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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBiden Calls On Trump To 'Step Down' Over Botched Response To Pandemic
If elected, I will make it clear what is needed to be done, the Democratic candidate said.
Biden said Trumps response to the pandemic is all about his re-election.
It should be about the American people, and theyre in trouble, he told the town hall audience.
The Democrat pointed to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Robert Redfields assertion during a Senate testimony on Wednesday that masks are more guaranteed to protect against the virus than a vaccine, a comment that flew in the face of Trumps heavy emphasis on cranking out a vaccine while downplaying the importance of masks.
Youve got to level with the American people, shoot from the shoulder, Biden said on Thursday. Theres never been a time they have not been able to step up. This president should step down. - TPM
They should let Kamala Harris loose on this subject too. Let her be the attacker more so than Joe. But I passion!
He should resign
gristy
(10,667 posts)ever asserted that the sitting president should resign? I suppose maybe a fringe candidate before/during the primaries may have said this. Maybe they do this all the time. But 7 weeks before the general election?
My guess is that this is not an off-the-cuff remark from Biden. And if indeed it isn't, we're going to see it repeated and amplified going forward.
bucolic_frolic
(43,123 posts)you have the leeway to float that idea.
Biophilic
(3,644 posts)TexasBushwhacker
(20,165 posts)As much as I hate Trump, it's simply inappropriate for ANY challenger to suggest that a sitting president resign. There are plenty of people who hate Trump but are okay with Pence.
Lock him up.
(6,925 posts)- Herd immunity: 70% of us would get infected, 2.5 to 3 MILLION DEATH or more;
- SS down to $0.00: Over 69 MILLION DEATH + Economy in DEEP DEPRESSION for years.
donny "hannibal" dRumpf plans to murdeR 72 MILLION in a 2nd term to please vlad.
LOCK.HIM.UP
TexasBushwhacker
(20,165 posts)Lock him up.
(6,925 posts)... to Glenn Kirschner:
So there's that. And a "just sworn in" pence cannot pardon state law crimes:
[link:https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/09/donald-trump-tax-returns-lawsuit|
TRUMP: MY CRIMES CANT BE INVESTIGATED WHILE IM PRESIDENT] (my cRimes...)
Many other links to lists of state-law crimes found with a single search.
LOCK.HIM.UP
KS Toronado
(17,189 posts)and other issues facing this nation like he is the current President. He could even say this country
has no leadership so he's taking charge ahead of time so we don't become a third world country.
He could start by getting everyone wearing a mask.
AllaN01Bear
(18,119 posts)Fritz Walter
(4,291 posts)I just wish he would have added a single word to that last sentence:
"This president should step down. Immediately!"
FakeNoose
(32,620 posts)This Chump administration will go down in history for all the WRONG reasons!
lpbk2713
(42,751 posts)They have ruined our country.
NoRoadUntravelled
(2,626 posts)ScratchCat
(1,980 posts)Its too bad we can't get mass rallies nationwide demanding he resign. Guess 200,000 people dying isn't important enough to some folks.
DSandra
(999 posts)Trump has dramatically shown the flaws of our constitution.
ace3csusm
(969 posts)It was the people of the Senate and House(Republican Held) and Republicans that became flawed. The Republican Party became power hunger when they should have been looking at welfare of the US. No way could the founding father could have ever though so many individuals would enable and protect a President like Trump... Real American Patriots regardless of party would have stopped and individual like Trump...
DSandra
(999 posts)McKim
(2,412 posts)Yes, the whole country and our leaders should get behind this idea. We have all suffered enough abuse from this failure!!!!!!!
wiggs
(7,811 posts)self interest in every policy area is detrimental in many, many ways...we shouldn't put all eggs in any one policy basket. He has failed and will continue to fail because he has no capability nor interest in governing.
malaise
(268,885 posts)He is responsible for over 200,000 dead