{"id":1256,"date":"2021-01-12T21:19:14","date_gmt":"2021-01-13T02:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gopplaybook.com\/?p=1256"},"modified":"2021-01-12T21:19:17","modified_gmt":"2021-01-13T02:19:17","slug":"trump-says-25th-amendment-poses-zero-risk-to-him-but-could-hurt-biden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gopplaybook.com\/?p=1256","title":{"rendered":"Trump Says 25th Amendment Poses \u2018Zero Risk\u2019 to Him, but Could Hurt Biden"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Jan 12, 2021 1:19pm PT<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Brent Lang<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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President Donald Trump walks to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021 in Washington. The President is traveling to Texas. (AP Photo\/Gerald Herbert)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

President Donald Trump<\/a> downplayed attempts to remove him from office nearly a week after a mob of his supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During a trip to the border wall in Alamo, Texas, the embattled reality TV star turned politician, said that the the 25th Amendment, which could lead to his ouster if endorsed by Vice President Mike Pence and a majority of his cabinet, is \u201cof zero risk to me, but will come back to haunt Joe Biden and the Biden administration.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBe careful what you wish for,\u201d Trump added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pence reportedly has no interest in invoking the 25th amendment, paving the way for Trump to be impeached for a second time, the first president to achieve that distinction. Trump did condemn the riot which left five people<\/a>, including one member of the Capitol Police, dead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs I have consistently said throughout my administration, we believe in respecting America\u2019s history and traditions, not tearing them down,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNow is the time for our nation to heal and it\u2019s time for peace and for calm,\u201d he added, before arguing that the clashes with police officers at the U.S. capitol were antithetical to his beliefs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRespect for law enforcement and the great people within law enforcement\u2026is the foundation of the MAGA agenda,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re a nation of law and a nation of order.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump also addressed the riot after stopping to talk to press shortly before departing for Texas, when he shirked responsibility for the attempted coup that was intended to stop certification of electoral votes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey\u2019ve analyzed my speech, my words,\u201d he told reporters on the White House South Lawn. \u201cEverybody to a T thought it was appropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump went on to say that he wanted \u201cno violence,\u201d but criticized the efforts by Democrats in the House and Senate who are on the cusp of impeaching him<\/a> again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s really a terrible thing that they\u2019re doing,\u201d he said. \u201cFor Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer to continue on this path, I think it\u2019s causing tremendous danger to our country, and it\u2019s causing tremendous anger.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cBe careful what you wish for,\u201d Trump added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12,1],"tags":[33,27,34],"class_list":["post-1256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-presidential-politics","category-uncategorized","tag-25th-amendment","tag-sedition","tag-treason"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8VBh7-kg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1390,"url":"https:\/\/www.gopplaybook.com\/?p=1390","url_meta":{"origin":1256,"position":0},"title":"Trump not immune from prosecution over interference in 2020 election, appeals court rules","author":"Donnie","date":"February 6, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"It\u2019s the second time in as many months judges have spurned Trump\u2019s immunity arguments and said he can be prosecuted for actions undertaken while in the White House and in the run-up to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. 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