{"id":73,"date":"2026-11-11T17:04:11","date_gmt":"2026-11-11T17:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/earlybirdstories.pics\/?p=73"},"modified":"2026-11-11T17:04:11","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T17:04:11","slug":"trump-claims-voter-fraud-as-he-alleges-the-polls-were-not-honest-with-impeachment-fears-rising","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earlybirdstories.pics\/?p=73","title":{"rendered":"Trump claims voter fraud as he alleges the polls were not \u2018honest\u2019 with impeachment fears rising"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"model-response-message-contentr_aae0af2d2ead38eb\" class=\"markdown markdown-main-panel md-content enable-luminous-fast-follows enable-updated-hr-color tutor-markdown-rendering\" dir=\"ltr\" aria-busy=\"false\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h1 dir=\"ltr\" data-path-to-node=\"2\">Critics Eye Unused 25th Amendment Provision Following Midterms<\/h1>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">After Democrats won control of both the House and Senate in the midterm elections, President Donald Trump initially signaled cooperation, telling <i data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"146\">The New York Times<\/i> he would &#8220;absolutely&#8221; accept the results.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">However, his tone quickly shifted. On social media and to reporters, Trump questioned the vote&#8217;s integrity, casting doubt on voting machines and calling early vote tallies &#8220;terrible.&#8221; He offered varied explanations for the losses\u2014pointing to strict immigration policies, rising gas prices linked to foreign policy in Iran, and unverified claims about sudden vote spikes. <i data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"371\">The Washington Post<\/i> noted that near-record turnout, especially in key states like Minnesota, Michigan, and Maine, fueled the Democratic wins.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The outcome has renewed discussion among critics around <b data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"56\">Section 4 of the 25th Amendment<\/b>. Ratified in 1967 and never once invoked in nearly 60 years, Section 4 provides a mechanism to remove a president who is unable to discharge their duties but cannot or will not step aside voluntarily (unlike Section 3, which handles voluntary temporary transfers for medical procedures).<\/div>\n<div class=\"attachment-container unknown md-has-block-component\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Critics Eye Unused 25th Amendment Provision Following Midterms After Democrats won control of both the House and Senate in the midterm elections, President Donald Trump initially signaled cooperation, telling The&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":74,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlybirdstories.pics\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlybirdstories.pics\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlybirdstories.pics\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlybirdstories.pics\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlybirdstories.pics\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=73"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/earlybirdstories.pics\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75,"href":"https:\/\/earlybirdstories.pics\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73\/revisions\/75"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlybirdstories.pics\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/74"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlybirdstories.pics\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=73"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlybirdstories.pics\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=73"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlybirdstories.pics\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=73"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}