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Did any House or Senate leaders publicly call for Trump to resign and when?
Executive summary
Available reporting in the provided sources does not show any current House or Senate leaders openly calling for President Trump to resign in 2025; instead, the material documents calls for action in earlier episodes (e.g., 2021) and extensive criticism of Trump’s handling of the 2025 government shutdown [1] [2]. Most contemporary congressional leaders in these excerpts are focused on negotiating or responding to the shutdown and nominations, not publicly demanding Trump’s resignation [2] [3].
1. What the files actually cover: shutdown fights and nominations, not resignation pleas
The bulk of the search results supplied center on the 2025 government shutdown, negotiations to end it, and rollbacks of Trump administration personnel moves — for example Senate leaders negotiating a funding deal (John Thune’s involvement is reported) and opposition to certain Trump nominees [2] [3] [4]. Those pieces document criticism and political pressure, but they do not record an explicit public call from a House or Senate leader for Trump to resign in 2025 [2] [3].
2. Historical context in the sources: explicit calls to resign occurred earlier
Some supplied background material references earlier moments when congressional figures urged Trump to leave office: the second impeachment era and statements from senators such as Pat Toomey saying Trump should “resign and go away” after January 6, 2021 [1]. The document collection includes an archive-style compilation (House background on calls for removal) that lists many editorial and official demands from 2017–2021 for Trump’s removal or resignation, but that is historical, not 2025 reporting [5] [6] [1].
3. Where criticism is visible in 2025 coverage — but it’s not “resign” rhetoric from leaders
In November 2025 coverage, Democratic leaders like House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer are quoted sharply criticizing the White House and blaming the administration for the shutdown’s consequences (e.g., describing it as a “toxic mess” or pointing to Trump’s “cruelty”), yet those quotations are framed as political rebuke and opposition to policy — not as explicit public demands that Mr. Trump resign [2] [7]. Similarly, Republican Senate leaders (for example, John Thune) are portrayed brokering deals or expressing discomfort with certain nominees rather than calling for resignation [2] [3].
4. Fringe and online speculation vs. congressional action
Several items in the search results document wild online speculation about a possible Trump resignation tied to Oval Office announcements and prediction markets (Polymarket spikes and related articles), but those are social-media and market reactions, not statements by House or Senate leaders [8] [9] [10]. The sources contrast online rumor activity with the formal congressional coverage, underscoring that speculation does not equal leadership calls from Capitol Hill [8] [9].
5. When congressional leaders do call for removal, the sources make it explicit
The compilation provided includes documents and historical references that explicitly record leaders asking for removal or resignation — such as Toomey’s comment in the impeachment context and the Office of Congressman Henry Cuellar’s summary of officials and editorial calls for removal by resignation, impeachment, or the 25th Amendment [1] [6]. That shows the sources will note clear resignation calls where they exist, but comparable explicit calls from current House or Senate leaders in 2025 are not present in the supplied material.
6. Limitations and what’s not in the supplied reporting
Available sources do not mention any contemporary, named House or Senate leaders publicly calling for President Trump to resign in 2025; if you are asking whether a specific leader (e.g., Mike Johnson, Hakeem Jeffries, John Thune, Chuck Schumer) made such a statement, that explicit claim is not found in the provided reporting [2] [3] [7]. The dataset is also concentrated on certain days and topics (shutdown, nominations, historical impeachment), so it may miss isolated statements outside those stories.
7. How to confirm further (suggested next steps)
To settle this definitively, consult primary transcripts or contemporaneous pieces that focus explicitly on leader statements — e.g., official press releases from leadership offices, C-SPAN transcripts of floor remarks, or full news wires for the relevant dates. The supplied materials show the types of coverage that would capture such statements when they exist (examples of explicit citations appear in the impeachment-era material) but do not, in themselves, contain a 2025 resignation demand by a House or Senate leader [1] [6].