Washington Post, January 6, 2021: Trump caused the assault on the Capitol. He must be removed.
PRESIDENT TRUMP’S refusal to accept his election defeat and his relentless incitement of his supporters led Wednesday to the unthinkable: an assault on the U.S. Capitol by a violent mob that overwhelmed police and drove Congress from its chambers as it was debating the counting of electoral votes. Responsibility for this act of sedition lies squarely with the president, who has shown that his continued tenure in office poses a grave threat to U.S. democracy. He should be removed. …
New York Times, January 6, 2021: Trump Is to Blame for Capitol Attack
The president incited his followers to violence. There must be consequences.
… The president needs to be held accountable — through impeachment proceedings or criminal prosecution — and the same goes for his supporters who carried out the violence. In time, there should be an investigation of the failure of the Capitol Police to prepare for an attack that was announced and planned in public. ...
Boston Globe, January 7, 2021: Impeach Trump again. Now: The president should resign immediately. But even if he does, Congress must hold him accountable for sedition.
… The House impeached Trump once, and must do so again — whether or not he leaves before Jan. 20. And this time, the Senate must convict him. Not only would the procedure be the proper constitutional response to what are plainly “high crimes and misdemeanors,” it would also protect the American presidency from future desecration and restore what has been lost of the world’s respect for our system of democracy. …
… If a Congress that was directly attacked at Trump’s behest can’t find the courage to impeach and convict him now, its members do not deserve the privilege of serving in public office in our democracy.
Philadelphia Inquirer: January 7, 2021: Trump shouldn’t be allowed another day in the White House. But what about complicit Pa. lawmakers? | Editorial
We join the bipartisan calls for the removal of President Donald Trump from office by invoking the 25th Amendment or a swift impeachment. His incitement of his supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday was a treasonous act that cannot be tolerated. …
… Trump needs to face consequences. So do the Republican lawmakers who were complicit in sparking a coup attempt by their continued support of Trump’s baseless lies of a rigged election. ...
USA Today, January 7, 2021: Invoke the 25th Amendment: Donald Trump forfeited his moral authority to stay in office
… Resignation would be the preferable means for Trump to depart; Richard Nixon quit when Republican elders told him the jig was up amid the Watergate scandal. But there is no reason to believe that Trump will leave voluntarily, even in response to entreaties from top aides and GOP lawmakers. …
… Impeachment by Congress is another long shot. …
… That leaves the 25th Amendment, which sets out procedures for replacing an unfit president. …
Wall Street Journal, January 7, 2021: Donald Trump’s Final Days: The best outcome would be for him to resign to spare the U.S. another impeachment fight.
… We know an act of grace by Mr. Trump isn’t likely. In any case this week has probably finished him as a serious political figure. He has cost Republicans the House, the White House, and now the Senate. Worse, he has betrayed his loyal supporters by lying to them about the election and the ability of Congress and Mr. Pence to overturn it. He has refused to accept the basic bargain of democracy, which is to accept the result, win or lose.
It is best for everyone, himself included, if he goes away quietly.
Chicago Tribune, January 7, 2021: Editorial: Invoke the 25th Amendment. Trump needs to go.
… At no point during or after the attack did Trump recognize the scope of the crisis and adequately seek to intervene. Thursday evening, more than a day after the fact, Trump released a video statement deploring the violence and acknowledging the inevitable, that “a new administration” would be be inaugurated. But that is no guarantee he will calm down, wise up or finally put country first. No one can predict what he will do or who he might incite next. That is the key point. We aren’t interested in punishing Trump. We want to protect the country from what he might do before Biden can take over.
Since the election, Trump has shown signs of a split with reality. And in the middle of a critical health pandemic, he has been unable to address anything other than his own deranged take on the election results. Inciting violence that resulted in four deaths is grounds for removal.
Trump needs to go. Now. ...
