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“The Cabinet should meet and have a discussion. I don’t think it will happen, but I think that the Cabinet should meet and discuss this because the behavior yesterday and the weeks and months before that has just been outrageous from the president,” Kelly said during a telephone interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper Trumps fmr. Chief of Staff John Kelly says he would vote to remove the President from office. He believes the Cabinet should meet to discuss invoking the 25th Amendment. “What ...

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) said Thursday that the U.S. would be “better off” if President Trump “Look here’s where I am. I think there’s no question that America would be better off if the president would resign or be removed from office and if Mike Pence Hogan’s remarks came a day after a mob of Trump’s supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol in a bid to upend the certification of the Electoral College results affirming Biden as the president-elect. The rampage sparked brawls with...

“While rioters shamefully destroyed this tribute to my brother John Lewis yesterday, let his words continue to echo in the halls of Congress and in our hearts,” Hoyer tweeted. “Let us always stand up, speak up, and speak out against injustice and for our democracy.” The display pictured by Hoyer features a quote from the Georgia Democrat, “When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just; you have to stand up, speak up, speak out, and find a way to get in the way and get i...

ADVERTISEMENT “Today, I shed a tear for our country, which for centuries has inspired the world through its commitment to democracy and the rule of law. From Moscow to Beijing and beyond, autocrats are likely smiling as they witness America in disarray, at war with itself, and no longer a credible messenger for the democratic values that have always defined our great Republic,” he said in a statement.  The statements from the top lawmakers came hours after the Capitol building was secured ...

“Congratulations President-elect @JoeBiden,” Boehner The Ohio Republican attached a photo of him and Biden together. ADVERTISEMENT Congratulations President-elect @JoeBiden. I know you’re sincere in your desire to be a president for all Americans, and I know you’ve got the tools and the heart to get it done. #Laetarepic.twitter.com/ZHoZ43AhyK— John Boehner (@SpeakerBoehner) January 7, 2021 Boehner served as Speaker for more than four years during the Obama administration, when Biden w...

“I had a long conversation with him,” Inhofe told the outlet. “He said, ‘After all the things I’ve done for [Trump].’ ” While those comments came before the mob descended on the Capitol on Wednesday while a joint session of Congress met to certify the votes, Inhofe added to Tulsa World on Wednesday that he believed Trump “should have shown more disdain for the rioters” who swarmed the building calling on lawmakers not to certify the election results. “I don’t want to say...

© Getty Images U.S. military leaders in Africa sought to reassure their troops Thursday after supporters of President Trump “America has withstood much greater and graver challenges in the past, our Constitution remains our bedrock, and our system of government is strong, resilient and will prevail,” U.S. Africa Command (Africom) chief Gen. Stephen Townsend and the command’s senior enlisted leader, Sgt. Maj. Richard Thresher, said in a statement addressed to members of their force who �...

© Bonnie Cash Acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller on Thursday condemned the violent attacks on the U.S. Capitol more than 24 hours after President Trump “Yesterday’s violence at the Capitol was reprehensible and contrary to the tenets of the United States Constitution,” Miller said in a statement.  “I strongly condemn these acts of violence against our democracy. I, and the people I lead in the Department of Defense, continue to perform our duties in accordance with our oath of offi...

Wednesday marked the most drastic action the platforms have taken against Trump’s accounts.  The move was triggered by a one-minute video Trump posted urging his supporters who forced their way into the Capitol to go home, but in the video he also repeated unsubstantiated claims about widespread election fraud.  The video was removed by Facebook, Twitter and YouTube by early Wednesday evening.  ADVERTISEMENT Trump followed up with a similar text post on Facebook and Twitter, which was also...

The New York Times reports that two people with knowledge of the discussions verified that the president had raised the issue in recent days; the move, never before attempted by a U.S. president, would be of questionable legality as experts disagree over whether a president has the power to unilaterally declare himself above the law before leaving office. The Times reports that Trump has fretted openly about the possibility of a Justice Department controlled by President-elect Joe Biden Joe Bid...