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杰弗里斯就罢免特朗普一事展开讨论，而舒默则推动针对伊朗的战争权力投票
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民主党抨击特朗普的伊朗停火协议，威胁启动第25修正案
民主党抨击唐纳德·特朗普总统与伊朗达成的为期两周的停火协议，援引第25修正案并指控他犯下战争罪。这一事件暴露出中东外交政策上严重的党派分歧。
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国会民主党人希望将唐纳德·特朗普总统赶下台，但他们在行动方式和时机上并未达成一致。
已有超过六十名民主党人呼吁弹劾特朗普，但如果没有共和党人的支持，这一举措很可能刚提出就会胎死腹中。
其他人则希望特朗普的内阁和副总统JD·万斯援引第25修正案，实际上剥夺特朗普的权力。自该修正案近60年前获批以来，从未被用于罢免现任总统。
FLASHBACK: 民主党希望通过第25修正案罢免特朗普，但在拜登任内却拒绝这么做
纽约州民主党众议员哈基姆·杰弗里斯（左）与参议院少数党领袖、纽约州民主党人查克·舒默，于2025年9月29日周一在白宫举行会议后走向媒体发表讲话。美国华盛顿特区。（安纳贝尔·戈登/彭博社 via Getty Images）
大多数民主党人并未正视这两种选择的政治现实，他们向来团结的阵线正出现裂痕，各方就如何最有效地反击本届政府展开辩论。
“我不认为这是我们时间的最佳用途，”宾夕法尼亚州民主党众议员玛德琳·迪恩上周在新闻发布会上被问及弹劾问题时表示，“让我们先赢得多数席位，先拿下参议院多数席位，再让这位总统为自己的行为负责。”
“所有选项都应摆在台面上，”众议院民主党领导层成员、加利福尼亚州民主党众议员萨拉·雅各布斯在迪恩发表上述言论后说道。
参众两院的民主党高层也并未直接达成一致。
特朗普对伊朗的威胁引发罢免呼声，但一名民主党人称该举措“不切实际”
唐纳德·特朗普总统于2026年4月1日周三在华盛顿白宫十字大厅就伊朗战争发表讲话。（亚历克斯·布兰登/美联社泳池照片）
参议院少数党领袖、纽约州民主党人查克·舒默并未呼吁弹劾或启动第25修正案，而是推动本周再次就战争权力决议进行投票，以限制特朗普在伊朗问题上的权力。
“国会必须重新行使其权威，尤其是在这个危险的时刻，”舒默说道，“任何总统，无论民主党还是共和党，都不应独自将国家带入战争——现在不行，永远都不行。共和党人将再次有机会与民主党人一道，结束这场鲁莽的选择性战争。”
与此同时，众议院少数党领袖、纽约州民主党人哈基姆·杰弗里斯似乎在鼓励众议院民主党人讨论罢免特朗普的事宜，并吹捧上周由马里兰州民主党众议员杰米·拉斯金牵头的、针对全体党团的第25修正案简报会。
“令人震惊的是，唐纳德·特朗普在复活节周日的粗俗咆哮中威胁要升级他的选择性战争，并要消灭一整个文明，”杰弗里斯在一封“致同僚”的信件中写道，“我们将继续对共和党人施加最大压力，让他们将爱国责任置于党派忠诚之上，与民主党人一道阻止这场疯狂行径。”
与弹劾相比，第25修正案的成功门槛要高得多，因为它需要万斯、特朗普的大多数内阁成员以及参众两院三分之二的议员联手才能罢免特朗普。
特朗普威胁要终结伊朗“文明”引发国会山哗然
华盛顿——12月5日：康涅狄格州民主党众议员约翰·拉尔森抵达朗沃思众议院办公楼，参加众议院筹款委员会“听取IRS举报人：亨特·拜登调查阻挠事件的亲口陈述”听证会。2023年12月5日周二。（比尔·克拉克/CQ-Roll Call, Inc.）
弹劾程序必须在众议院启动，而在众议院议长、路易斯安那州共和党人迈克·约翰逊的领导下，针对特朗普的正式程序甚至不太可能启动。
但这并未阻止民主党人的尝试。去年年底，得克萨斯州民主党众议员阿尔·格林就针对特朗普的两项弹劾条款发起投票，近24名民主党人与共和党人一道否决了这项举措。
康涅狄格州民主党众议员约翰·拉尔森上周针对特朗普提交了13项弹劾条款，指控总统在委内瑞拉采取军事干预行动、向全美各地城市部署国民警卫队部队，以及颁布限制出生公民权的行政令等多项罪名。
目前尚不清楚面临年轻对手激烈初选挑战的拉尔森是否会推动对其决议进行投票。
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在参议院，呼吁对特朗普采取极端措施的议员更少。只有少数几名议员——包括新泽西州民主党参议员安迪·金、康涅狄格州民主党参议员克里斯·墨菲、马萨诸塞州民主党参议员埃德·马基和俄勒冈州民主党参议员罗恩·怀登——呼吁弹劾或启动第25修正案。
“我的意思是，他不适合担任公职，”金说道，“我认为应该启动第25修正案，如果不行，那就弹劾。”
罗德岛州民主党参议员谢尔登·怀特豪斯也持同样看法，他认为“考虑到他那由马屁精和怪人组成的古怪内阁，现在这么做并不现实。”
“我们必须脚踏实地，用传统方式赢得这场选举，”怀特豪斯说道。
亚历克斯·米勒是福克斯新闻数字频道的撰稿人，负责报道美国参议院事务。
Push to oust Trump exposes cracks among Democrats on strategy, timing
April 14, 2026 7:00am EDT / Fox News
Jeffries encourages Trump removal talks, while Schumer pushes a war powers vote on Iran
By Alex Miller , Adam Pack Fox News
Democrats blast Trump’s Iran ceasefire, threaten 25th Amendment
Democrats blast President Donald Trump’s two-week ceasefire deal with Iran, invoking the 25th Amendment and accusing him of war crimes. This showcases deep partisan division over Middle East diplomacy.