Chicago Sun-Times, January 7, 2021: After Capitol violence, remove Trump now to protect American democracy
… It won’t be easy, but Trump should be removed either through Section Four of the 25thAmendment or through impeachment. ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, January 10, 2021: Editorial: Trump must go — and take Hawley with him
… Trump’s removal from the presidency before Inauguration Day is not just a matter of principle but of national security. That he is a menace to American democratic governance is no longer in question. He employed the full powers of his office to direct a deadly assault on Congress. The evidence in this case is irrefutable, and Republican moderates in Congress should have no problem joining their Democratic colleagues in swiftly approving articles of impeachment — making him the only president in history to be impeached twice. …
… If Vice President Mike Pence and the Cabinet won’t take action under the 25th Amendment, Congress must initiate impeachment proceedings. The exercise might not succeed, but at least it would tie his hands for the remaining 10 days in the hope that Pence and Trump’s advisers can keep his fingers as far away as possible from the nuclear launch codes.
Houston Chronicle, January 7, 2021: Editorial: Trump is a threat. Pence and the Cabinet must consider stripping his power.
… That’s why we urge the vice president and members of Trump’s cabinet, those who know better than anyone else the level of his instability and the threat he poses at this moment, to assess honestly and act quickly to protect this country. We call on you to convene and seriously consider invoking the 25th Amendment and determine whether Trump is “unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office.” …
San Antonio Express-News, January 9, 2021: Editorial: Impeachment for Trump; expulsion for enabler Cruz
… Those who stormed the Capitol must be held to account. So, too, must those who created the tinderbox conditions — through baseless lies about voter fraud — that allowed fire to be set to a free and fair election, an election won by former Vice President Joe Biden.
Although there are only days left in his term, President Donald Trump must be impeached and convicted. Impeachment and conviction would disqualify him from future federal public office. It would put a hard stop to any future assaults. ...
… This brings us to the junior senator from Texas, Ted Cruz. He must be expelled from the Senate. He, too, must be held accountable for his efforts to undermine the presidential election. ...
Las Vegas Sun, January 6, 2021: Trump’s choices: Resign or face removal
… President Donald Trump defiled his oath of office. He should resign immediately and concede the election to President-elect Joe Biden. Trump must end his ego-driven attack on democracy and signal to his supporters in no uncertain terms that this is over.
… Should anything short of that occur, the U.S. House should begin and expedite impeachment proceedings against Trump as soon as it reconvenes, followed by an equally expedited Senate trial and vote to expel him. …
Seattle Times, January 7, 2021: Remove Donald Trump from power
… Congress should show the watching world that a heinous attack on representative democracy will be met with decisive action. Articles of impeachment — for this specific attack and for Trump’s reprehensible attempt to extort the Georgia Secretary of State into “find 11,780 votes” — must be drawn up, debated and voted quickly.
Trump’s intentional American carnage requires urgent accountability.
Everett WA Daily Herald, January 10, 2021: Editorial: Regardless of outcome, president must be impeached
… All the same, articles of impeachment should be pursued against President Donald J. Trump, if for the only reason that even the half-measure of the House voting for impeachment would add a second scarlet letter to his coat and allow for an official rebuke of Trump and his words and deeds that led to the violent and deadly siege on the U.S. Capitol and its occupants. …
Baltimore Sun, January 6, 2021: Trump must go: Congress or his Cabinet must remove him from office before he injures another American
… This man must go. Right now. Two more weeks of him is too much.
Before he endangers one more American life, Donald Trump must be removed from office. Whether that’s through his Cabinet invoking the 25th amendment or an emergency House hearing to impeach him followed by a Senate vote, we don’t much care — whichever is faster. …
South Florida Sun Sentinel, January 7, 2021: Editorial: Donald Trump’s insurrection and Rick Scott’s acquiescence
Having spent four years wrecking as many American traditions and institutions as he could lay his hands on, President Donald Trump accomplished the ultimate act of sedition Wednesday. He should be impeached again or set aside under the 25th Amendment. ...
Ft. Worth Business Press, January 8, 2021: Editorial: Trump cannot be president for one more day; he must resign
… Today, his presidency coming apart at the seams, his world crashing down around him, Donald Trump should resign. With less than two weeks remaining before his term officially comes to an end, Trump’s resignation would be more symbolic than substantive – but it would be an important symbol, showing that the 45th president understands, or at least acknowledges, the explosion of disgust and indignation his conduct has generated all across America. ...
