U.S. Vice President Mike Pence has been keeping a distance from the radical moves taken by outgoing President Donald Trump, ignoring Trump's criticism for him on Twitter.
Trump was harshly accused of inciting his supporters to rally, before scores of mobs had stormed the capitol hill on Wednesday when Pence was chairing a session to confirm Trump's lose of elections.
Pence, perhaps, seemed to have decided to protect his political career and history, and never trade them with his boss's satisfaction.
And as moves get increasing to oust Trump over his radical positions, Pence is reportedly having another view.
The Vice President is reportedly against calls for him and members of the cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment of the US Constitution to remove the president from office, according to Business Insider.
The news story quoted two aides to the vice president who have stressed that there is “no way” that he would participate, as a growing body of lawmakers and officials from across the US demand the president’s removal.
His aides are reportedly worried that taking the unprecedented step “could spiral the country even further into chaos and partisan pide” and compromise the vice president’s future political ambitions.
The report follows a growing demand to remove the president from office, through either his impeachment in Congress or invocation of the 25th amendment.
According to the Independent, Pence’s refusal to do so could prompt Congress to begin impeachment proceedings.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, the leading Democrats in Congress, have explicitly demanded Pence to act, or barring that, could plan to instruct Congress to begin the president’s second impeachment. No president has ever been impeached twice.
“If the vice president and Cabinet do not act, the Congress may be prepared to move forward with impeachment," Speaker Pelosi said on Thursday. “That is the overwhelming sentiment of my caucus.”
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