President Donald Trump is increasingly isolated in the wake of the deadly mob attack by his supporters on the U.S. Congress last week.
Banned from Twitter for inciting violence, Trump is unable to communicate with his supporters as calls for his removal grow not just among Democrats, but among leading members of his own party in the United States’ Senate.
The Democrat-controlled House of Representatives is expected to move forward with an unprecedented second impeachment on Monday and charge Trump with “incitement to insurrection” for his role in the mob attack that left five people dead including a police officer.
Trump also appears increasingly isolated within his own administration.
Trump did not check on Pence during the siege and they have not spoken since; two Cabinet secretaries have resigned; and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has cut short his overseas trip to facilitate the transition to the Biden administration.
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Trump’s golf course will no longer host 2022 PGA Championship
PGA of America’s board voted to move the 2022 PGA Championship away from President Donald Trump’s golf course in Bedminster, New Jersey.
“The PGA of America Board of Directors voted tonight to exercise the right to terminate the agreement to play the 2022 PGA Championship at Trump Bedminster,” said Jim Richerson, president of PGA of America.
The Associated Press reported that the PGA previously removed an event from one of the president’s golf courses when in 2015 it canceled the PGA Grand Slam of Golf at Trump National Los Angeles Golf Club. The AP reported that move came after Trump made disparaging comments about Mexican immigrants as he sought the Republican nomination for president.
Pelosi says House Democrats to proceed in efforts to remove Trump
House Democrats are ramping up pressure on Vice President Mike Pence and the Cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment, adding they plan to move forward on impeachment if other efforts to remove President Donald Trump from office fail.
In a Sunday evening letter, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Majority Leader Steny Hoyer will try to introduce a resolution by unanimous consent calling on Pence and the Cabinet to declare Trump incapable of performing the duties of the office and remove him.
“In protecting our Constitution and our Democracy, we will act with urgency, because this President represents an imminent threat to both,” Pelosi said. “As the days go by, the horror of the ongoing assault on our democracy perpetrated by this President is intensified and so is the immediate need for action.”
Unanimous consent allows the House to quickly move legislation without having representatives present, but an objection from any lawmaker can hold up the measure. If Democrats do not get unanimous consent, Pelosi said they plan to bring the legislation to the floor the following day.
NBC News previously reported, citing multiple sources familiar with the matter, that Pence is not inclined to invoke the 25th Amendment and sees the step as “impractical.”
Pelosi called on Pence to respond within 24 hours. She also said the House would bring impeachment legislation to the floor, without specifying a timeframe.
