Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez continues to call for President Trump’s removal, asserting that his recent ceasefire announcement with Iran does not change the need for his ouster.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., reiterated her call for President Donald Trump’s removal from office on Tuesday, even after he announced a two-week ceasefire with Iran. In a post on X, she stated, “This statement changes nothing,” referring to the president’s ceasefire announcement made that evening. “Whether by his Cabinet or Congress, the President must be removed from office.”
Before the ceasefire was declared, Trump had been threatening a significant military response against Iranian infrastructure. In a post on Truth Social earlier that day, he warned, “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will. However, now that we have Complete and Total Regime Change, where different, smarter, and less radicalized minds prevail, maybe something revolutionarily wonderful can happen, WHO KNOWS?”
Ocasio-Cortez, a prominent member of the progressive group known as “The Squad,” responded to Trump’s comments by labeling them as a “threat of genocide” that warrants his removal from office. She emphasized in her post, “The President’s mental faculties are collapsing and cannot be trusted. To every individual in the President’s chain of command: You have a duty to refuse illegal orders. That includes carrying out this threat.”
Later that evening, Trump announced the ceasefire, stating, “Based on conversations with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir of Pakistan, and wherein they requested that I hold off the destructive force being sent tonight to Iran, and subject to the Islamic Republic of Iran agreeing to the COMPLETE, IMMEDIATE, and SAFE OPENING of the Strait of Hormuz, I agree to suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two weeks. This will be a double-sided CEASEFIRE!”
He further noted that most points of contention between the United States and Iran had been agreed upon, and the two-week period would allow for the finalization of an agreement.
In response, Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs Seyed Abbas Araghchi stated, “If attacks against Iran are halted, our Powerful Armed Forces will cease their defensive operations. For a period of two weeks, safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz will be possible via coordination with Iran’s Armed Forces and with due consideration of technical limitations.”
Despite the ceasefire announcement, Ocasio-Cortez maintained her stance, asserting that Trump’s “statement changes nothing.” She continued, “The President has threatened a genocide against the Iranian people and is continuing to leverage that threat. He has launched a massive war of enormous risk and of catastrophic consequence without reason, rationale, nor Congressional authorization – which is as clear a violation of the Constitution as any.”
She emphasized that the ongoing situation escalates the risk and criminality of Trump’s actions for both the nation and the world. Ocasio-Cortez added, “Moreover, this administration’s self-enrichment, insider trading, and pure corruption off this chaos – from cryptocurrencies to predictive trading markets to bribe ‘settlements’ – has placed the Trump administration’s pursuit of personal wealth squarely against the wellbeing of our nation and its people.”
She concluded her remarks by stating, “All of these incidents, and plenty more, have clearly driven our country past the threshold for impeachment or invocation of the 25th amendment. We cannot risk the world nor the wellbeing of our nation any longer. None of these considerations should be partisan, but shared in good faith by Americans of all backgrounds who care for the safety and stability of the United States. Whether by his Cabinet or Congress, the President must be removed from office. We are playing with the brink.”
Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment early on Wednesday, but no response has been received.