will face the judgment of the voters&comma;” Ms Pelosi said at a press conference at the Capitol&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" data-width&equals;"550" data-dnt&equals;"true">&NewLine;<p lang&equals;"en" dir&equals;"ltr">At this moment of crisis for our country — with a raging pandemic&comma; severe economic downturn&comma; and the President struck by the virulent <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;hashtag&sol;coronavirus&quest;src&equals;hash&amp&semi;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">&num;coronavirus<&sol;a> he downplayed and denied — trust that we are all acting in the best interests of the American people is of the utmost importance&period; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;ieFxQdSpRP">pic&period;twitter&period;com&sol;ieFxQdSpRP<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&mdash&semi; Nancy Pelosi &lpar;&commat;TeamPelosi&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;TeamPelosi&sol;status&sol;1314289596583292928&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">October 8&comma; 2020<&sol;a><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;platform&period;twitter&period;com&sol;widgets&period;js" charset&equals;"utf-8"><&sol;script><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Weeks before the November 3 election&comma; with no hopes of the bill becoming law&comma; the rollout was quickly dismissed as a stunt by Mr Trump’s team and top allies&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It’s an absurd proposal&comma;” said White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Absolutely absurd&comma;” said Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The president’s opponents have discussed invoking the 25th Amendment for some time&comma; but are raising it now&comma; close to Election Day&comma; as the campaigns are fast turning into a referendum on Mr Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ms Pelosi said he needs to disclose more about his health and when he first contracted Covid-19 as others in the White House have become infected&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>More than 210&comma;000 Americans have died and millions more have tested positive for the virus&comma; which shows no signs of abating heading into what public health experts warn will be a difficult flu season and winter&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The legislation that would create a commission was passed by Congress and ratified in 1967 as a way to ensure a continuity of power in the aftermath of John F Kennedy’s assassination&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It says the vice president and a majority of principal officers of the executive departments &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;or of such other body as Congress” may by law provide a declaration to Congress that the president &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office”&period; At that point&comma; the vice president would assume the powers of acting president&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Ads3--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Let Congress exert the power the Constitution gave us&comma;” Ms Pelosi said on Friday standing before a poster of the amendment&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She was joined by Democratic representative Jamie Raskin&comma; a constitutional scholar who has proposed similar bills in the past&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;In times of chaos we must hold fast to our Constitution&comma;” he said Friday&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Mr Raskin said the commission would be launched &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;only for the most extreme situations” but&comma; as Congress showed by impeaching — and acquitting – the president over the past year&comma; the legislative branch is determined to exert itself at times as a check on the executive branch&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Congress has a role to play&comma;” Mr Raskin said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Trump says he &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;feels great” after being admitted to hospital and is back at work in the White House&comma; but his doctors have given mixed signals about his diagnosis and treatment&period; He plans to resume campaigning soon&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Congress is not in legislative session&comma; so any serious consideration of the measure&comma; let alone votes in the House or Senate&comma; is unlikely&comma; but the bill serves as a political tool to stoke questions about Mr Trump’s health as his own White House is hit by an outbreak infecting senior aides&comma; staff and visitors&comma; including senators&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Ads4--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr McConnell admitted on Thursday that he had stopped going to the White House two months ago because he disagreed with its coronavirus protocols&period; His last visit was on August 6&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;My impression was their approach to how to handle this was different from mine and what I insisted we do in the Senate&comma; which is to wear a mask and practice social distancing&comma;” he said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed11d579c7c">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; 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