Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called for President Donald Trump's removal from office over his latest warnings to Iran, calling it a "threat of genocide" that "merits removal from office."
In a social media publication, the lawmaker said Trump'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," she concluded.
This is a threat of genocide and merits removal from office. The President’s mental faculties are collapsing and cannot be trusted.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) April 7, 2026
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
She was reacting to Trump's claim that a "whole civilization will die tonight" if the Iranian regime fails to reach a deal by the deadline he has given and is set to expire on Tuesday.
"I don't want that to happen, but it probably will. However, now that we have Complete and Total Regime Change, where different, smarter, and less radicalized minds prevail, maybe something revolutionarily wonderful can happen, WHO KNOWS? We will find out tonight, one of the most important moments in the long and complex history of the World. 47 years of extortion, corruption, and death, will finally end. God Bless the Great People of Iran!" Trump added in a publication on his social media platform, Truth Social.
She is not the only one calling for Trump's removal. Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar also did it on Monday. "This is not ok. Invoke the 25th amendment. Impeach. Remove. This unhinged lunatic must be removed from office," Omar said in a social media post.
Elsewhere, former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene also called for Trump's removal: "25TH AMENDMENT!!! Not a single bomb has dropped on America. We cannot kill an entire civilization. This is evil and madness," she said in another publication.
Iran's envoy to the UN reacted to Trump's threat on Tuesday, saying the threats "constitute incitement to war crimes and potentially genocide."
"Iran will not stand idle in the face of such egregious war crimes. It will exercise, without hesitation, its inherent right of self-defense and will take immediate and proportionate reciprocal measures," he said during a Security Council session on the Strait of Hormuz, the key waterway through which about 20% of the global energy transits and which Tehran has brought to a standstill over the past weeks.
