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
    10•1 month 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
      -7•1 month ago

      1. Nope~ we gave them 48 Dem + 2 Ind, they only picked majority leader with VP tiebreaker.

      2. If Independents counted as Democrats then we would have singlepayer healthcare a decade ago. Face it, those Ind were as likely to fuck us all over on votes as they were to help us.

      Idk why you refuse to believe we haven’t given Democrats a chance. Just look at the last presidential election: voters chose literally Hitler over the Dems.

      • @Ensign_CrabEnglish
        6•1 month ago

        Idk why you refuse to believe we haven’t given Democrats a chance.

        Because we gave them the means to pass legislation without a single Republican vote. That was their chance. They used that chance as you wanted, and so you’re making excuses for them.

        • @finitebanjo
          -5•1 month ago

          If you can’t break filibuster then you can’t pass anything without the opposition’s graces. The thing about progressives vs conservatives is the progressives have to pass things but conservatives win when nothing happens, and conservatives have been winning for many years.

          • @Ensign_CrabEnglish
            6•1 month ago

            If you can’t break filibuster then you can’t pass anything without the opposition’s graces.

            You could change the senate rules with 50. Stop using the filibuster as an excuse.

            • @finitebanjo
              -3•1 month ago

              The DNC didnt even have 50 in the last decade.

              • @Ensign_CrabEnglish
                -1•1 month ago

                Keep splitting hairs and making excuses.