Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Tuesday called on lawmakers to remove President Donald Trump from office under the 25th Amendment after his threat that a "whole civilization will die tonight" if Iran doesn't meet his deadline for a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
"25TH AMENDMENT!!!" the Georgia Republican posted on X, along with a screenshot of Trump's Truth Social post.
"Not a single bomb has dropped on America," Greene added. "We cannot kill an entire civilization. This is evil and madness."
Trump said in a Truth Social post that "a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again" if Iran does not meet his 8 p.m. deadline for a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a key oil shipping route in the Persian Gulf.
Greene was once a close ally of the president before a public split led her to resign early from Congress.
Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wis., also called for Trump's removal.
"25th Amendment RIGHT NOW! Trump is too unhinged, dangerous, and deranged to have the nuclear codes!" Pocan wrote on X.
Trump has extended his self-imposed deadline multiple times in recent weeks, citing what he has described as "productive" negotiations with Iranian officials.
Tehran has denied participating in talks and has issued its own conditions for a ceasefire.
Over the weekend, Trump warned of strikes on Iranian infrastructure, including bridges and power plants, in a profanity-laced social media post that also drew complaints from Greene.
"Everyone in his administration that claims to be a Christian needs to fall on their knees and beg forgiveness from God and stop worshipping the President and intervene in Trump's madness," Greene wrote. "I know all of you and him and he has gone insane, and all of you are complicit."
Greene has opposed the U.S. military operation in Iran since initial strikes by U.S. and Israeli forces in late February, describing the move as a "betrayal" of Trump's 2024 campaign pledges.
"The American people did not vote for this," Greene told CNN on March 16. "I went to, I can't even tell you, countless rallies all over the country for President Trump, campaigning for him and Republicans because we wanted to win, and we said on every single rally stage, 'No more foreign wars, no more regime change.'"
The calls to invoke the 25th Amendment come as a special election runoff is set to fill Greene's former House seat, a race that could test the political impact of the Iran conflict ahead of the midterms.
Republican Clay Fuller is facing Democrat Shawn Harris after neither candidate secured a majority in the March special election.
Fuller received Trump's endorsement in February, while Harris is backed by Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., and former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.
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