{"id":258548,"date":"2026-04-09T01:23:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T01:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/258548\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T01:23:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T01:23:11","slug":"silicon-valley-lawmakers-want-trump-removed-under-25th-amendment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/258548\/","title":{"rendered":"Silicon Valley lawmakers want Trump removed under 25th Amendment"},"content":{"rendered":"

President Donald Trump reneged this week on public threats to wipe out \u201ca whole civilization\u201d after reaching an 11th hour ceasefire with Iran. But the bell has been rung in Silicon Valley.<\/p>\n

Santa Clara County\u2019s congressional delegation isn\u2019t backing down from calls to start Trump\u2019s removal proceedings under the 25th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which came in response to Trump\u2019s Truth Social post<\/a> Tuesday in regards to the U.S. war with Iran<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Trump wrote that \u201ca whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again\u201d if Iran did not meet a deadline to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a critical artery for global energy and fuel trade. Later in the day, Trump said Iran and the U.S. had agreed to a two-week ceasefire brokered by Pakistan. The president has since focused his public remarks on a peace agreement and reconstruction in Iran.<\/p>\n

But the president\u2019s earlier words are still drawing condemnation from Democratic lawmakers, including those representing Silicon Valley.<\/p>\n

Congressman Ro Khanna still supported the 25th Amendment proceedings as of Wednesday afternoon. He has increasingly positioned himself as the voice of Democratic opposition to the Trump administration \u2014 and has spoken publicly about eyeing a presidential run in 2028.<\/p>\n

\u201cDragging us into a costly and illegal war isn\u2019t America first,\u201d he told San Jos\u00e9 Spotlight. \u201cAmerica first is new economic patriotism, creating good-paying jobs and putting the working class over the Epstein class.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 25th Amendment, adopted in 1967 after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, outlines procedures for replacing the president. Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Wednesday wrote a letter informing colleagues<\/a> of a virtual briefing Friday to discuss the 25th Amendment.<\/p>\n

Congressman and former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo said dismissing the pause in fighting as another instance of Trump backing down doesn\u2019t acknowledge the current \u201cdeeply dismal moment.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDidn\u2019t have it on my bingo card that Pakistan would persuade an American president to stand down from threats to commit war crimes,\u201d he said in a statement Tuesday. \u201cOur president is deeply unwell, and the Cabinet must invoke the 25th Amendment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Liccardo\u2019s feelings haven\u2019t changed despite the relief of the ceasefire.<\/p>\n

\u201cStill applies,\u201d he told San Jos\u00e9 Spotlight.<\/p>\n

\"In-line<\/a><\/p>\n

On X, Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren called for an end<\/a> to the \u201cillegal war\u201d and warned the president\u2019s \u201cerratic behavior\u201d and \u201ccognitive decline\u201d have threatened the lives of millions of people.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe 25th Amendment should be invoked to spare our country and the world from his increasingly unhinged behavior,\u201d Lofgren wrote hours after Trump\u2019s Tuesday morning post. \u201cCongress needs to end this illegal war, and Speaker (Mike) Johnson needs to call the House back to vote on the War Powers Resolution.\u201d<\/p>\n

The outcry from Silicon Valley\u2019s congressional delegation is significant, largely because some of these lawmakers have resisted earlier calls to invoke the 25th Amendment during Trump\u2019s term, according to Santa Clara County Democratic Party Chair Bill James.<\/p>\n

\u201cFolks like Zoe Lofgren are careful to come to a point like that,\u201d James told San Jos\u00e9 Spotlight. \u201cSam Liccardo is mindful about his image as a moderate. Ro Khanna is sensitive to Silicon Valley businesses. To have them come forward in this way is significant.\u201d<\/p>\n

Contact Brandon Pho at\u00a0[email\u00a0protected]<\/a>\u00a0or @brandonphooo on X.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"President Donald Trump reneged this week on public threats to wipe out \u201ca whole civilization\u201d after reaching an…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":258549,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[712,16647,88,90,89],"class_list":{"0":"post-258548","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-jose","8":"tag-centerpiece","9":"tag-sam-liccardo","10":"tag-san-jose","11":"tag-san-jose-headlines","12":"tag-san-jose-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=258548"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258548\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/258549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=258548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=258548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=258548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}