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Yavin4

(35,438 posts)
Sun Jun 28, 2020, 12:40 PM Jun 2020

Let's cut to the chase. Demand that Trump resign today.

As long as he's in office, he's a danger to the American people. Further investigations by the House would result in nothing since we know that Senate Republicans won't do anything. Any agency investigations by any IG won't matter because Trump will fire them. The courts cannot be relied upon because Barr will intervene. Finally, waiting until the elections in the Fall will only result in more Americans dying because of the virus and in Afghanistan or whatever else. Even if he loses, he'll still have 2 months to do even more damage.

The best path for us is a national chorus of voices demanding his resignation. Our energies should be focused on that instead of chasing down every new scandal.

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Let's cut to the chase. Demand that Trump resign today. (Original Post) Yavin4 Jun 2020 OP
The only media person I have heard saying this is Chris Hayes kimbutgar Jun 2020 #1
I agree with you - but he won't ever resign leftieNanner Jun 2020 #2
Congressional Republicans are TRAITORS themselves for supporting Trump.... ProudMNDemocrat Jun 2020 #3
THIS! Zoonart Jun 2020 #7
+1 lickspittle traitor courtiers Ponietz Jun 2020 #11
Put your money where your mouth is here....... Maraya1969 Jun 2020 #4
Demand his resignation? Like he will voluntarily say ok? Under The Radar Jun 2020 #5
And Pence is not a danger to the US? WestCoastYellowDog Jun 2020 #6
+1 nsd Jun 2020 #10
This worked with Nixon, but only when it got to the point when Goldwater and... TreasonousBastard Jun 2020 #8
After retweeting a man screaming "white power" there are no more excuses. OrlandoDem2 Jun 2020 #9

kimbutgar

(21,137 posts)
1. The only media person I have heard saying this is Chris Hayes
Sun Jun 28, 2020, 12:43 PM
Jun 2020

I wish more would speak out and demand this. But they got to have that access to repukes so they won’t. Because access is more important than patriotism.

leftieNanner

(15,084 posts)
2. I agree with you - but he won't ever resign
Sun Jun 28, 2020, 12:44 PM
Jun 2020

His ego won't let him. Plus, and perhaps more importantly, he fears those New York indictments that are waiting for him to walk out of the White House. He knows full well that he's a crook.

The Republicans in the Senate are the only ones who might be able to convince him to step down, but they are afraid of his magic Twitter machine.

Wish we could get rid of him today, but I don't think it will happen.

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,784 posts)
3. Congressional Republicans are TRAITORS themselves for supporting Trump....
Sun Jun 28, 2020, 12:45 PM
Jun 2020

Let us shame them while we are at it.

Democrats running for Office are on this and they will pounce with a veracious assault that Republicans down ballot will not be able to shake off.

Zoonart

(11,861 posts)
7. THIS!
Sun Jun 28, 2020, 12:59 PM
Jun 2020

I wish I had a dime for every time I've bee chided about calling for resignation when we all know that he will not resign. I would not be so sure.

I think he knows that he will not win and the last thing he will allow history to brand him as is a LOSER.

It is about changing the narrative. Every time a Democrat gets in front of a mic it must be RESIGN. Every time a reporter confronts a republican it must be SHOULD DT RESIGN?

Jeebus... they(GOP and MSM) banged the resignation drum 24/7 over the Clinton BJ. Enough already.

Maraya1969

(22,479 posts)
4. Put your money where your mouth is here.......
Sun Jun 28, 2020, 12:47 PM
Jun 2020

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TTY: 1-202-456-6213. 1-202-456-2121 (Visitor's Office)


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Under The Radar

(3,401 posts)
5. Demand his resignation? Like he will voluntarily say ok?
Sun Jun 28, 2020, 12:55 PM
Jun 2020

This man has no respect for our laws, regulations and rules of ethics as he feels that none of that applies to him. He wouldn’t leave office if all 100 US senators walked in and demanded it tagging along the entire Supreme Court to say the same.
Since impeachment didn’t work I don’t think there are any avenues to achieve this other than a military coup, which is more damaging for Democracy.
Just work like hell volunteering door to door campaigning to get him and his cronies voted out.

 
6. And Pence is not a danger to the US?
Sun Jun 28, 2020, 12:58 PM
Jun 2020

I’m agnostic if Trump resigns and Pence takes office. Both are total disasters on COVID, racial/community tensions, and the economy.

On an unrelated note, I really don’t care about these new anti Trump folks on the GOP side (Romney/Mattis/Kelly/Bush 2/Bolton). They are responsible for so many of Trump’s policies, and the GOP as a whole is an incompetent party. Merely opposing Trump does not redeem you.

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
8. This worked with Nixon, but only when it got to the point when Goldwater and...
Sun Jun 28, 2020, 01:01 PM
Jun 2020

a few other Republican gods cornered him and convinced him he would lose the coming impeachment. At that point he had almost no Republican support.

This Republican Senate has no one of talk straight to him. And certainly no one he respects.

OrlandoDem2

(2,065 posts)
9. After retweeting a man screaming "white power" there are no more excuses.
Sun Jun 28, 2020, 01:14 PM
Jun 2020

After one month of social unrest and the BLM that included people of all races standing side by side for racial equality and an end to police brutality against POC, Trump retweeted an old white guy in The Villages shouting “white power”!!?? This cannot go on another day!

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