Members of the trump cabinet watching i described how the 25th Amendment can be used to remove the president and make the Vice President what the 25th Amendment call it is acting president. Under the 25th Amendment, the Vice President and the majority of the cabinet can decide to invoke the 25th Amendment. That is entirely up to the Vice President and a majority of the cabinet. They dont need donald trump to become medically unable to do the job. They dont need a written opinion from a psychiatrist that donald trump is insane. If the president objects to such an action taken by the Vice President and the majority of the cabinet, then the amendment provides that, quote, Congress Shall decide the issue. And that will be determined by a twothirds vote of both houses of congress. When those votes are counted, mike pence could become acting president. Using the 25th Amendment is not, in fact, a complex process, as the op ed described it today. But that section could simply mean that the mem
he is someone for whom there is no love lost. one of the few members of the administration to publically disagree with the president. it cites or handing of russia as a national success. and then it does have this political overlay, the language about free markets, free people, the embracing of tax cuts as a major success. that s a republican politician. and then the ending kiss more john mccain. you add that all up. i think it fits dan coats like a glove. he doesn t really care about the consequences. i do think all the signals point to dan coats. senator johnson, go ahead. in high school we learned the theory that shakes peer, was shakes peer an individual or a selection of people who put things together? i don t think it was one person. i actually thought it was mike pompeo and probably either sara hukky sanders and kellyanne conway.
shakes peer an individual or a selection of people who put things together? i don t think it was one person. i actually thought it was mike pompeo and probably either sara hukky sanders and kellyanne conway. but the language was so flowing and flowerl lyflowery. you need a communications expert to put this together as well. so i actually think while one person they may use he or she from the new york times, i think this was probably put together by two or three members of the administration all concerned who could then also say they have plausibility deniability. i would footnote that with dan coats has the people by his side to polish that. jennifer rubin, who do you think? jennifer palmeri said i m
possible ties to russia. a short time ago he tweeted russia talk is fake news played by the media in order to mask the big election defeat and the illegal leaks. sounds familiar. the white house today is rejecting the need for a special prosecutor to replace jeff sessions as congress tries to learn what went on, if anything. here is sara hukky sanders. the fbi has already said this story is b.s. those are their words. they came to us. we are putting that story out there. i thisty american people deserve to know the truth and that s exactly what it is. there is nothing here. just because reporters say something over and over and over again doesn t make it true. did they say b.s. or something else? we have been asking you, agree or disagree: a special prosecutor should be appointed to investigate russia s alleged interference in the 2016 election. go to pulse.msnbc.com/america.