I don't blame Trump. I blame the Republican party that continues to enable him.

[Yavin4]

At any other normal period in our history, leaders of the Republican party would be headed towards the White House and gently ask Trump to resign the office. That's what a national political party interested in being a partner in governing and concerned about the well being of this nation would do.

Instead we have a political party who thinks that its sole purpose is to protect and expand the wealth of the 1% at any cost including having a complete bufoon as president. They have no regard for the health and safety of the American people. In fact, they're willing to let Americans die in service to maintaining the wealth of the 1%.

As a party, the Democrats need to seize and hold power unilaterally until the Republicans come to their senses. We simply cannot allow them access to power any where in this nation.

[ZZenith]

1. I blame Trump.

There’s plenty of blame to go around. Cold day in hell before I absolve him and his putrid clan.

[Yavin4]

3. The constitution offers mechanisms to get rid of horrible presidents.

We don't have to subject ourselves to presidents that are completely unfit for the job esp. during a crisis. Trump is terrible, and we know that. However, he's being protected by Republicans.

Thus, they get the blame.

[ZZenith]

13. What you're doing, either wittingly or not,

is deflecting blame away from one of the worst people this country has ever produced.

Not sure why you’re attempting this but fuck that. Full stop.

We’ll get around to the Republican party’s role in this fiasco once every member of the Trump cabal has been dealt with.

[NNadir]

2. Trump is a common criminal. He owns the Republican party and they own him.

The man deserves a ton of blame. He should spend the rest of his life in a six by six cell with a steel toilet, with his corrupt son-in-law in the next cell.

[Yavin4]

5. Since 2015, Trump has never NOT been horrible. He has been horrible as president.

He can't change. He's not going to get better at some point. He can't do the job. He should be removed.

[Cha]

4. I BLAME them BOTH.. don't Excuse trump.

[Yavin4]

8. I'm not excusing him. I'm acknowledging reality.

He's unfit for the job. He should be removed from office.

[jayfish]

6. There's Plenty to go Around. -NT-

[liberalmuse]

7. At this point he's practically a drooling vegetable.

But one thing I've learned throughout my lifetime is the more of a drooling vegetable you are, the better puppet president you'll make, according to the GOP.

[onecaliberal]

9. Exactly. I mean who doesn't notice he's a fucking lunatic. Talk about naked partisanship.

Can you imagine the howls and hair fires if Obama told the country to inject bleach or disinfectant?

[Yavin4]

11. Even if Obama did say something like that, the Dem leaders would be coming down from

Capitol Hill for chat with him, and then making a strong statement denouncing him.

That's how a functioning party operates.

[onecaliberal]

12. There is no real government or agency operating

At the federal level. The ONLY thing they watch it care about is treasury. And to that point they’re looting every penny they can.

[NRaleighLiberal]

10. I have shitloads of blame for all of them. overflowing quantities.

Fuck. Them. All.

[GETTINGTIRED]

14. epitome of white male privilege

not to be blamed. no accountability.

[TwilightZone]

15. Nope, he deserves all the blame he gets.

He's at the top and is ultimately responsible for it all.

Just because he has a bunch of sycophants around him doesn't absolve him of responsibility.

[WyattKansas]

16. Every republican needs to be chained to him as he sinks into their putrid swamp.

Let the Republican Party enjoy being pulled down by the rotting dead hooker they are chained to. Perhaps the wildlife will feast on them on the way down.

The 1% should be FORCED to return back to Post WW II tax rates, along with all in the upper class. They have enjoyed 50 years of recklessness at the expense of those below them, so they have no complaint.

[Caliman73]

17. There is MORE than enough blame for both.

Actually, a good deal of blame also goes to right wing media and those who allowed it to gain a foothold in the US.

Not the free speech issue but allowing right wing media conglomerates to buy up all of AM radio and concentrate buying of market areas for television and radio.

As far as the purpose of the Republican Party... that has been the goal since Nixon's time at least. The difference again, is that Nixon and the GOP had to contend with a relatively objective press that held their feet to the fire.

We really underestimate the effect on a completely right wing propaganda media ecosystem on our current state of affairs. Before then, people had to at least live in the same reality and fight it out using the same facts. Now, a good chunk of the population things that we had a President who was a "secret Muslim" and was born in Kenya and not a US citizen. People really think the Hillary Clinton had Vince Foster and many other people killed. That Newtown was a fake and "crisis actors" were used to try to take away people's rights to own firearms.

There have always been cranks. We had the John Birch Society but they were fringe and had no real place in politics. Now we have Q-Anon, that receives favorable coverage from a small and stupid network, but one that is endorsed by the idiot in the White House.

Republicans are where they are because they got into bed with crazy ass right wingers to inflate the power of their dwindling numbers. Now those nut bags are the base, smaller, but highly motivated. No one wants to cross them because they vote, and they vote how Rush Limbaugh, Alex Jones, and these other POSs tell them to.

[Meowmee]

18. Blame is on him, all supporting him and those who did not vote hrc or did not vote nt

[captain queeg]

19. It's both and the country needs to be constantly reminded in November

But I predict the rethugs will line up with him to try to sink the coming election.