Congressional Democrats called for impeachment, invoking the 25th Amendment, and accused President Donald Trump of threatening genocide before and after the White House agreed to a two-week ceasefire with the Islamic Republic of Iran.
The deal is contingent on the immediate reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, a move that pushed down oil prices and lifted stock futures early Wednesday.
“This will be a double sided CEASEFIRE,” Trump posted on Truth Social. “The reason for doing so is that we have already met and exceeded all Military objectives, and are very far along with a definitive Agreement concerning Longterm PEACE with Iran, and PEACE in the Middle East.”
Announced hours before his 8 p.m. Tuesday deadline, the ceasefire followed a morning threat that “a whole civilization will die” without an agreement, drawing outrage from Democrats who questioned the president’s mental fitness and urged the U.S. military to ignore unlawful orders.
“This is a threat of genocide and merits removal from office. The President’s mental faculties are collapsing and cannot be trusted,” Congresswoman Alexandria-Ocasio Cortez (D-NY) said.
“To every individual in the President’s chain of command: You have a duty to refuse illegal orders. That includes carrying out this threat. This is a threat of genocide and merits removal from office. 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.”
This is a threat of genocide and merits removal from office. 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. https://t.co/mTUddja5og
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) April 7, 2026
News of the ceasefire “changes nothing,” AOC later said, arguing the president launched a war without congressional authorization and is leveraging the threat of genocide.
“Whether by his Cabinet or Congress, the President must be removed from office. We are playing with the brink,” she said.
Rep. Melania Stansbury (D-NM) urged administration officials to invoke the 25th Amendment, which would allow the vice president and a majority of the Cabinet to declare the president unfit to serve.
“Just because a President announces he’s agreed to a two week ceasefire moments before he threatened to commit war crimes, does not mean he is suddenly fit to serve. #25thAmendment,” Stansbury wrote.
Just because a President announces he’s agreed to a two week ceasefire moments before he threatened to commit war crimes, does not mean he is suddenly fit to serve. #25thAmendment
— Rep. Melanie Stansbury (@Rep_Stansbury) April 7, 2026
More than 85 House Democrats have called for President Trump’s removal from office, according to Axios.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) accused Trump of “threatening mass death if he doesn’t get his way.” She urged Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) to reconvene the chamber.
“Congress needs to pull the emergency brake now,” she said in a social media video. “Every Republican who votes to let this war continue bears a portion of the responsibility for what is happening in Trump’s war.”
We don’t know what will happen tonight: if Trump will back down or commit war crimes.
But I do know that Congress has the power to stop this.
Republican Leader John Thune must call the Senate back into session immediately.
And Congress needs to vote to stop Trump’s war NOW. pic.twitter.com/LctRHZj4dm
— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) April 7, 2026
For Republicans like Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL), the Truth Social threat was part of a broader negotiating strategy.
It’s called The Art of the Deal for a reason, panicans and leftists,” Fine said. “Nobody does it like President Trump.”
It’s called The Art of the Deal for a reason, panicans and leftists.
Nobody does it like President Trump. pic.twitter.com/3uxC0lF8LA
— Congressman Randy Fine (@RepFine) April 7, 2026
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