MSNBC’s Wallace Presses Durbin on ‘Obligation’ to Find Out Who in Cabinet Discussed 25th Amendment

Thursday on MSNBC’s “Deadline,” host Nicolle Wallace questioned Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) on if he is obligated to act in light of the The New York Times anonymous op-ed written by a senior White House official claiming that cabinet officials contemplated removing President Donald Trump under the 25th Amendment. Partial transcript follows: WALLACE: Let me bring you into this conversation we’re having. Did the op-ed yesterday in “The New York Times,” from a political appointee of Donald Trump, that told all of us that the cabinet has talked about invoking the 25th Amendment change things in your view? DURBIN: I can tell you that 25th Amendment is a steep hill to climb. To have the vice-president as well as a majority of the cabinet notify the Congress, both the House and the Senate that the president is unable to continue in office is a pretty steep request against any administration. And then a two-thirds vote in both chambers to move the vice-president into the operating position, that, too, is a big high hill to climb. We have with this “New York Times” piece an indication that within this administration there is a genuine fear that this president is going to

Author: AntiMSM