(Radio Iowa) – Congresswoman Cindy Axne of West Des Moines has joined other House Democrats in calling on Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment and remove President Trump from office. In a written statement, Axne accused Trump of inviting and inciting the insurrection in the U.S. Capitol. Axne, in her statement, said the President’s words and actions have grown increasingly dangerous and erratic, and Axne said — quote — “it’s not safe for him to retain the powers of commander in chief for two more weeks.”

Under a provision in the 25th Amendment, the vice president can become acting president if a majority of cabinet members and the vice president agree the president is unfit for office. Axne is the only Democrat in Iowa’s congressional delegation.

Second District Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks, a Republican from Ottumwa, does not support the call by some House Democrats to invoke the 25th Amendment and remove President Donald Trump from office. “With two weeks remaining and the president having said there will be a peaceful transition and the inauguration of President-Elect Biden that it’s time to try to unify our nation, bring us together and help us to heal,”

Miller-Meeks says. Trump said he will follow an orderly transition. Miller-Meeks made her comments on the Iowa Public Radio Program “River to River.” The 25th Amendment has been used to briefly transfer power to the vice president when presidents have undergone surgeries, but it has never been used to permanently remove a president from office.