Terre Haute (IN) Tribune-Star, January 8, 2021: Tribune-Star Editorial: Trump must go — now
President Donald Trump must be removed from office immediately, for the good of the country. ...
… It is hard to imagine a scenario more befitting a president's removal from office than that. Whether it happens through the 25th Amendment, impeachment or his unlikely resignation, Trump's presidency should be legally and peacefully ended now. The American democracy that he has so wounded should not have to withstand any more of this.
Cedar Rapids (IA) Gazette, January 6, 2021: Gazette editorial: Trump must go now
… He has proved he is incapable of completing his term. He must resign or be removed. He’s made it clear that even 13 more days of his presidency are too many for the nation to bear. ...
The Gleaner (Jamaica, WI), January 7, 2021: Editorial | Trump Should Be Impeached
… The bottom line, however, is that if America wants the world to keep faith in its leadership, it has to keep faith with its Constitution and its laws. Mr Trump should be impeached, and he should also face criminal liability.
Anniston (AL) Star, January 7, 2021: Editorial: President Trump should leave now (or be removed)
President Donald Trump should resign immediately and turn the government over to Vice President Mike Pence in a caretaker role until President-elect Joe Biden can be inaugurated Jan. 20. ...
Albany, NY Times-Union, January 6, 2021: Editorial: A U.S. coup attempt
… Mr. Trump must resign now. If he won’t, Vice President Mike Pence and the Cabinet should invoke the 25th Amendment and remove him from power for the rest of his term. And Congress should impeach him for violating his oath to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution. The man who provoked this act of insurrection must never hold office again. ...
New York Sun, January 7, 2021: The Right Move for Trump Is To Resign
The right thing for President Trump to do in the wake of the attack his followers made on the Congress is to resign, effective at the earliest opportunity, and for the presidency to be assumed for the remainder of the term by Mike Pence. We say that with great sorrow, having endorsed Mr. Trump in 2016 and 2020 on the Republican principles on which he stood. It’s a heartbreaking moment. ...
Berkshire (MA) Edge, January 8, 2021: EDITORIAL: Trump must go — and now
… The Edge joins Bannon, The Post, and a chorus of others in calling for Trump’s involuntary eviction from the White House before the inauguration of the new president.
There are only two means of accomplishing the removal of a president. One is to invoke the 25th Amendment, which allows for 15 members of the cabinet to declare that Trump is “unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office.” That action would be subject to congressional approval if Trump resists. The other is for Congress to begin the impeachment process for a second time — likely a symbolic undertaking that could easily drag on past the January 20 inauguration.
It goes without saying that the best course of action would be for Trump to resign immediately but that would run counter to his promise, made at every turn to his followers, to never give up the fight. ...
Traverse City (MI) Record-Eagle, January 10, 2021: Editorial: For the good of our nation, Trump must go
If President Donald Trump loves this country as he professes, he will resign, now.
And if he refuses to do so, those who surround him, the voices that have stood silent when his worst instincts damaged our democracy, must remove him from office. For the good of our republic, for love of our democracy, Trump must go. ...
Jacksonville, FL Times Union, January 8, 2021: Editorial: Time to draw a line in the sand
… Trump's unfitness for office has become an urgent national security threat. Too urgent. Trump must step down. Failing that, Congress should hastily impeach him and remove him from office. ...
Boulder, CO Daily Camera, January 9, 2021: Editorial: The way forward for America after Trump
… We consider Trump’s actions Wednesday to be nullifying to his right to serve as president and commander in chief, even in his final days. He should be removed from office, as we wrote, whether via the 25th Amendment or impeachment. Or he should resign. ...
Washington, IN Times Herald, January 9, 2021: Editorial: Step down, Mr. President
… If the president doesn’t step down before Monday, he can expect to be the first president to be twice impeached.
And this time, the Senate should convict him – for his role in Wednesday’s sacking of the Capitol, and to ensure he can never hold public office again. ...
