MSNBC commentator Mike Barnicle said members of President Trump’s Cabinet should consider removing him from office using the 25th Amendment.
During a press conference on Thursday, Trump floated several hypothetical treatments for the coronavirus, including ultraviolet light therapy and injecting disinfectants. Barnicle said promoting unfounded treatments is worthy of invoking the 25th Amendment of the Constitution, which allows the vice president and the Cabinet to remove a sitting president who is unable to do the job.
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“In a rational, political world, of which we are not part, we’re no longer a part of that, there is no longer a rational political world around us, I’ll tell you what might be on their minds: the 25th Amendment. Because yesterday, the president of the United States actually posed a threat to public safety, to the public safety of the citizens of this country,” Barnicle said.
He continued, “Those are the musings of a man who has spent a whole lot of his lifetime in a tanning bed. So, he’s been exposed to ultraviolet rays in order to look like he has a tan all the time. Those were the irrational rants of a man who, somewhere out there in this country, God forbid, some inherent of his, someone who follows him closely and adores him, and there are many people like that … will take a little sip of Clorox bleach today to ward off the potential of the virus, and they will die.”
Barnicle suggested Dr. Anthony Fauci and Dr. Deborah Birx, top doctors on the White House Coronavirus Task Force, should “resign in protest” to Trump’s leadership throughout the pandemic.
Morning Joe co-host Willie Geist responded, “That would be terrible news for the country, of course.”
