Sunday:
38 Newspaper Editorial Boards Call for Congress to Impeach and Remove Trump or for him to Resign
Monday:
3 More Newspaper Editorial Boards Call for Congress to Impeach and Remove Trump or for him to Resign
And now a few more have joined them:
Los Angles Times, January 11, 2021: Editorial: Trump needs to be punished. Impeach him again
… The timing is awkward, but the calendar is no reason for the House to hold back. It must find that Trump committed “high crimes and misdemeanors” in exhorting frenzied followers on their way to Capitol Hill to “fight like hell” to overturn the election results. …
… Trump deserved to be impeached in 2019 after he pressured the president of Ukraine to investigate Biden in an attempt to secure his own reelection, and his acquittal by the Senate in early 2020 was a scandal. Trump’s attempt to hold on to power after he lost the election is an even greater affront to the constitutional government, and this time the result was deadly. He must be impeached and — if possible — convicted, in the hopes that his travesties never happen again.
Houston Chronicle, January 12, 2021: Editorial: Impeach Trump. His crimes against America cannot stand.
… Now we have a choice as Americans: hold our breath and hope for the best until Inauguration Day. Or take action to protect the country against the threat Trump poses now, and in the future.
We choose action. Immediate removal and impeachment are the only responses. ...
The San Diego Union-Tribune, January 12, 2021: Opinion: Impeach and rid our politics of Donald Trump. History must show the House and Senate draw the line at sedition.
… Trump’s conviction would not limit the threat to democracy posed by the wild conspiracy theories of some of his supporters. It would require law enforcement everywhere to be on guard against more political violence. But Trump and his most ardent supporters should not be indulged. In real time and for all of history, we should record what happened on Jan. 6, 2021, as a disgrace. Pretending otherwise will not lessen the threat of extremism. Downplaying one insurrection will encourage others.
It’s time to impeach and convict the president for his seditious conduct.
San Francisco Chronicle, January 12, 2021: Editorial: Trump’s second impeachment would be the most justified in U.S. history
… Trump’s incitement of the rioters to advance on the Capitol and “fight like hell” followed weeks of “false statements asserting that the presidential election results were the product of widespread fraud and should not be accepted by the American people or certified by state or federal officials,” as the article puts it. Indeed, Trump’s attack on Congress and the election was foreshadowed by his impeachment last year, for inducing a foreign government to interfere with the campaign by withholding aid approved by lawmakers, among other means. If Senate Republicans had bothered to consider those charges in good faith instead of staging a perfunctory show trial, the country might have avoided the latest calamity. …
National Catholic Reporter, January 11, 2021: Editorial: After attempted coup, impeaching Trump is a moral obligation
… A sitting U.S. president has incited an attempted insurrection in which people died. This calls for an immediate response toward removal from office. We have a moral obligation to support the impeachment of President Donald Trump.
Stigmatizing Trump's call to overturn an election is the first step down the path of moral reckoning that must concern the nation. If inviting an insurrection against the United States is not an impeachable offense, nothing is. Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger rightly called the events of last week "America's Kristallnacht." ...
Buffalo News, January 11, 2021: The Editorial Board: Congress must act against Trump to protect today’s Americans – and tomorrow’s
… 1. What will best restrain Trump over his final eight days in office? Given his reckless indifference to the standards of American democracy, there is sufficient reason to fear that neither he nor his radical base are done.
2. How do we best protect future generations – 30, 50 or 100 years from now – from a repeat of this conduct by a smarter, cagier authoritarian? …
… Clearly, the country must act. The obvious response – though not necessarily the best one – is impeachment, the constitutionally hygienic remedy to presidential infamy. ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram, January 12, 2021: Why Texas Republicans who spread lies about the election should vote to impeach Trump
With scarcely a week left in Donald Trump’s presidency, the prospect of impeachment isn’t really about getting him out of office.
Instead, it’s about accountability. The United States simply cannot have a president repeat proven lies to amp up his supporters, publicly urge his vice president to violate the U.S. Constitution and incite a crowd to march on Congress, some hellbent on destruction and violence. ...
Bakersfield Californian, January 12, 2021: Editorial: Impeachment or censure? For Trump's role in deadly Capitol attack, both
… That commitment to action will be required in the coming weeks. Whether it is a short impeachment trial, or a prolonged trial, holding Trump accountable is the only path forward. It will also provide a blueprint for states to hold their own lawmakers accountable — and create a common story that the forces that allowed the U.S. Capitol to come under siege will not be tolerated.
Santa Rosa Press Democrat, January 13, 2021: PD Editorial: Trump deserves to be impeached for inciting riot
President-elect Joe Biden takes office in one week. If these were ordinary times, with a normal president, official Washington and much of the American public would be focused on the upcoming inauguration and the incoming administration.
