Oct 9, 2026 · 24 min · 13 segments
John joined The Mark Thompson Show Wednesday morning to discuss the most critical news stories of the week. Check out John's YouTube channel…
... can I make a quick comment? You mentioned, uh, the 21st, uh, 25th Amendment.
I just wanna remind you the words that Gavin Newsom used, which you did not, uh, employ today, and that is deranged and dangerous.
No, you were correct in saying that was not what the 25th Amendment was designed for.
It was designed if a president ha- had a massive stroke or if a president were completely disabled.
Uh, but anyway, I just wanted to throw it out because the fact that Gavin Newsom, the outgoing governor of California, has used the term deranged and dangerous is very, very critical.
Yeah, and, uh, uh, again, it's become a shorthand, the 25th Amendment, for get rid of the guy.
Uh, Birch Bayh, who was the senator who, who wrote the legislation, wrote a book on this and suggested exactly your point, and the point, by the way, I've been making in my podcasts on a daily basis.
... can I make a quick comment? You mentioned, uh, the 21st, uh, 25th Amendment.
I just wanna remind you the words that Gavin Newsom used, which you did not, uh, employ today, and that is deranged and dangerous.
No, you were correct in saying that was not what the 25th Amendment was designed for.
It was designed if a president ha- had a massive stroke or if a president were completely disabled.
Uh, but anyway, I just wanted to throw it out because the fact that Gavin Newsom, the outgoing governor of California, has used the term deranged and dangerous is very, very critical.
Yeah, and, uh, uh, again, it's become a shorthand, the 25th Amendment, for get rid of the guy.
Uh, Birch Bayh, who was the senator who, who wrote the legislation, wrote a book on this and suggested exactly your point, and the point, by the way, I've been making in my podcasts on a daily basis.
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