BREAKING: Speaker Johnson Discusses 25th Amendment, Urges Cabinet Members To: 'Search Their Hearts'

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At a press briefing on Friday, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) spoke about potentially invoking the 25th Amendment of the Constitution.

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00:00Well, there's a lot of people asking about the 25th, invoking the 25th Amendment right

00:14now because this is an alarming situation.

00:17As I mentioned, our adversaries see the weakness in this White House as we all do.

00:20I take no pleasure in saying that.

00:22I think this is a very dangerous situation.

00:25But you know, unfortunately, it's not the House that gets to determine that.

00:28It's the Cabinet under the Constitution, of course.

00:30It's the Cabinet that makes that decision.

00:32I would.

00:33I would ask the Cabinet members to search their hearts.

00:36I think, you know, you've all been reporting all day long about the panic that has ensued

00:40in the Democratic Party.

00:41I would be panicking, too, if I were a Democrat today, and that was my nominee.

00:45I think they know they have a serious problem.

00:48But it's not just political.

00:49It's not just the Democratic Party.

00:51It's the entire country.

00:53We have a serious problem here because we have a president who, by all appearances,

00:57is not up to the task.

00:58And these are very dangerous times.

01:00This is a very serious moment in American history, and it needs to be regarded and handled

01:05as such.

01:06And we hope that they will do their duty, as we all seek to do our duty, to do best

01:09by the American people.

01:10These are fateful moments.

01:11First, your heart says, and you think, in fact, we should focus on the movement?

01:16If I were in a Cabinet, in the Biden administration right now, in a Cabinet, I would be having

01:21that discussion with my colleagues at the Cabinet level.

01:23I would.

01:25Many of them, I think in their heart of hearts, they understand exactly what we do.

01:28They see exactly what we do.

01:30And we'll see what action they take.

01:32It's a serious situation.

01:33Thank you all so much.

01:34Thank you.

01:35Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

BREAKING: Speaker Johnson Discusses 25th Amendment, Urges Cabinet Members To: 'Search Their Hearts'

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