House Democrats are discussing a potential effort to remove President Donald Trump from office using the 25th Amendment, though party leaders have not indicated whether they plan to act before the November midterm elections, as reported [1] by Fox News.
Rep. Jamie Raskin, the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, is expected to brief fellow Democrats Friday on the constitutional process required to invoke the 25th Amendment.
The mechanism would depend heavily on support from the president’s Cabinet, along with Vice President J.D. Vance.
The 25th Amendment has never been used to involuntarily remove a sitting president. Its implementation would require the vice president and a majority of the Cabinet to declare the president unfit for office.
If the president contests that determination, a two-thirds vote in both the House and Senate would be required to uphold the decision.
The discussions come amid reactions from some Democrats to the president’s recent statements regarding Iran.
In a social media post on Tuesday, Raskin criticized the remarks and urged action under the 25th Amendment framework.
“Donald Trump’s deranged threat to destroy ‘a whole civilization’ in Iran is a threat to commit war crimes and genocide,” Raskin wrote.
“Republicans in Congress must prevail upon Vice President Vance, now campaigning for Putin’s puppet Viktor Orban in Hungary, to return to the U.S. and invoke Section 4 of the 25th Amendment.”
Donald Trump’s deranged threat to destroy “a whole civilization” in Iran is a threat to commit war crimes and genocide. Republicans in Congress must prevail upon Vice President Vance, now campaigning for Putin’s puppet Viktor Orban in Hungary, to return to the U.S. and invoke…
— Rep. Jamie Raskin (@RepRaskin) April 7, 2026 [2]
Democrat Rep. Jamie Raskin — who covered up Biden’s mental decline — says Democrats need something stronger than the 25th Amendment to remove President Trump:
Democrats are deeply unserious and have no real plan to help Americans. pic.twitter.com/neDQqrGgE8 [3]
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) April 10, 2026 [4]
Other Democratic leaders have taken a more cautious approach when asked about potential steps.
House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries addressed the issue during a news conference in New York City on Thursday but did not commit to pursuing the measure.
“We have a responsibility as a separate and co-equal branch of government to defend the American people, and we want to be able to do it in an informed way,” Jeffries said.
When pressed further in a separate interview, Jeffries said, “We’ve ruled nothing out, and we’ve ruled nothing in.”
Democrats currently lack the numbers in Congress to successfully remove a president through impeachment or to carry out a 25th Amendment action without significant Republican support.
The constitutional process would require agreement from members of the president’s own administration as well as a substantial bipartisan majority in Congress if challenged.
In addition to the 25th Amendment, impeachment would also require a two-thirds vote in the Senate for conviction.
Congressional Democrats previously failed to reach that threshold during two impeachment proceedings against Trump during his first term.
The discussions highlight the procedural and political hurdles involved in any attempt to remove a sitting president.
Any action under the 25th Amendment would depend first on the willingness of the vice president and Cabinet members to initiate the process.
Joe Biden only worked from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
He spent 40% of his presidency on vacation.
He used the autopen thousands of times.
He let 10+ million illegal aliens invade our country.
Yet Democrats want to invoke the 25th Amendment against Trump because he is eliminating… pic.twitter.com/hvJyVXT5P4 [5]
— Christian Collins (@CollinsforTX) April 7, 2026 [6]