U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) pays a kiss to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as he and Senator Mitch McConnell arrive for a joint session to certify the results of the 2020 election inside the House of Commons Chapter Hill in Washington, USA, January 6, 2021.
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Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer called for the resignation of President Donald Trump on Thursday, one day after a crowd spurred by the president passed the Chapter, while lawmakers established the victory of President-elect Joe Biden.
“What happened yesterday in the US chapter was an insurrection against the United States, incited by the president. This president should not hold office for another day,” the New York Democrat said in a statement.
“The quickest and most effective way – this can be done today – to remove this president would be for the vice president to immediately invoke the 25of amendment, “continued the.” If the vice president and cabinet refuse to stand up, Congress should meet again to accuse the president. “
Biden will become president on January 20 after Trump, for months, came up with conspiracy theories that widespread electoral fraud cost him a second term. Several lawmakers have warned for another two weeks that Trump’s presidency could erode American democracy or lead to the loss of lives after four people died in Wednesday’s Capitol attack.
White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Schumer’s statement.
– CNBC’s Dan Mangan contributed to this report
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