Queens, NY Courier (QNS), January 6, 2021: Editorial: Prosecute the Trump mob to the fullest extent of the law
… Trump himself must be impeached and removed from office this week; don’t wait until Jan. 20. He alone is responsible for bringing about this American carnage with his words, his tweets, his narcissism, his fascism, his anti-Americanism, his inability to do anything of decency.
Trump must go, and be disqualified from ever serving public office again — and Democrats and pro-democracy Republicans must unite to get this done. …
Bangor (ME) Daily News, January 9, 2021: Don’t rule out impeachment as a means of national healing
… Congress should at least start the process of deciding whether or not Trump’s words and actions on Wednesday amount to an impeachable offense. And responsible Republicans, if they don’t want to continue enabling the “law and order” president who denigrates judges and endangers legislators, should be using the possibility of impeachment to try to convince him to resign. That may be the best path forward on the long road to national healing.
Madison, WI Cap Times, January 8, 2021: Editorial: Call it fascism
… As the chaos unfolded in Washington on Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore, D-Milwaukee, declared, “A woman is dead! The U.S. Capitol is under siege. Peaceful transfer of power has been disrupted. Trump has incited this chaos and violence. The 25th amendment must be invoked. If not, Congress must impeach and convict Trump. Thirteen days is far too long for Trump to remain in office.”
We endorse Moore’s urgency. Every avenue must be taken to disempower and remove a president who was rejected overwhelmingly by the voters on Nov. 3, and whose lawlessness since Election Day has torn the country apart.
If Cabinet members are prepared to use powers afforded them by the 25th amendment to the Constitution to remove Trump, good. Do it. ...
Syracuse, NY Post-Standard, January 6, 2021: Trump is unfit to lead. Remove him now (Editorial)
President Donald Trump is unfit to lead the country for another minute, let alone another 13 days. Congress must impeach him immediately for fomenting insurrection by his supporters to prevent a peaceful transfer of power. If Congress won’t act, members of the Cabinet must invoke the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office. ...
Central Pennsylvania Patriot-News, January 8, 2021: President Trump could calm the nation and stop the violence by resigning
… For the good of the nation, we hope President Trump resigns. And we hope those elected officials who aided and abetted his dangerous behavior do so, as well. ...
… We all know the odds of President Trump resigning are slim. So, whether they succeed or not, lawmakers are wise to seek ways to remove him from office. ...
University of Iowa Daily Iowan, January 7, 2021: Editorial | It’s everyone against fascism, and the fight isn’t over
It isn’t really a question if the president should be immediately forced from office.
A wave of newspapers, politicians, constitutional experts, and citizens voiced their support for the president’s removal yesterday and today, and many more will follow. Whether it’s through a congressional impeachment process or Section IV of the 25th Amendment, he’s got to go. ...
Mankato (MN) Free Press, January 10, 2021: Our View: Trump: President should resign
The president of the United States has incited an insurrection that defaced the U.S. Capitol and caused death, then praised the insurrectionists all the while continuing his lies to the American people that he won the 2020 election. …
… The people of the United States would be best served if President Donald Trump resigned immediately. ...
Kokomo (IN) Tribune, January 9, 2021: Editorial: Step down, Mr. President
… Trump incited a riot. His transportation and education secretaries resigned from his Cabinet in protest. If he had any sense of shame, he would resign as well.
If the president doesn’t step down before Monday, he can expect to be the first president to be twice impeached.
And this time, the Senate should convict him – for his role in Wednesday’s sacking of the Capitol, and to ensure he can never hold public office again.
Anderson, IN Herald Bulletin, January 9, 2021: Editorial: Leave the White House forever, Mr. Trump
… Now, Mr. Trump, there’s only one lawful way to remove the clear and present danger you pose to our country.
Resign.
Do it today. Break ranks with your selfish instincts and offer a message of sincere reconciliation for the nation you’ve torn asunder.
Then leave the White House forever.
Clarkston, WV Big Country News, January 6, 2021: Editorial: Trump, with a Hawley assist, incites supporters to insurrection
… It’s too late for impeachment, but a full congressional censure is in order, if not removal of Trump immediately under the 25th Amendment. He unquestionably encouraged and enabled what turned into the ransacking of the Capitol. ...