Was trump asked to resign
Executive summary
Yes — in the reporting supplied, multiple actors have publicly asked President Trump to resign: grassroots petitions and advocacy groups have demanded his resignation, some state and local editorial boards and officials are listed in a compiled memo calling for removal, and at least one media item reports a group of members of Congress demanding his resignation — though not all of those claims are equally documented in the sources provided [1] [2] [3] [4]. The evidence shows a mixture of formal statements, public petitions and calls from individual lawmakers rather than a single, uncontested bipartisan or institutional demand that forced a resignation [3] [5] [1].
1. Public campaigns and petitions have explicitly demanded Trump step down
Large-scale online advocacy and petition platforms contain explicit calls for Trump’s resignation: Action Network hosts petitions urging Congress to “demand the President’s immediate resignation” and to move impeachment proceedings to the floor [1], while Change.org lists petitions with hundreds of thousands of signatures asking Trump to resign over the January 6 events and other controversies [5]. These are organized, public pressure efforts intended to generate political momentum and media attention rather than legal instruments that compel resignation [1] [5].
2. Conservative and Republican figures are listed among those calling for removal in a compiled memo
A background document linked from Congressman Henry Cuellar’s office compiles endorsements for “Support for the Removal of Donald J. Trump from Office,” naming current and former Republican officials, conservative columnists and editorial boards that have called for resignation or other removal mechanisms such as impeachment or the 25th Amendment [3]. That document demonstrates that calls for Trump to leave office are not limited to progressive activists; it presents curated evidence of cross‑ideological outrage compiled by an office of a sitting member of Congress [3].
3. Reporting claims a bipartisan group of members of Congress formally demanded his resignation, but corroboration is limited in the supplied sources
One item in the packet asserts that “a bipartisan group of 47 members of Congress formally demanded his resignation” and says the letter was read on the House floor by Representative Michael McCaul, but that claim comes from a single unverified transcript-style outlet in the set and is not otherwise substantiated by the other supplied sources [4]. The Cuellar background document details many public calls for removal [3], but it does not by itself confirm the specific “47-member” bipartisan floor demand described in the first source; therefore that particular claim remains insufficiently corroborated within the reporting provided [4] [3].
4. Some elected officials proposed constitutional remedies short of voluntary resignation
Beyond petitions and editorial pressure, at least one mainstream outlet in the set reports that lawmakers have suggested constitutional mechanisms such as invoking the 25th Amendment to remove Trump’s powers as Commander-in-Chief — a distinct remedy from requesting a voluntary resignation and one that would require formal legal and political processes [6]. This shows that while calls for resignation exist, some actors are pursuing institutional alternatives [6].
5. Context and limits: mass calls do not equal formal removal nor universal support
The assembled sources show a spectrum of “askers” — petitioners, editorial boards, some Republican and conservative voices collected by a congressional office, and activist letters — but they do not show a completed, formal, bipartisan congressional action that succeeded in forcing resignation or that all claims (for example the “47 members” detail) have been independently verified in the provided reporting [1] [3] [4]. Reporting also reflects political advocacy motives: Action Network and Change.org entries are designed to mobilize supporters, and compiled memos from a congressional office reflect curatorial choices about which calls to highlight, so readers should view each item as a piece of political pressure rather than a legal mandate [1] [5] [3].