For Scott McConnell, this isn’t about party loyalty anymore; it’s about stopping a president he believes is marching America toward catastrophe on the back of “BS intelligence.” His call for JD Vance to invoke the 25th Amendment is as radical as it is unprecedented: persuade the cabinet that Trump is unfit, sign the declaration, and instantly assume the powers of acting president. No resignation. No election. Just a constitutional earthquake in real time.
Yet the path he sketches is riddled with peril. Trump could contest the move, forcing Congress into a brutal, history-defining vote while missiles still fly over the Middle East. Iran has already signaled it prefers to deal with Vance, seeing in his combat scars a man wary of endless war. But any step he takes would split the country, test the Constitution to its limits, and decide whether this moment becomes a turning point—or a breaking point—for American democracy.
