Top Democrats who pushed 25th Amendment during Trump years silent on triggering it for Biden

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Several top Democrats that called for the 25th Amendment to be used to remove former President Donald Trump from office during his tenure have remained silent on whether it should be triggered to remove President Biden, which some Republicans have suggested.

Fox News Digital reached out to Democratic Reps. Nancy Pelosi, Pramila Jayapal, Jamie Raskin and Maxine Waters along with Sen. Chuck Schumer who all declined to comment on whether the 25th Amendment should be in play with President Biden as they suggested it should be for former President Trump.

Section 4 of the 25th Amendment authorizes the vice president and a majority of the executive cabinet to make the decision whether the president is fit to continue in office or not.

At various points during the Trump presidency, Democrats called for the 25th Amendment to be triggered against the president for a variety of reasons ranging from the coronavirus, to Trump’s competence, to the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol Hill riot.

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"It’s long past time," Waters told MSNBC in October 2020 when asked if it was time to trigger the 25th Amendment based on Trump’s "erratic and bizarre behavior" and "spreading the virus personally."

That same month, in the leadup to the 2020 presidential election, Raskin and Pelosi introduced legislation that would