him to resign. It would take the entire GOP and major donors to be picked up by the media.

I just have a feeling most of them don't accomplish anything.

I think "we," as in all (ha-ha) Americans, need to do things more immediately visible.

But, keep up the gopd work.

Rec

but we're not important enough for anyone to care. That's just simple fact.

Maybe prison is where he's headed next

We have a lot of complacency in this country. We, collectively, are getting more involved in our democracy, yet
we have a ways to do.

We-The-People: IS the power of this country.

There is no logical reason this person is in the WH still today.

Re; your op, you mean to write "don't"?

Every time Trump talked to a reporter the first question should have been about resignation. The Democrats in congress should have been calling for his resignation long ago.

It can be very uncomfortable to wear a shirt like this I’m public. But this is what will push us towards removing the president.
It’s a national emergency, and showing stuff like this shows that you are not apathetic. That you think it is an emergency.

Love it!

But if I wore this? Bam!
I'm already shunned but they might stone me in my current retired military neighborhood. And in most red states, I'd say. To get along I have to stay undercover/in the closet.


I LOVE DU, btw.

And proudly wear them.

Are you going to resign Mr President?

I think the reason there is no wide-spread movement to get Trump to resign is because we know that the next in succession is Pence...who...

is probably smarter than Trump but even more committed to an obnoxious conservative agenda than Trump is even on his worst days.

In a sense...Pence is Trump's insurance policy against either resignation or impeachment.

"Pence is Trump's insurance policy against either resignation or impeachment"
So far.

GHWB’s “impeachment insurance.”

Now there was a dim bulb!

Donald Trump makes Dan Quayle look like Buckminster Fuller.

Trump has decimated norms, alienated allies, supported Putin in his efforts to undermine the West, further destabilized the Middle East by pulling out of the Iran agreement and by refusing to hold Saudi Arabia’s Prince Mohammed accountable for the Khashoggi murder, started a seemingly unending tariff war, and caused the standing of the US in the world to decline significantly. Yes, Pence would be a sneaky SOB appointing right-wing judges, leaving corrupt officials in place, and in general undermining civil rights. But I think he would be less confrontational on foreign policy and less likely to continue alienating allies and threatening to pull out of NATO. I don’t think he has the same ties to Russia as Trump, so he would most likely not do Putin’s bidding.

Once Trump is gone and Democrats have control, for which I fervently hope in 2020, many of the problems Trump has caused in this country can be addressed and change can begin. But once the US has lost its world leadership role and the trust of other nations, it will be difficult to gain it back. Trump is doing enough damage in this country, but he is doing far more damage, perhaps irreversible, to the US role in the global sphere.

I agree with your analysis....

The only exception is that the turn-around might happen very quickly with the election of a Democratic President and Legislature.

Trump has. He's a lunatic in his own way, but not half as deranged or as dangerous as Trump.

I'd rather take my chances with Pence. Anything to get that orange buffoon out of the White House.

Like there is for them to manipulate a call for Democrats to resign.

The first to jump on the Republican hay wagon...those are followers, not leaders. I'm looking for the Democratic politicians who struggle with that decision. That's a leader. Someone who is weighing the bad with the good, recognizing the good, recognizing legal elections by voters, but recognizing the bad...it's not a slam dunk all the time. Regardless of what answer a politician comes to, it should not be a knee jerk jump on the bandwagon, IMO.

get caught in blackface , or committing sexual harassment or assault or many other things are called to resign (as they should) but this guy who has done so much worse so many times and has committed a boatload of impeachable offenses just goes merrily along day after day.

and then he is burned toast quickly.

If it was long ago enough, apparently it doesn't count ...

To me, that is the worst thing he has done, (amongst a hundred other worsts).

The treaty was flawed in that China wasnt included. So China has been able to advance their programs and weaponry while we've been retracted by the treaty. China wants to dominate the world. Read "The world, by China" from the NYT. Shows the spread of their influence as ours wanes. World society abhors a power vacuum. If we leave an area, either Russia or china is going to fill it. That the reality of the world.
The only way to keep China from leaving us in the dust is to drop that treaty.

Happens here on a regular basis.
Not to mention the TV pundits I've seen over the months.

Trump tactic; “it didn’t happen. And if it did it’s really no big deal.” Sorry Guvnor, but only Trump gets away with that, unfortunately. 👿

They are investigating him.

It makes much more sense to present damning evidence and let the public call for him to resign. That way it can't simply be dismissed as partisan.

openly flaunts their racism, they get a pass and Americans just go along with it because MSM has normalized this attitude. I will not go after any Democrat in office nor one who is actively running for office during a general election while the GOP candidates get off scott free. I will not help MSM take down anymore of our people even though I may be disgusted with the allegations. I will keep my silence on the matter.

The hysteria we are listening to is the media ranting day and night while the fearful fall right in line.

