# Resignations and the 25th Amendment

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resignations-and-the-25th-amendment/930483>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [January 14, 2021, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resignations-and-the-25th-amendment/930483 "2021-01-14T01:14:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2021, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resignations-and-the-25th-amendment/930483/1 "2021-01-14T01:14:26Z")

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Were there any major resignations after Pence said that the 25th Amendment was off the table? I’m thinking that one or more of these resignations was/were an attempt to avoid having to deal with voting against Trump if Pence decided to invoke the Amendment.

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**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2021, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resignations-and-the-25th-amendment/930483/2 "2021-01-14T03:49:14Z")

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Not a Cabinet member _per se_, but Johnathan Fahey, the acting leader of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement [abruptly resigned Wednesday,](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/hamedaleaziz/ice-leader-resigns-after-two-weeks) just two weeks into the job .

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**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2021, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resignations-and-the-25th-amendment/930483/3 "2021-01-14T05:41:30Z")

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Well, Pence didn’t officially take it off the table until Tuesday night and most of the resignations happened almost immediately after it became obvious Trump incited a riot. They’re all still cowards, though.