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Another Senate Democrat has called for President Donald Trump to be removed from office over the Iran war.
“I certainly think the president should be removed,” Sen. Andy Kim, D-N.J., said. “I mean, he’s unfit for office. I think the 25th Amendment, and if not, then impeachment.”
Congressional Democrats, particularly in the House, have recently escalated their position against Trump’s war in Iran, shifting from pushing for Congress to reassert its authority in declaring war to demanding that the president be ousted from office.
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Another Senate Democrat has called on President Donald Trump to be removed from office over the Iran war. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Trump’s comments in the past few days, particularly his threat against Iran that a “whole civilization will die” unless the Strait of Hormuz was reopened, sparked the latest growing push to have him removed from office.
While there is growing sentiment among House Democrats to jettison Trump from office, it’s not as widespread in the Senate. Still, Kim on Thursday joined a small group of Senate Democrats echoing the desires of their counterparts in the House.
So far, Sens. Chris Murphy, D-Conn.; Ed Markey, D-Mass.; and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., have all either demanded that Trump be impeached or removed through the 25th Amendment.
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Sen. Andy Kim, D-N.J., wants President Donald Trump removed from office either through impeachment or the 25th Amendment over his comments and actions in Iran. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc)
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has stopped short of calling for impeachment, but instead is teeing up another war powers resolution — the fourth since the war began in February — to rein in Trump’s war authority in the region as a fragile two-week ceasefire…
