Why are Democrats leaving it to guys like Corker to pull the fire alarm?

[Zoonart]

I keep phoning and emailing day after day... WHERE ARE YOU? The Republicans are framing all of the issues... WHERE ARE YOU?
The country is in crisis... WHERE ARE YOU? Why are you not out on the capitol steps every day with a bull horn?

TAKE TURNS if you like but get out there and start demanding that the dangerous fucking moron in the White House be REMOVED.

Why are they not getting out in front of this parade? We cannot let guys like Corker and Kusinich own one single inch of the moral high ground, when they remained silent and let this monster take power.

Want to be president in 2020 Democrat? Get out in front of this and lead or stop asking me for money every time I email you to beg for action!

WHERE ARE YOU? So far, the Congressional Black Caucus are the only patriots to step up.

[Irish_Dem]

1. If the Dems do it, will look partisan. nt

[Tanuki]

2. Numerous Democrats have been doing so for months.

From February 17:

http://thehill.com/homenews/house/320018-democrats-raise-questions-about-trumps-mental-health

"A growing number of Democrats are openly questioning President Trump’s mental health.

Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) in a floor speech this week called for a review of the Constitution's procedures for removing a president. He warned the 25th Amendment of the Constitution falls short when it comes to mental or emotional fitness for office.

Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) during a weekend interviewwith CNN’s “State of the Union” said that “a few” Republican colleagues have expressed concern to him about Trump's mental health.

And Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) plans to introduce legislation that would require the presence of a psychiatrist or psychologist in the White House.

The Democrats justify their questions by pointing to Trump’s habit of making demonstrably false claims. At a press conference Thursday, he said he’d had the biggest Electoral College win since President Ronald Reagan, for example, when his margin was lower than either of President Obama’s wins.

Blumenauer told The Hill he started taking another look at the 25th Amendment because Trump had casually repeated easily disproven claims, such as stating that it wasn’t raining during his speech on Inauguration Day when it was.

“It’s not normal behavior. I don’t know anybody in a position of responsibility that doesn’t know if they’re being rained on. And nobody I work with serially offers up verifiably false statements on an ongoing basis,” he said in an interview steps from the House chamber.".....(more at link)

[Not Ruth]

3. Al Green started impeaching Trump yesterday, it might take a few tries, but only needs to work once

[Demsrule86]

6. It is never going to work...you need to impeach in the GOP controlled house and and get

2/3 of the GOP controlled Senate for a conviction. I have better ways to occupy my time...like work to win the next election.

[Not Ruth]

10. I read somewhere on DU that Democrats will take back the house in 2018 by 7

[Demsrule86]

14. I hope...but we have a gerrymander. And it seems to me with the primarying of red state

Dems, we may snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Even if we did get the house, we need 2/3 of the senate...there is no point in an impeachment unless you can convict and remove from office...as the GOP learned in 98 the hard way.

[bearsfootball516]

17. I hate to be negative, but there is no chance for impeachment. None.

Not when you need the majorities required in the House and Senate.

[Demsrule86]

4. Of course every Democrat is at fault because of Trump's actions... I am sure it could all

be fixed if only...

[JI7]

5. They aren't. You just ignore what people like maxine waters have been doing

Corker gets attention since he is a republican and any effort to get rid of him would have to include them.

[Not Ruth]

7. And Ted Lieu, probably the loudest Democrat voice against Trump

[JI7]

11. Both great democrats from the los Angeles area

[Demsrule86]

12. Is everything the Democrats fault? Apparently some think so.

[NightWatcher]

8. If the Dems look like they are wanting to impeach, it will unify the repukes in 2018 & 2020

Plus the Dems cannot impeach him alone. I think it’s safe to assume that if/when it comes to votes, that Dems will vote to toss him out of office.

trump is self destructing without our help. The repukes are starting to open up to the possibility that he may need to go. We’re going to have to let them get to that point alone. They will not listen to us on this matter. We need the Corkers and Tillersons to attack him from the republican side of the aisle.

[femmocrat]

9. As you probably already know, Rep. Al Green introduced impeachment yesterday in the HR.

I watched an interview with him on MSNBC last night and I'm not sure that it was "Articles" of impeachment. They used a a lot of Congressional lingo about resolutions, etc. I think it was Chris Hayes who asked him if Nancy Pelosi told him to pull it back and of course he denied it and tossed around more procedural terms.

My impression was that the House democrats don't want to lead on this. It is a lot like when they would not do anything to or about the w. bush war crimes. Nada and now he is becoming an "acceptable" figure as a former president.

[Zoonart]

13. I did see that and I am aware of what Democrats have been doing.

My point. is that they should have it dialed up to eleven and they simply do not. I understand that we do not have the votes ot impeach, but we do have the ability too agitate and that is not being done. It is not being done in the House and it is not being done in the streets.

Standing back and watching the fire does not work for me. Some "responsible Republican" will sweep in and suck up all of the oxygen and we will loose again.

[femmocrat]

15. I agree with you.

I would like to see a more forceful opposition from the democrats too. I think there is a vacuum that needs to be filled with a firebrand who will ramp up the pressure on republicans to DO something already!

Sadly, I don't think this person is in the Congress right now and 2018 is a long way off.

[Progressive dog]

16. Sure, Trump is the fault of the Democrats

The Democratic party is made up of people with minds of their own. I resent this kind of false equivalence, where the party to which Trump belongs, is given credit for having one or two percent of it's members actively oppose Trump.
Almost all Democrats oppose Trump and did from the beginning. That is not news.

[Garrett78]

19. In some respects, he is.

Will Rogers recognized long ago that the Democratic Party isn't very organized.

Race-based voter suppression and gerrymandering are monstrous issues, yet Democrats hardly say a peep about those matters. Bill Clinton had to get "tough on crime," promote free market ideology and let us know "the era of big government was over." Democrats let Republicans get away with labeling the mainstream media as "liberal," without talking about media consolidation.

And so on.

The Democratic Party has not been a forceful opposition lo these past several decades. As a result, a batshit crazy political party controls the White House, the US House, the US Senate, most governorships and most state legislative bodies.

[Progressive dog]

23. So in some respects

everyone is guilty of electing Trump, so I'm wondering why someone would blame Democrats for Trump.

[Initech]

18. Because we don't have a voice in the media right now.

People like Bob Corker do though. Personally anyone who pisses off Trump right now, I'm all for it!

[Zoonart]

21. Hence my megaphone suggestion.

Set up on the Capitiol Steps every day and run it down over a bull horn. The Press willl come. iI our leaders won't do it the people should. We need to amp it up.

I don't know why everyone thinks we have until 2018 to get this right. The moron is threatening to start a war, the west is on fire and Puerto Rico is slipping away. Where is the sense of urgency?

[Progressive dog]

24. The actual elected Democrats are opposing

Trump and his policies everyday. They are also working to prevent things from getting worse. They probably don't have the time or the motivation to spend their days seeing who can yell the loudest.

[emulatorloo]

20. Democrats have been speaking out against Trump and fighting his agenda since he took office

[Motley13]

22. the Dems are all on board, they are just waiting for more repugs to finally wake up

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