Mike Pence Refuses to Invoke 25th Amendment on Trump

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Ellise Shafer administratorVice President Mike Pence said he will not invoke the 25th Amendment to remove President Donald Trump from office following the Jan.

6 raid on the Capitol.Pence wrote in a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday that he “does not believe such a course of action is in the best interest of our Nation or consistent with our Constitution.”“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 wrote.The House was preparing to vote on a resolution urging Pence and Trump’s cabinet to invoke.

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