{"id":2543717,"date":"2026-01-19T14:47:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T19:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ed-markey-calls-to-invoke-the-25th-amendment-2\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T14:48:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T19:48:40","slug":"ed-markey-calls-to-invoke-the-25th-amendment-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ed-markey-calls-to-invoke-the-25th-amendment-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Ed Markey calls to &#8216;invoke the 25th Amendment&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fed-markey-calls-to-invoke-the-25th-amendment-2%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2543717&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Sen. Ed Markey urged invoking the 25th Amendment to remove President Trump after Trump&#8217;s letter to Norway&#8217;s prime minister revealed plans to acquire Greenland and linked those ambitions to being denied the Nobel Peace Prize. Markey tweeted &#8220;Invoke the 25th Amendment,&#8221; reacting to what he framed as dangerously irrational behavior. The article explains the 25th amendment&#8217;s role in transferring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/7-republicans-who-found-trump-guilty-of-inciting-capitol-riot-explain-their-votes\/\" title=\"7 Republicans Who Found Trump \u2018Guilty\u2019 Of Inciting Capitol Riot Explain Their Votes\">presidential power<\/a>, notes Section 4 allows the vice president and a Cabinet majority to declare a president &#8220;unable to discharge&#8221; duties (a provision never used against a president), and reviews past, limited uses of the amendment. It recalls Democrats&#8217; push to use the amendment after the jan. 6 attack and Republican calls in 2024 for Kamala Harris to invoke it against President Biden following a special counsel report. Lawmakers are split over Trump&#8217;s Greenland effort: some GOP members back it, but figures like Sen. Rand Paul say it lacks broad Republican support, while Sen. Tim Kaine has signaled moves to curb Trump&#8217;s war powers regarding Greenland. The piece also notes EU opposition to U.S. threats over Greenland and that the Washington Examiner sought comment from the White House.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Ed Markey calls to &lsquo;invoke the 25th Amendment&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2477909\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ed-markey\/\">Ed Markey<\/a> (D-MA) called to remove President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> from office via the 25th Amendment due to Trump&rsquo;s recent efforts <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4423229\/trump-battle-in-the-arctic-greenland-bessent\/\">to acquire Greenland<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Invoke the 25th Amendment. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hGtiluTGiG\">pic.twitter.com\/hGtiluTGiG<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance-and-economy\/4424288\/powell-attend-supreme-court-hearing-trump-power-fire-fed-governor\/\">Powell will attend Supreme Court hearing on Trump power to fire Fed governor<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4423735\/trump-abandons-obligation-peace-greenland-dispute-being-rejected-nobel-peace-prize\/\">Trump abandons &#8216;obligation&#8217; for peace in Greenland dispute after being rejected for Nobel<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4422714\/threats-polar-war-coloring-trump-foreign-policy\/\">How threats of a polar war are coloring virtually every aspect of Trump&#8217;s foreign policy<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">&mdash; Ed Markey (@SenMarkey) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenMarkey\/status\/2013282409463063000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 19, 2026<\/a><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Markey was responding to the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4423735\/trump-abandons-obligation-peace-greenland-dispute-being-rejected-nobel-peace-prize\/\">letter Trump sent<\/a> to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr St&oslash;re. This letter included complaints that Trump&rsquo;s ambitions to take over <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/greenland\/\">Greenland<\/a> were partially because he was rejected for the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nobel-prizes\/\">Nobel Peace Prize<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/25th-amendment\/\">25th Amendment<\/a> establishes procedures for the transfer of presidential power and provides a means for the president to be removed from office if they are incapable of serving. This amendment was ratified in 1967 following the assassination of President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-f-kennedy\/\">John F. Kennedy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While the amendment was invoked when President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/richard-nixon\/\">Richard Nixon<\/a> resigned in 1974, it has only been used temporarily four other times in history, when <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >presidents underwent medical procedures<\/a>. The most recent example was November 2021, when then-President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\">Joe Biden<\/a> transferred power to Vice President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\">Kamala Harris<\/a> for 85 minutes while he underwent a colonoscopy.<\/p>\n<p>Under Section 4, the vice president and a majority of the Cabinet may notify the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosi-says-impeachment-and-25th-amendment-resolutions-will-be-brought-to-the-house-floor-starting-monday\/\" title=\"Pelosi Says Impeachment and ... Resolutions Will Be Brought to the House Floor Starting Monday\">president pro tempore<\/a> of the Senate and the speaker of the House that the president is &ldquo;unable to discharge the powers and duties of the office,&rdquo; in which case the vice president becomes acting president. This section of the amendment has never been used against a president.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Democrats last <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2883065\/with-their-25th-amendment-ruse-democrats-seek-to-evade-responsibility\/\">pushed to invoke the amendment<\/a> in the wake of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/january-6\/\">Jan. 6<\/a> Capitol attack in 2021. Markey has served in the Senate since winning his first election in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Republican lawmakers were alone when they called for <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/2846625\/what-is-25th-amendment-gop-call-boot-biden-kamala-harris-key-piece\/\">Harris to invoke the amendment<\/a> in February 2024 after a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/2845770\/hur-report-biden-as-elderly-man-poor-memory\/\">special counsel report<\/a> described the president as a &ldquo;well-meaning elderly man with a poor memory.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s effort to make Greenland U.S. territory has split lawmakers. While Trump has the support of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4415331\/randy-fine-bill-greenland-trump-51st-state\/\">some within the GOP<\/a>, Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) previously foreshadowed another resolution to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4413993\/tim-kaine-senate-vote-greenland-trump\/\">curb Trump&rsquo;s war powers<\/a>, this time with Greenland. Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) also revealed on Sunday that the acquisition effort has <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4423434\/cruz-american-history-acquiring-lands-defending-trump-greenland-effort\/\">little Republican support<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4423464\/europe-united-behind-greenland-readies-response-trump-threat\/\"><strong>EUROPE STANDS &lsquo;UNITED&rsquo; BEHIND GREENLAND AS IT READIES RESPONSE TO TRUMP TARIFF THREAT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;On the war powers, or on militarily invading Greenland, I&rsquo;ve heard of no Republican support for that,&rdquo; Paul said on NBC News&rsquo;s <em>Meet the Press<\/em>. &ldquo;Even the most hawkish members of our caucus have said they won&rsquo;t support that.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> has reached out to the White House for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Markey urges 25th Amendment to remove Trump<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2543718,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AP25154619925536.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[33241,65257,71431],"class_list":["post-2543717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-25th-amendment","tag-ed-markey","tag-presidential-removal"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AP25154619925536.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2543717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2543717"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2543717\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2543721,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2543717\/revisions\/2543721"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2543718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2543717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2543717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2543717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}