In 25th Amendment bid, Pelosi mulls Trump's fitness to serve

 Pelosi said the public needed to know the president's health, and she later called the 25th Amendment

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi questions President Donald Trump's eligibility, and on Thursday announced legislation that would create a committee that would allow Congress to intervene and remove the president under the 25th Amendment to the Constitution. Removal of executive duties.

A few weeks before the November 3 election, Ms. Pelosi said Mr. Trump needed to reveal more about his health after being diagnosed with COVID-19. She indicated that his tweet stopped talks about a new coronavirus aid package - he later tried to reverse it - and said Americans need to know when he first contracted COVID-19 when others in the White House were infected. On Friday, she plans to present the legislation that the committee must legislate for review.

Ms Pelosi said the public needed to know the health of the president, and she later relied on the 25th amendment that allows the cabinet or Congress to intervene when the president is unable to fulfill the functions of his office.

Mr. Trump was quick to respond on Twitter.

"Mad Nancy is the one to watch. They don't call her crazy for nothing!" Said the President.

The president's opponents have been debating the protest of the 25th Amendment for some time, but they are now raising it, just before Election Day, as the campaigns quickly turn into a referendum on how Trump will handle the coronavirus pandemic.

Congress is not in a legislative period, which is why it is unlikely that serious consideration will be given to this measure, let alone a vote in the House or Senate. Nevertheless, the bill serves as a political tool for asking questions about Trump's health during the coronavirus pandemic.

The bill would create a commission under the 25th Amendment, which Congress passed and ratified in 1967, to ensure continuity of power after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

The vice president and the majority of officials in executive departments "or any other body such as Congress" may by law declare to Congress that the president "is incapable of performing the powers and duties of office." At this point, the vice president immediately assumes the powers of the incumbent president.