'What happened at the U.S. Capitol yesterday was an insurrection against the United States, incited by the president. This president should not hold office one day longer,' Chuck Schumer said in a statement Thursday
* House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said President Donald Trump had incited 'sedition' against the United States and demanded the president's removal from office
* Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer issued a statement calling for swift action on the 25th Amendment while also leveling the threat of a second impeachment
* Both Democrat leaders called VP Mike Pence to demand Trump's removal from office - but were put on hold
* Joe Biden's Electoral College victory was certified by Pence at 3.41am, ending a nearly 15-hour saga * Republican congressman Adam Kinzinger posted a video to Twitter in which he said he is calling for Trump to be removed from office 'for the sake of our Democracy'
* Former Attorney General Bill Barr said 'orchestrating a mob to pressure Congress is inexcusable'
* AOC says Cabinet should use 25th Amendment and Congress should impeach - and wants Republican inciters expelled from House and Senate
* Trump finally promised an 'orderly transition' on January 20 but maintained his false claims of election fraud
* The president had incited his supporters to storm the Capitol, forcing a halt to the electoral vote proceedings and his violent invaders ransacked offices, waved the Confederate flag and swung from a Senate balcony
The two top Democrats in Congress, Sen. Charles Schumer and Speaker Nancy Pelosi, reached out directly to Vice President Mike Pence Thursday to try to push him to act immediately to remove President Trump from office, only to be rebuffed.
The two leaders called Pence hours after he had overseen a Joint Session of Congress to count the electoral votes to make Joe Biden the next president, despite intense pressure by President Trump that Pence move against it.
But if they had hopes that Pence might join in a speedy potential effort to seize the reins of power from a volatile Trump in his final days in office, the reception they got may provide an answer.
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WNU Editor: Not going to happen .... Pence opposes removing Trump under 25th Amendment: reports (The Hill).
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