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babylonsister

(170,963 posts)
Thu Apr 2, 2020, 05:10 PM Apr 2020

The Rude Pundit: Trump Must Resign or Be Removed from the Presidency

https://rudepundit.blogspot.com/2020/03/trump-must-leave-or-be-removed-from.html

The Rude Pundit
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3/31/2020
Trump Must Resign or Be Removed from the Presidency

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We know so many things since March 13, like that Trump didn't really take the death toll seriously. On March 23, a week after the Imperial College report came out predicting up to 2.2 million deaths in the United States, Trump said, "You know — and again, I say we have a very active flu season; more active than most. It’s looking like it’s heading to 50,000 or more deaths. Deaths, not cases. Fifty thousand deaths, which is — that’s a lot. And you look at automobile accidents, which are far greater than any numbers we’re talking about. That doesn’t mean we’re going to tell everybody, 'No more driving of cars.'" For the record, for the last few years, the number of Americans who died in motor vehicle accidents is around 37,000. The number of people who will likely die of this single strain of coronavirus will exceed the deaths from multiple strains of influenza (which is what we mean when we say "the flu&quot and the number of motor vehicle deaths combined.

But Trump was playing games with numbers, again failing to acknowledge the human beings behind any of the numbers. Even today, when he finally admitted that at least 100,000 people, maybe as many as 240,000, maybe fewer, maybe more, were going to die in this country, most in the next few weeks, he painted it as a victory that he was leading because it wasn't a million, ignoring that that it could have been far, far fewer had he just acted like a president instead of preening and prancing for his followers before heading to Florida to golf and schmooze with donors and hangers-on, some of whom became infected with the virus.

While some newspapers have called out Trump as being entirely unsuited to this moment in history, of failing not only to rise to the occasion, but to drag us all down with him, they have mostly said things like, as the Boston Globe did, "Come November, there must be a reckoning for the lives lost." But we can't wait until November, or, really, January for Trump to be out of office. It must happen now. It should have happened a month ago (and, yes, it should have happened as soon as he was inaugurated, but it didn't).

While I have not previously been one of the liberals calling on the invocation of the 25th Amendment, which allows for the removal of a president who is unfit to do the job, physically or mentally, I wholeheartedly advocate for it now, as Mehdi Hasan does in a recent piece. Trump can't do what needs to be done. Call it mental illness or some other cognitive impairment or whatever you like. He only thinks in transactional terms about what benefits him, and we don't have time for that anymore. Frankly, at this point, I'd be willing for someone to offer him and his terrible family immunity from prosecution in exchange for leaving office. Trump and his dreadful children will face an angry New York justice system when he's no longer president. Give him the "get out of jail free" card if we can save some lives now.

Pundits and politicians keep saying that they want Trump to act like we're in an emergency. Except Trump is simply too feckless, too narcissistic, and too arrogant to even pretend that it's an emergency. Even today he was talking about a "very, very painful two weeks," as if this is still going to be over in April. He hasn't faced the full force of reality because to do so would mean having to admit failure, and admitting failure means having to say he's wrong. He will not do that.

We have witnessed betrayal after betrayal, and we have heard lie after lie. We need to act like it's an emergency. We need to act like it's life and death on the line.

So he needs to be asked to leave or be removed. I know the likelihood of this is slim to none. But the idea should be out there. The calls for his resignation should be screaming from every newsroom and every media outlet. Democrats should be demanding he step down. He is not a president. At best, he is an accessory to murder. At worst, he's holding the knife and standing on a pile of bodies.
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The Rude Pundit: Trump Must Resign or Be Removed from the Presidency (Original Post) babylonsister Apr 2020 OP
K&R. nt tblue37 Apr 2020 #1
The Corporatocracy would rather we all die than Trump resign. Funtatlaguy Apr 2020 #2
+1 2naSalit Apr 2020 #5
Yeah it might be embarrassing to the GOP, so die peasants librechik Apr 2020 #6
Exactly OldBaldy1701E Apr 2020 #17
Truth thanks old baldy. I_UndergroundPanther Apr 2020 #20
K&R smirkymonkey Apr 2020 #3
K&R 2naSalit Apr 2020 #4
Kick. MontanaMama Apr 2020 #7
K&R crickets Apr 2020 #8
Meanwhile, the MAGAts are Threatening People like Dr. Fauci OMGWTF Apr 2020 #9
I emailed him a couple weeks ago and suggested BigmanPigman Apr 2020 #10
Absolutely no immunity. LiberalFighter Apr 2020 #11
Those who would trade away for safety... BBG Apr 2020 #18
Neville Chamberlain greblach Apr 2020 #12
Welcome! not_the_one Apr 2020 #21
One of my favorite albums... greblach Apr 2020 #25
KNR, and thank you, RP. niyad Apr 2020 #13
Yes, the longer he is in office, the more people that will die. warmfeet Apr 2020 #14
Kick and recommend. bronxiteforever Apr 2020 #15
Whenever MAGATS tell me more people die in car accidents Mr.Bill Apr 2020 #16
Yes, and don't submit to the deep state motor vehicle laws because...FREEDUM! Marcuse Apr 2020 #19
Excellent idea Nancy Waterman Apr 2020 #22
The chant of the time Nancy Waterman Apr 2020 #23
I love the Rude Pundit! calimary Apr 2020 #24
Who is this, and what have they done with The Rude Pundit? (nt) mr_lebowski Apr 2020 #26

