• fartographer@lemmy.world
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    18 days ago

    Here’s my uninformed guess about what’s happening behind the scenes. Republicans are joining the call to 25 Trump in April to build a high-tension timeline. It’s in R’s and JD Vance’s best interest if they replace Trump at just the right time to maximize the number of terms that Vance can legally serve as president (in case outright stealing the election doesn’t get the popular support they’re predicting). Since Vance will be the new hand on the wheel, politicians are trying to pressure him into agreeing to support them. They’re individually or collectively threatening that if they don’t get the concessions they want in time, they’ll vote for the 25th before the cutoff to give Vance two extra years and, instead, will remove 4 years from his potential reign.

    In other words, I don’t think these calls for the 25th Amendment are actually tied to any specific events or ideals other than the usual power plays.

    What evidence do I have to back up this conspiracy theory? None. I’m just a moron who’s publicly making known their distorted view of politics.