Underwood calls for removing Trump from office: ‘Unstable,’ ‘dangerous,’ ‘unable to function’
More than 100 people who had gathered inside Northern Illinois University’s Barsema Alumni and Visitors Center Thursday were told by a local member of Congress that the U.S. president is running a criminal enterprise.
Because of that belief, U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood, a Naperville Democrat, called for removing President Donald Trump from his office.
“Donald Trump is unstable; he is dangerous and unable to function as commander in chief. I believe he needs to be removed from office,” Underwood said, drawing applause from the audience.
The fourth-term Congresswoman said she supports the impeachment of the U.S. President, or using the 25th Amendment to remove him from office, but said Republicans on Capitol Hill – who have the majority in the House of Representatives and Senate – won’t support it.
During the 85th town hall of her tenure in Congress, Underwood said the president “chooses personal profit over our families” by having his administration withhold funding appropriated by Congr…