John Larson, along with other Democrats, has filed articles of impeachment against the genius. I don’t expect them to go anywhere, but perhaps more important is that Larson and others have demanded that the 25th Amendment be invoked to remove Demented Don from office. In doing so they are explicitly, though perhaps not explicitly enough, referring to his deteriorating mental state:
Larson also called for the 25th Amendment to be invoked against Trump. “He’s becoming more unstable by the day,” Larson said. “He is unfit to lead.”
Again, I don’t expect anything concrete to come of it, and I’m not sure that I even want something to come of it. More on that later.
I’ve written often enough on this blog about the unbelievable inability of Democrats to speak with one voice. The cited article states that there are 80 Congressional Democrats that have called for invoking the 25th Amendment. It’s time for those Democrats and others to start openly calling out Trump’s dementia and the failure of the media to adequately cover it. Start calling him names. They can have “Demented Don” for free (see above). If the Democrats continue to pound on the undoubted fact of his dementia the press, other than Fox, will have no choice but to cover it. As more and more people, particularly the “low information” voters, accept the fact that he is in fact in the grips of dementia, the more likely they’ll be to vote against Congressional Republicans who will continue to do nothing about it. Assuming a somewhat fair election that will assure a solid Democratic majority in the next Congress.
All that being said, as I indicated above, I don’t really want Congressional Republicans to invoke the 25th Amendment before the next election. First, doing so might mollify some of those “low information” voters. It would also achieve nothing immediately so far as preventing the rise of fascism in this country. JD Vance is a full fledged fascist, who is quite a bit smarter than Trump. If he’s installed before the next election it would likely mean fewer Democrats elected in the fall, not just because of the idiotic “low information” voters feeling reassured, but because he’d probably be better at organizing a steal. If the 25th Amendment is invoked the best time would be after the upcoming election. If Vance became president he’d do as much harm as Trump would have done, but he doesn’t have Trump’s ability to con large numbers of voters into voting against their interest, so he’d be unlikely to win the election in 2028. Assuming, again, that it’s not stolen. That being said, the country would probably be better off if Demented Don “served” out his term, thereby driving even more voters into the Democratic fold in 2028.