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[JoeyJungle]

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/first-white-house-petition-trump-233927

The ”We the People" petition site created by the Obama Administration has been kept live by President Donald Trump's team as it relaunches the White House website, and the only petition now on the site, which has been wiped clean of Obama-era requests, demands that the new commander in chief release his tax returns.

”The unprecedented economic conflicts of this administration need to be visible to the American people, including any pertinent documentation which can reveal the foreign influences and financial interests which may put Donald Trump in conflict with the emoluments clause of the Constitution," the petition reads.

Link to petition:
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/pe...on-needed-verify-emoluments-clause-compliance

Edit:
Second petition is for him to divest himself from his business
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/pe...-all-presidents-business-and-financial-assets

 

[WedgeX]

Signature Failed

Sorry, there was a problem submitting your signature. Please try again in a few minutes.

Got dang it.

Edit:

It's stuck at 2762 signatures presently.

 

[Phreaker]

Signature Failed

Sorry, there was a problem submitting your signature. Please try again in a few minutes.

Same, thanks Trump

 

[Magwik]

Got dang it.

Happened to me too...

 

[Makonero]

lol "technical errors" will be the theme of this administration

 

[IceDoesntHelp]

I guess its been shut down.

 

[NewFresh]

Also not able to sign.

 

[outunderthestars]

I guess its been shut down.

Welcome to Trump's America.

 

[yanipheonu]

Seriously though, just release the damn returns.

 

[JoeyJungle]

Got dang it.

I got that too, I thought it was blocked at work or something. I'd think it was server issues, but he said in his press conference that only journalists care about this, so that can't be it.

 

[Makonero]

it's not a bug, it's a feature

 

[RPGCrazied]

Tried and couldn't. Trump would probably delete this anyway.

 

[NOLA_Gaffer]

Man, folks are gonna troll the hell out of this site. I wouldn't expect it to be around for much longer.

 

[HAWDOKEN]

Signature Failed

Sorry, there was a problem submitting your signature. Please try again in a few minutes.

Got the same thing

 

[crimsonheadGCN]

I couldn't sign either.

 

[Haruko]

The "report an issue" page also 404s.

 

[Voror]

Same. Figure they probably disabled it or something.

 

[JoeyJungle]

The "report an issue" page also 404s.

Symbolic

 

[adamantypants]

I don't think Trump even knows there's a petition website. Gonna assume it's under server load, probably unintentional DDoS

 

[Veritigo_X]

I figured this site wouldn't continue under the Trump administration. Probably why it isn't working.

 

[Jallopy]

I'm seeing 5,850 now. Should hit 100k easily.

 

[Dali]

I don't think Trump even knows there's a petition website. Gonna assume it's under server load, probably unintentional DDoS

Why would you assume unintentional?

 

[Kaiterra]

This one is on there too, but doesn't show up on the main page: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/pe...-all-presidents-business-and-financial-assets

Signing either just barfs up error messages at me though.

 

[Phreaker]

I'm seeing 5,850 now. Should hit 100k easily.

I see 5,824 signed

Shenanigans already

 

[Flandy]

lol

 

[Shaanyboi]

"Trump cabinet to declare petitions illegal, describing it as a form of mental terrorism."

 

[smokeymicpot]

Been trying on and off for about ten minutes won't let me sign anything.

 

[peaceiscloser]

Just out of curiosity, could the Trump administration look at the people signing these petitions and put them on a list of undesirables, possibly singling them out?

That thought crossed my mind and makes me afraid to put my name on any petition like this.

 

[ultron87]

I managed to sign when it first went up.

The web developer in me wants to believe it's just being weird with counts and signing because a ton of people are trying to sign all at once, and not that they're maliciously deleting signatures and preventing people from signing. But who knows with this guy.

They had the plan in place to clear out the previous petitions, and didn't just shut the whole site down, so maybe they plan to keep it?

 

[RCSI]

Just out of curiosity, could the Trump administration look at the people signing these petitions and put them on a list of undesirables, possibly singling them out?

That thought crossed my mind and makes me afraid to put my name on any petition like this.

Of which would get firm response (legal, petitioning, and other forms) by the public and all media organizations. Don't be afraid to sign. It is up to us to make our voices heard through calls, letters, petitions and other communication to keep this administration in check.

 

[GKSilKamina]

Failed for me too. Guess I'll give it another shot later.

 

[TwoDurans]

Wasn't the WeThePeople thing an Obama initiative? Trump can just ignore this entirely.

 

[Friend of Sonic]

Well, as you all know President Trump is currently under audit, so

 

[DarkKyo]

Wasn't the WeThePeople thing an Obama initiative? Trump can just ignore this entirely.

Lol that was exactly my first thought when I saw this thread title.

 

[Dali]

Still holding strong at 5824. So apparently no one has been able to sign in the last 5 to 10 mins or longer.

 

[Shadybiz]

I'll sign it when I get home, but yeah...good luck with that. We will never see them.

 

[smokeymicpot]

Well I guess everyone is trying to sign it.

 

[RPGCrazied]

Finally went through for me.

All this will do is make Trump utter that bullshit "under audit" line.

 

[shira]

lol

Dat cyber

 

[parrotbeak]

Everyone who signs will have years of auditing and accusations of tax evasion, and we still won't get his returns.

 

[RageWaffles]

Still holding strong at 5824. So apparently no one has been able to sign in the last 5 to 10 mins or longer.

Above where you enter your info, it says 4,632 for me now. At the bottom of the page it says 5744. ... Ok.


Wonder how long until Trump totally shuts down the petition site.

 

[Icebergslim]

States need to pass laws that forbid anyone from being on the presidential ballot that has not released their tax returns by the first day of the primary.

 

[JoeyJungle]

Finally went through for me.

All this will do is make Trump utter that bullshit "under audit" line.

I was able to sign, but haven't received the email confirmation.

 

[wrestleman]

I was able to sign, but haven't received the email confirmation.

Same thing here, and it's been quite a while.

 

[Dartastic]

I was able to sign, but haven't received the email confirmation.

Same.

 

[Salty Rice]

A little bit late.

 

[WedgeX]

I was finally able to sign on desktop (had tried with mobile before) but have also not received the confirmation email.

 

[thefro]

States need to pass laws that forbid anyone from being on the presidential ballot that has not released their tax returns by the first day of the primary.

Obama should have forced the release of them (which he had the power to do).

 

[Mr Swine]

Will Trump even release his taxes even if the petition gets 100 000 signatures?

 

[PeakPointMatrix]

I was able to sign, but haven't received the email confirmation.

Same thing, waiting.