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Cattledog

(5,914 posts)
Sun Dec 10, 2017, 05:22 PM Dec 2017

In Frankens wake, three senators call on President Trump to resign.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and two of his Democratic colleagues have suggested that President Trump should consider resigning, after a run of sexual-harassment scandals has driven out some members of Congress.

Sen. Al Franken “felt it proper for him to resign,” Sanders said in an interview with NBC's “Meet the Press” Sunday morning, referring to the Democrat from Minnesota. “Here you have a president who has been accused by many women of assault, who says on a tape that he assaulted women. He might want to think about doing the same.”

Sanders's comment, which built on a tweet he sent last week, came after Democratic Sens. Jeff Merkley (Ore.) and Cory Booker (N.J.) suggested that the "#MeToo moment” should prompt another look at the women who accused Trump of sexual harassment during the 2016 presidential campaign.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/12/10/in-frankens-wake-three-senators-call-on-president-trump-to-resign/?hpid=hp_hp-more-top-stories_sanders-130p%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.cb82d98dc600

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In Frankens wake, three senators call on President Trump to resign. (Original Post) Cattledog Dec 2017 OP
I dont see Gillibrand name on that list. bench scientist Dec 2017 #1
Why would she want him to resign Mme. Defarge Dec 2017 #3
That didn't work well in 2016. LisaL Dec 2017 #5
No, it did not. n/t Different Drummer Dec 2017 #7
She will never win leftofcool Dec 2017 #9
What? Surely you just. Drahthaardogs Dec 2017 #10
Just what? LexVegas Dec 2017 #13
I say that surely it is an oversight that the good Senator Drahthaardogs Dec 2017 #14
Yes! TwistOneUp Dec 2017 #2
They should have done this first blue cat Dec 2017 #4
They can ask Trump to resign day in and day out. LisaL Dec 2017 #6
meaningless? bench scientist Dec 2017 #11
But they should call for it blue cat Dec 2017 #12
good luck with that Takket Dec 2017 #8
Sanders says Trump "might" want to "think about it," but Al Adenoid_Hynkel Dec 2017 #15

Mme. Defarge

(8,031 posts)
3. Why would she want him to resign
Sun Dec 10, 2017, 05:28 PM
Dec 2017

when running against Trump would in 2020 would be such an easy win? Hey! Vote for me because I’m not that guy.

Drahthaardogs

(6,843 posts)
10. What? Surely you just.
Sun Dec 10, 2017, 06:18 PM
Dec 2017

She is a paragon of morality and holds ALL to the highest standards (except Republicans and Tobacco executives).

So sayeth the loudest on DU.

Drahthaardogs

(6,843 posts)
14. I say that surely it is an oversight that the good Senator
Sun Dec 10, 2017, 08:07 PM
Dec 2017

From New York was not numbered among those requesting Trump step down.

TwistOneUp

(1,020 posts)
2. Yes!
Sun Dec 10, 2017, 05:25 PM
Dec 2017

It's about time we called Chump on his accusers.

Franken "should" resign per the GOP, but Moore can be elected and Chump can stay in office?

Methinks not.

LisaL

(44,973 posts)
6. They can ask Trump to resign day in and day out.
Sun Dec 10, 2017, 05:30 PM
Dec 2017

Obviously he won't. So it's kind of meaningless.

bench scientist

(1,107 posts)
11. meaningless?
Sun Dec 10, 2017, 06:26 PM
Dec 2017

Until she holds a press conference asking for Trump's resignation like she did Franken her credibility is meaningless. Otherwise she's just an opportunist then.

Takket

(21,568 posts)
8. good luck with that
Sun Dec 10, 2017, 05:57 PM
Dec 2017

"just because you called for your guy's head without due process doesn't mean we have to do that too"

the rethugs are laughing their asses off over this

i even saw a quote from a deplorable the other days saying he "hated" Franken but that everyone deserves an investigation.

 

Adenoid_Hynkel

(14,093 posts)
15. Sanders says Trump "might" want to "think about it," but Al
Sun Dec 10, 2017, 08:10 PM
Dec 2017

"Should resign."

Why the qualifier for Trump, while Al got an explicit call?
Up yours, Sanders, you opportunistic hack.

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