Wall Street Journal Editorial Calls for Trump to Resign

Wall Street Journal Editorial Calls for Trump to Resign

The conservative editorial board of the Wall Street Journal is calling for President Donald Trump to immediately resign.

The editorial board is one of the most conservative in the country and the move is unprecedented. The newspaper is owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.

The Wall Street Journal writes in part:

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“The lodestar of these columns is the U.S. Constitution. The document is the durable foundation protecting liberty, and this week it showed its virtue again. Despite being displaced for a time by a mob, Congress returned the same day to ratify the Electoral College vote and Joe Biden’s election. Congratulations to the President-elect, who will be inaugurated as the Constitution stipulates at noon on Jan. 20,” stated the WSJ.

“That still leaves Wednesday’s disgrace and what to do about the 13 days left in Donald Trump’s presidential term. Democratic leaders Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi are demanding that Mr. Trump be removed from office immediately—either by the Cabinet under the 25th Amendment or new articles of impeachment. There’s partisan animus at work here, but Mr. Trump’s actions on Wednesday do raise constitutional questions that aren’t casually dismissed,” they write.

The editorial concludes, “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.”

READ THE ENTIRE EDITORIAL HERE