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Congressional Democrats want President Donald Trump out of the White House, but they are not on the same page about how or when to act.
More than five dozen Democrats have called for Trump’s impeachment, but that push is likely dead on arrival absent GOP support.
Others want Trump’s Cabinet and Vice President JD Vance to effectively usurp him by invoking the 25th Amendment, which has never been used to oust a sitting president in the nearly 60 years since the amendment was ratified.
FLASHBACK: DEMS WANT TO BOOT TRUMP WITH 25TH AMENDMENT, BUT REFUSED TO DO SO UNDER BIDEN
Representative Hakeem Jeffries, a Democrat from New York, left, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat from New York, walk to speak to members of the media following a meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, Sept. 29, 2025. (Annabelle Gordon/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Most Democrats aren’t admitting the political realities of either option, and their typically unified front is showing cracks as they debate how best to push back against the administration.
“I don’t think it is the best use of our time,” Rep. Madeleine Dean, D-Pa., said last week at a news conference when asked about impeachment. “Let us get into the majority, let us get a Senate majority and then hold this president to account.”
“All options should be on the table,” Rep. Sara Jacobs, D-Calif., a member of House Democratic leadership, said following Dean’s comments.
Top Democrats in both chambers are not in direct alignment, either.
TRUMP IRAN THREAT SPARKS CALLS FOR HIS OUSTER, BUT ONE DEM SAYS EFFORT ‘NOT REALISTIC’
President Donald Trump arrives to speak about the Iran war from the Cross Hall of the White House on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, in Washington.(Alex Brandon/Pool via AP Photo)
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has stopped short of calling for either impeachment or the 25th Amendment, instead pushing for another war powers resolution vote this week to rein in Trump’s authorities in Iran.
“Congress must reassert its authority, especially at this dangerous moment,” Schumer said. “No president, Democrat or Republican, should take this country to war alone — not now, not ever. Republicans will once again have the opportunity to join Democrats and end this reckless war of choice.
Meanwhile, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., has appeared to encourage removal conversations among House Democrats and touted a caucus-wide briefing on the 25th Amendment led by Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., last week.
“Shockingly, Donald Trump threatened to escalate his war of choice in a profane Easter Sunday rant and to eradicate an entire civilization,” Jeffries wrote in a “Dear Colleague” letter. “We will continue to unleash maximum pressure on Republicans to put patriotic duty over party loyalty and join Democrats in stopping the madness.”
The 25th Amendment has a much higher threshold for success than impeachment, given that it would require Vance, most of Trump’s Cabinet, and two-thirds of both chambers of Congress to align to remove Trump.
TRUMP’S THREAT TO END IRANIAN ‘CIVILIZATION’ SPARKS UPROAR ON CAPITOL HILL
WASHINGTON – DECEMBER 5: Rep. John Larson, D-Conn., arrives for the House Ways and Means Committee “Hearing with the IRS Whistleblowers: Hunter Biden Investigation Obstruction in Their Own Words” in the Longworth House Office Building on Tuesday, December 5, 2023. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc.)
Impeachment would have to start in the House, and it’s unlikely that formal proceedings against Trump would even begin under House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La.
But that hasn’t stopped Democrats from trying. Late last year, Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, forced votes on two articles of impeachment against Trump, and nearly two dozen Democrats joined Republicans to kill the effort.
Rep. John Larson, D-Conn., filed 13 articles of impeachment against Trump last week, citing the president’s military intervention in Venezuela, the deployment of National Guard troops to cities across the country, and his executive order to curtail birthright citizenship, among other charges.
It is unclear whether Larson, who is facing a heated primary challenge from a decades-younger opponent, will force a vote on his resolution.
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In the Senate, even fewer lawmakers are calling for drastic measures against Trump. Only a handful — including Sens. Andy Kim, D-N.J., Chris Murphy, D-Conn., Ed Markey, D-Mass., and Ron Wyden, D-Ore. — have called for impeachment or the 25th Amendment.
“I mean, he’s unfit for office,” Kim said. “I think the 25th Amendment, and if not, then impeachment.”
It’s also a desire that Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., contended was “not realistic right now, given his oddball Cabinet of sycophants and eccentrics.
“We’re going to have to buckle down and win this the old-fashioned way,” Whitehouse said.
Alex Miller is a writer for Fox News Digital covering the U.S. Senate.