Dems Reportedly Angry That Progressives Are Pushing Them to Act Like an Opposition Party | Common Dreams
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"Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer are architects of the crisis that allowed Trump's fascism to arise and succeed," argued one progressive organizer. "They have zero credibility to be leading the fights we face today."

House Democratic lawmakers reportedly used a closed-door meeting earlier this week to vent their frustrations with progressive advocacy groups that have been driving constituent calls and pressuring the party to act like a genuine opposition force in the face of the Trump administration’s authoritarian assault on federal agencies and key programs.

  • @Ensign_CrabEnglish
    3•5 hours ago

    It sure is neat how powerless the minority has suddenly become.

    • @[email protected]English
      3•4 hours ago

      Remember when the democrats had everything for a few years and did basically nothing and kept blaming the republican minority apparently that was bullshit and actually the minority has no power. So either the dems are liars or damned liars.

      • @finitebanjo
        -1•3 hours ago

        I certainly don’t remember it. We gave them 58 over a decade ago and less than 50 ever since.

        • @Ensign_CrabEnglish
          4•2 hours ago

          We gave them a majority in 2020. Don’t pretend that the two independents that caucused with democrats don’t count. The independents didn’t vote with republicans. Democrats did.

    • @finitebanjo
      -1•3 hours ago

      Democrats have had less than 50 for over a decade, nothing sudden about it.

      • @Ensign_CrabEnglish
        3•2 hours ago

        Their coalition had a majority from 2020-2022. During which time Republicans were all-powerful.

        Stop pretending that we didn’t give your party a majority that they squandered.