Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday joined a growing chorus of lawmakers and conservative pundits calling for President Donald Trump’s removal from office for doubling down on graphic threats to bomb Iran.

Trump on Thursday wrote on social media that, “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will.” That message came after an Easter Sunday post that threatened to bomb Iran’s electric grid and bridges as he demanded that the government in Tehran reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

“Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran,” Trump wrote on Sunday. “Open the F*****’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell — JUST WATCH. Praise be to Allah.”

The Illinois governor, who is widely seen as a potential 2028 presidential contender, responded to Trump’s latest threat by calling him “a deranged man threatening to wipe out an entire country.”

“It’s past time,” Pritzker wrote on social media. “The 25th Amendment must be invoked.”

Pritzker joined an unlikely alliance of conservatives calling for the president’s removal, including former U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, former MAGA ally and conservative radio host Alex Jones, and conservative commentator Candace Owens. Podcaster Tucker Carlson is also calling on Trump’s Cabinet to reject any plan that would lead to the deaths of Iranian citizens.

Trump campaigned on a pledge of “no new wars,” but has said the war in Iran is necessary to stop leaders there from obtaining nuclear weapons. That reversal is reverberating throughout the MAGA world.

U.S. Rep. Delia Ramirez, D-Illinois, on Thursday called Trump a “warmonger, escalating the conflict for his own profit and consolidation of power.”

“My Republican colleagues can’t keep turning a blind eye,” Ramirez wrote on social media. “He must be stopped and impeached.”

And Sen. Dick Durbin wrote, “When will Congressional Republicans stand up to President Trump’s risky war of choice?”

Pritzker in October also called on the 25th Amendment to be invoked after Trump posted a fake-AI video on Truth Social, with the governor writing, “there is something genuinely wrong with this man.”

What is the 25th Amendment?

Section 4 of the Constitution’s 25th Amendment has never been invoked, but it would allow Vice President JD Vance and a majority of the Cabinet to transfer “an incapacitated President’s powers and duties” to the vice president, according to the Library of Congress. It can be invoked “when the President is unable or unwilling to declare that he is incapacitated.” Vance and a majority of the Cabinet would have to send a written declaration to the president pro tempore of the Senate and the house speaker stating that the president is unable to discharge his office’s powers and duties. Vance would immediately assume the powers and duties as acting president.

The other sections of the 25th Amendment include removing the president from office if he dies or resigns and making the vice president the president. Another section states that if there is a vacancy in the office of the vice president, the president would nominate a vice president to take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both chambers of Congress. It also declares that if the president sends the president pro tempore of the Senate and the house speaker a written declaration that he is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, powers and duties would be transferred the vice president — until the president declares in writing that they can resume their duties.

According to the National Constitution Center, the temporary transfer happened three times albeit briefly when Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush told Congress the vice president would be acting as president while they were under general anesthesia for medical procedures.

Can it be used to remove Trump from office?

Neither Vance nor any other member of Trump’s Cabinet has expressed support for removing Trump from office, so the chances are unlikely.

However, if it is invoked the president can fight back and notify Congress that no “inability” exists and resume powers until the vice president Cabinet jointly object. Congress would have to convene within 48 hours once the 25th Amendment is invoked and would have 21 days to discuss whether an inability exists. The vice president and Cabinet members would have four days to file an objection to the president’s declaration within that time frame. If no objection is filed, the president would resume his duties. If it’s contested, two-thirds of the House and Senate would have to agree to allow the vice president to serve as president. The president would also be able to file another declaration about ability to serve after Congress votes.

The Supreme Court has not definitively interpreted the 25th Amendment, and legal scholars are still debating the definition of presidential inability, according to the National Constitution Center.