In a highly unusual move, U.S. diplomats have drafted two posts condemning President Donald Trump’s incitement to the deadly attack on Capitol Hill and urging government officials to possibly revert to the 25th Constitutional Amendment to remove him from office.
Utilizing what is known as the State Department’s “channel of dissent,” officials and foreign services officials said they feared the siege of Congress last Wednesday would seriously undermine U.S. credibility in promoting and defending values. would undermine. democratic abroad.
“Failure to hold the president publicly accountable would further damage our democracy and our ability to effectively achieve our foreign policy goals abroad,” said the second of the two telegrams sent a few days ago. circulated among diplomats and later went. sent to the directors of the State Department.
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