OldBaldy1701E

(4,968 posts)
17. Exactly
Thu Apr 2, 2020, 08:04 PM
Apr 2020

And, since there are still far too many Americans who believe in the Corporatocracy, I can assure you that this is not going to happen. Such an act would require the majority of Americans to face the fact that the green god only has worth when everyone agrees it does. To face all the lies that have propped up the oligarchs for decades and realize that they share a measure of guilt in its perpetuation. Not gonna happen. This country will go all Mad Max before we ever act unified again... the powerful made sure of that when they destroyed community in the name of 'divide and conquer'.

I_UndergroundPanther

(12,450 posts)
20. Truth thanks old baldy.
Fri Apr 3, 2020, 10:44 AM
Apr 2020

I hate this game of I pissed here first and I own,and who deserves. Fucking capitalism is bullshit is no way for human beings to live.

We can stop playing the Ogliarchic game at any time if people dared to see through it.

MontanaMama

(23,239 posts)
7. Kick.
Thu Apr 2, 2020, 06:13 PM
Apr 2020

I wish he would be removed but he won’t be. It’ll take everything we have to remove him on Election Day.

BigmanPigman

(51,432 posts)
10. I emailed him a couple weeks ago and suggested
Thu Apr 2, 2020, 06:40 PM
Apr 2020

that he should resign while on this successful high note of achieving his goal, bankrupting and killing the country.

I guess no one read it to him....

BBG

(2,476 posts)
18. Those who would trade away for safety...
Thu Apr 2, 2020, 08:07 PM
Apr 2020

Giving up justice for those deserving of it for some safer prospects is a nonstarter for me. Immunity? Hell to the No.

This one will leave a mark but one that we deserve for allowing such maladministration to become mainstream. We reap what we have sown. And by we I mean we of us.

greblach

(256 posts)
12. Neville Chamberlain
Thu Apr 2, 2020, 06:56 PM
Apr 2020

I don't post much, but it occurs to me that trump is our modern day version of Neville Chamberlain, except he is appeasing a virus that pay's no attention...


Peace

 

not_the_one

(2,227 posts)
21. Welcome!
Fri Apr 3, 2020, 11:13 AM
Apr 2020

I've only posted between 4000 and 5000, since 2001, most under a previous moniker. I'm retired, now, so may be a bit more prolific (to many's dismay ).

The more participants, the merrier. We're ALL Bozos on THIS bus...

warmfeet

(3,321 posts)
14. Yes, the longer he is in office, the more people that will die.
Thu Apr 2, 2020, 07:16 PM
Apr 2020

Not to mention the hundreds of thousands with permanent disabilities due to Corvid-19. Do we have the right to defend our lives? Who knows?

Mr.Bill

(24,104 posts)
16. Whenever MAGATS tell me more people die in car accidents
Thu Apr 2, 2020, 07:49 PM
Apr 2020

I ask them if they are going to stop wearing their seatbelts and have the airbags removed from their cars. The point is sure, people die in car accidents. That's why we do lots of things and spend lots of money to reduce those numbers. We don't just go about our business like it's no big deal.

Nancy Waterman

(6,407 posts)
22. Excellent idea
Fri Apr 3, 2020, 11:41 AM
Apr 2020

Rude Pundit is spot on!!

"The calls for his resignation should be screaming from every newsroom and every media outlet. Democrats should be demanding he step down. He is not a president. At best, he is an accessory to murder. At worst, he's holding the knife and standing on a pile of bodies.

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