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October 9, 2020

House Speaker Pelosi Questions Trump's Fitness as Vice President Pence Returns to D.C.
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On Capitol Hill, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday President
Trump is in an "altered state right now," and announced a plan to create
a commission to review Trump's fitness for office.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi: "His disassociation from reality would be funny if
it weren't so deadly."

Any move by the House to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove Trump would
require the agreement of Vice President Mike Pence. On Thursday, Pence
canceled plans to travel to Indiana today, where he was scheduled to
cast an early vote. Pence is instead heading to Washington, D.C. His
abrupt schedule change set off a flurry of speculation on whether the
vice president might also have COVID-19, though a spokesperson told
reporters late Thursday, "Nobody's sick. There's no positive tests."


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