Democratic Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is drawing applause in the wake of his call to use the 25th Amendment to remove US President Donald Trump from office.
Priztker on Tuesday blasted Trump for his speech in front of US military leaders in Quantico, Virginia, in which he said that he’d like to see cities such as Chicago used as “training grounds for our military,” while at the same time threatening to use US troops to wage a war against “the enemy within.”
“It appears that Donald Trump not only has dementia set in, but he’s copying tactics of [Russian President] Vladimir Putin,” Pritzker remarked. “Sending troops into cities, thinking that that’s some sort of proving ground for war, or that indeed there’s some sort of internal war going on in the United States is just, frankly, inane and I’m concerned for his health.”
The Illinois governor then added, “There is something genuinely wrong with this man, and the 25th Amendment ought to be invoked.”
Pritzker wasn’t the only Trump critic to call for invoking the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office, as Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) posted an all-caps message on social media that simply read, “25TH AMENDMENT!” in the wake of Trump’s Quantico speech.