If only. … [Behind a paywall]
Kansas City Star, January 13, 2021: Trump incited riot, then called his remarks ‘totally appropriate.’ Congress must impeach him
Donald J. Trump has always made a fool of anyone who imagines that he’s surely learned his lesson this time, or won’t touch that hot stove again. He hasn’t, and he didn’t feel a thing. ...
… That’s why, since the 25th Amendment won’t be invoked by our sadly servile Vice President Mike Pence, who could very easily have been killed last Wednesday, Congress will have no choice but to impeach Trump for a second time on Wednesday. ...
New York Daily News, January 13, 2021: Impeach Trump: The case for removal is ironclad
… Unlike the first time around, today some honorable Republicans will join the Democrats. As for a Senate trial, that lays ahead. If Mitch McConnell really thinks Trump committed impeachable offenses, as his people are telling reporters, he must expedite it. ...
Massachusetts Republican, January 12, 2021: Trump’s days as president must end now (Editorial)
… It was sedition. It was domestic terrorism. Doing nothing cannot be seen as an option.
Trump must go.
University of Massachusetts Daily Collegian, January 11, 2021: Editorial: It’s time for Trump to go
… Our government’s actions in the next few days will set a precedent. While removing Trump from office will not remove the hatred or bigotry he has inspired in so many, it will reaffirm the strength of our constitution. History is watching. Both Republicans and Democrats must unite in the face of insurrection and conspiracy; a sitting president can not attempt an overthrow of our constitutional system and get away with it. Healing begins with accountability.
New London, CT The Day, January 11, 2021: House likely left with no choice but impeachment
If President Donald J. Trump does not resign, and Vice President Mike Pence and the members of the cabinet do not invoke the 25th Amendment to remove his authority, the U.S. House of Representatives should impeach him — again. ...
Auburn, NY Citizen, January 12, 2021: Our view: Why censuring Trump is a terrible option
… If incitement of insurrection does not meet the standards of high crimes and misdemeanors required for impeachment, nothing will. And that means we'd have presidents with completely unchecked power, which is the beginning of the end of our representative democracy.
Schenectady, NY Daily Gazette, January 12, 2021: EDITORIAL: Trump has lost moral authority to lead
President Trump needs to be held accountable for the riots he incited at the U.S. Capitol last week.
If that means going so far as the House of Representatives impeaching him a second time, or if it means he is deemed unfit to serve and is removed from office under the 25th Amendment to the Constitution, or if it means he resigns in disgrace in order to spare the country any further embarrassment and disruption, then that’s what needs to be done. ...
GoLocalProv, January 12, 2021: EDITORIAL: Domestic Terrorists Must Be Prosecuted and Trump Must Be Removed for Inciting Events
… It is time for patriotic Americans, especially Republicans, to step up and stop this. And, stop it now.
The domestic terrorists must be fully prosecuted.
And, Trump must be removed from office.
Now that the 25th Amendment route has failed, USA Today wants impeachment, January 12, 2021: Impeach Donald Trump, start Senate trial without delay
… So short of the 25th Amendment being invoked, House leaders say that members will vote on impeachment Wednesday — as they should. This case does not require extensive hearings or questioning of witnesses. The evidence played out in real time on television last week for all of America, and all the world, to see. ...
And here is a follow-up editorial from the New York Times, January 11, 2021: Impeach Trump Again
… Yet it can’t be lost that the violence on Wednesday was the nadir of a coordinated, relentless campaign to cast doubt on the strength of American democracy. In the end, the driving force behind the lies, the chaos and the bloodshed of the past few days and weeks is Mr. Trump. As long as he is not held fully to account, any future chief executive might feel equally unbound by a lawless precedent. …
And a follow-up from the Madison Cap Times, January 11, 2021: Editorial: The only answer to Trump's incitement of a fascist riot is impeachment
… Donald Trump is a racist, a xenophobe and a foe of democracy who is prepared to use the power and prestige of the presidency of the United States to disrupt and destabilize the election process and the governing of the nation. He has disregarded his solemn oath to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States." He is a clear and present danger to the republic, as has been proven again and again. …
… This is a moment for choosing between fascistic violence and American democracy. Wisconsin’s representatives in Congress must recognize the ongoing threat posed by the rioters who attacked the Capitol and the president who urges them on. There was never legitimate middle ground on the question of impeaching Donald Trump. Those who imagined that it existed a year ago were wildly wrong. If they choose to maintain the lie now, they are every bit as dangerous as Trump.
And a follow-up from the Philadelphia Inquirer, January 12, 2021: Impeachment or censure? For Trump’s role in deadly Capitol attack, both. | Editorial
… If some members want Trump to be censured, they should draft a resolution and put that on the floor as well. One doesn’t preclude the other.
But it is critical that Donald Trump face the consequences of his actions — and those consequences be swift. That’s particularly important because the threat of violence is not over yet. According to an FBI bulletin, “armed protests” are planned in D.C. and all state capitols in the days leading up to Biden’s inauguration. ...