I was told this morning that I was a Democrat until the 1960’s. In the same breath after I mentioned McConnell posing in front of the Confederate flag said he was opposed to murder.
My answer? Oh, did He commit murder?

The hypocracy that they left the Democratic party because of Civil rights, but then pretend they really care.Pffft!

Bravo!

trying to get Virginia’s Governor Northam to quit.

Cheeto is the most obvious racist, bigot, misogynist, greediest cheating liar I've ever seen. Put more effort into getting Cheeto to resign, save all that anger for him not a Democratic governor from a key state.

IMHO we're being ratf*cked over Northam, just like Al Franken. Wouldn't surprise me if Roger Stone orchestrated this one too..

And RACIST IS the one who should be getting called for his resignation. He's so corrupt , treasonous, and nothing but a con man and crook who has no business in OUR government. Others should be calling for him to resign now too!

any organizing effort, there's a critical mass that must be hit to overcome inertia. For Northam, his base and the party's base took the lead on calls for him to resign, with many allies supporting them. That carries a greater weight than opponents calling for a resignation. The first women's march was a big burst of energy that created a lot of sustained organization, but until Trump's base and allied supporters join in, it will be difficult if not impossible to pressure him to resign.

I think a lot of people on DU forget how many people there are in this country and how few of them are political active, and how few Americans feel they can make a difference. Building solidarity is a long, slow slog, and organizing for action is a full-time job.

The implication that focusing on Northam somehow takes efforts away from getting Trump out of office or make it harder to do so is offensive and wrong, of course.

and constant since he sneaked into the White House with Putin's help.

Have you not been reading DU?

Between calls for his impeachment and calls for him to resign, that has been the regular theme here all along.

There is no apathy when it comes to Trump.

Maybe a few, but the response to Trump has been lacking. They should have been calling for his resignation day in and day out. They have not done that.

They are supposed to report the news. Some even do report the news without taking positions on it.

Editorial writers, on the other hand, get paid to take positions. Many of those have called for Trump's resignation or even his impeachment and removal. So have some Democrats in Congress.

Maybe you need to read more widely. I don't know.

I realize that you're really talking about Ralph Northam. That's a very different situation.

That is a small number. Every major news organization should be calling for his resignation because of the crimes we have all witnessed and because he is mentally ill and a traitor. He puts Putin first. The democrats in congress should have been doing the same thing.

People here on DU are among the few people in this country who are responding correctly to this madness.

party approached him with the news that he had to go. There is no scenario where that will happen with Trump. Repukes in Congress are terrified that the brainwashed base would turn on them, and most of them are as corrupt as Trump anyway.

Ignorant, stupid voters got us into this mess, and it will be up to sensible, informed voters in 2020 to turn things around. The Democrats need to focus on finding the most electable common sense no b.s. candidate and setting that person loose on the mission of crushing the orange monster.

screaming it at the top of their lungs! 24/7
And every repuke should have a microphone in his/her face asking what they're going to do about this Traitor.

I also have high hopes that the House Democrats - especially the judicial and intelligence committees - can lay the groundwork for his ouster and that they will do everything possible to be sure that (a) Mueller completes his investigation and (b) that Mueller's report is released to the public. [Just saw a quote from Trump's Feb 3 interview (which I could not bear to watch) that suggests that he may not allow the report to be released, which got me worried about this issue all over again].

Black face photos are bad things, but babies separated from their mothers - among other things - is so much worse. And, of course, there is the mental illness thing. Who doesn't think Dr. Ronnie will proclaim Don the sanest person in the universe when they do the annual physical exam charade?

He has ignored them because he can, and because of the Republican majority entrenched in the Senate.

I know it is sad, and it does make me angry, but Northam is one of us, and we STILL have to try and do the right thing, no matter what Trump and the Republicans do or don't do.

First, Northam cannot be equated with Franken. The two cases are very different. While the right wing brought out these 'revelations' in both cases, Northam SHOULD have known better, by his mid twenties, to EVER pose for a picture in black face and kkk regalia. Even clear back in '84 that wasn't OK.

No, he betrayed the trust of those who voted for him. It would be best if he resigned, and his resignation will not hurt our party.

"Northam cannot be equated with Franken." Absolutely.

Outside of talk shows and websites like DU, the rest of the country either supports him or is ambivalent. If asked directly they’ll voice support for resignation or removal, but they’re not going to devote any time or energy to the effort.

This is derived from conversations with other old people at the community swimming pool.

The word apathy says it all.

Never would have believed this could happen, but it has.

It’s the job of the press to REPORT the need, not BE the news.

In my mind the reporting has been on- target but we haven’t reached a critical mass to inspire a demand for change.

With the mid-terms over, I expect he’ll decide not to run for re-election and that will further reduce the public interest in resignation or removal— sort of a ‘just let it fade away ‘ sentiment

The only thing that will change the apathy level is a scathing mueller report that can’t be denied or explained away.

Completely. I have never considered him a legitimate prez.