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CousinIT

(9,245 posts)
Sat Aug 19, 2017, 08:01 PM Aug 2017

House Dem introduces measure urging Trump undergo mental exam

A House Democrat introduced a resolution on Friday suggesting that President Trump undergo a physical and mental health exam to help determine whether he is fit for office.

Rep. Zoe Lofgren’s (D-Calif.) resolution specifically calls on Vice President Pence and Trump’s Cabinet members to “quickly secure the services of medical and psychiatric professionals” to “assist in their deliberations” invoking the 25th Amendment, which outlines presidential removal procedures.

It posits that such an examination by doctors would “determine whether the president suffers from mental disorder or other injury that impairs his abilities and prevents him from discharging his Constitutional duties.”

Under the 25th Amendment, the vice president and a majority of Cabinet members can jointly declare that a president is unfit to serve. Two-thirds of both the House and Senate would have to vote to force the president’s resignation in the event the president refused to cede the Oval Office to the vice president.
Her resolution states: “President Donald J. Trump has exhibited an alarming pattern of behavior and speech causing concern that a mental disorder may have rendered him unfit and unable to fulfill his Constitutional duties.

Lofgren’s office raised the following questions in a press release: “Does the President suffer from early stage dementia? Has the stress of office aggravated a mental illness crippling impulse control? Has emotional disorder so impaired the President that he is unable to discharge his duties? Is the President mentally and emotionally stable?

Lofgren joins a relatively small group of Democrats in Congress who have openly questioned Trump’s mental health.


http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/347156-house-dem-introduces-measure-urging-trump-undergo-mental-exam
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greymattermom

(5,754 posts)
2. If you want to move into assisted living
Sat Aug 19, 2017, 08:14 PM
Aug 2017

you need a complete physical and some detailed accounting of your finances. The Whitehouse should require at least as much documentation as your local assisted living place.

elleng

(130,919 posts)
3. 'Under the 25th Amendment, the vice president and a majority of Cabinet members can jointly declare
Sat Aug 19, 2017, 08:26 PM
Aug 2017

that a president is unfit to serve. Two-thirds of both the House and Senate would have to vote to force the president’s resignation in the event the president refused to cede the Oval Office to the vice president.
Her resolution states: “President Donald J. Trump has exhibited an alarming pattern of behavior and speech causing concern that a mental disorder may have rendered him unfit and unable to fulfill his Constitutional duties.”'

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029486559

MoonRiver

(36,926 posts)
4. He absolutely is unfit to serve.
Sat Aug 19, 2017, 08:38 PM
Aug 2017

But I doubt the Repukes in his cabinet will do anything about it. Dems taking back the House and Senate is our only hope.

BigmanPigman

(51,594 posts)
6. So many people who have personal sources in Congress have said that this is
Sat Aug 19, 2017, 11:04 PM
Aug 2017

common knowledge. THEY KNOW IT AND ARE ALLOWING IT TO CONTINUE! What the fuck!

This is way beyond party over country. The GOP (especially Ryan and McConnell) need to be sent to jail for life in the cell next to the fake prez and his spawn.

I will call this Congress person this week and thank her. We ALL must call, boycott and resist every way possible until we get this lunatic out of our lives permanently.

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