Posted on 02/05/2017 6:40:34 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Democrats don’t know how long they’ll be able to keep up the pace of protests against President Donald Trump — and they’re worried Trump and his team are counting on them to run out of energy before the White House does.
Two weeks into the Trump administration, party leaders have already reached a frantic, fevered pitch, throwing around talk of constitutional crisis and raising the specter of impeachment.
“The thing that we don’t want to do is anesthetize the public with dozens and dozens of press conferences and marquee events,” said Seattle Mayor Ed Murray. “Then it’ll just become background noise. I’m worried that’s exactly what they’re trying to maneuver us into doing.”
Democrats are having as much trouble defusing Trump now that he’s in the White House as they did all through last year’s campaign. Murray said he’s seen neither a clear understanding among leaders in Washington of how far left their base has careened in just the past few weeks nor the emergence of any infrastructure among progressive groups for turning what’s going on in the streets into concerted opposition.
“The question is: How do we respond beyond that?” Murray said. “I’m a little worried that we’re not there.”
House Democrats head to their retreat in Baltimore this week trying to come up with an answer.
“Some people on social media are already saying, ‘Yes! Impeach the guy.’ No. I think any time you’re talking about impeachment, which is historically extremely significant, that is not something you do on a whim,” said Rep. Joaquín Castro (D-Texas), explaining that he used the word himself earlier in the week as a warning of where things might go. “I think our response should be reasonable, it should not be exaggerated — but we fundamentally have to protect the integrity of the republic.”
Some of his colleagues will boycott Trump’s address before a joint session of Congress at the end of the month. Others are planning to go but come up with a way to protest that makes a splash. They’re trolling, referring to “President Bannon” in the hopes of goading Trump into sidelining Steve Bannon, his chief strategist, if he thinks people are seeing him as a puppet.
“I plan on being there at this point in time, I think it’s part of my responsibility,” said Rep. Joe Crowley (D-N.Y.), chairman of the House Democratic Caucus. “I’m there to witness and hear what he has to say, and respond in kind.”
“We are going to continue to be the bulwark against the man. We’re going to stop him at every opportunity we have,” Crowley added. “This is going to be a gift that keeps on giving in some respects.”
Democrats are mobilizing around Republican members' town halls to protest Obamacare repeal. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) is demanding that Mar-a-Lago, Trump's exclusive club in Florida, release its members list.
Some are trying other strategies of chipping away at Trump’s authority. Rep. Luis Gutiérrez (D-Ill.) says he’s looking to hit the House staffers who worked with the White House on crafting the travel ban and signed nondisclosure agreements that he says made them into employees of the administration too. “Sounds like double-dipping to me,” Gutiérrez said in an interview off the House floor on Wednesday. “There might be a law against that.”
But Democrats readily acknowledge Trump won last year in part by sparking so many simultaneous outrages among the left that they all blended together. Trump’s White House so far is following that model.
“I don’t know whether we can count on him to do that for the full four years, but if he keeps it up, folks aren’t going to go away,” said Connecticut Gov. Dan Malloy, chairman of the Democratic Governors Association. “Quite frankly, this is Vietnam at its height. The only thing that resolved Vietnam was America leaving Vietnam. I suspect in some ways, the only thing that’s going to resolve this is when Donald Trump leaves Washington.”
Unforgettable ..... the day Schumer cried....bwahahahahaha
NEXT...
Trump is going to defund the left.
Unions
NPR
EPA
ACLU
Planned Parenthood
ACRON
LaRaza
Muslim Brotherhood
Sanctuary Cities
Trail Lawyers
Etc.
And Trump can do it without ONE democrat vote.
I’ll say one thing, at least they are trying to stay true to their party, unlike a few we all know.
A week from now when the Trump team is implementing just as well as they’re announcing we’ll be seeing crisis hotlines advertising for more workers.
I think he is a tad late with his observation. it has become background.
So send more money to the democteat of your choice or DNC today. (Never let a real or fake crisis go to waste)
“The thing that we don’t want to do is anesthetize the public with dozens and dozens of press conferences and marquee events,” said Seattle Mayor Ed Murray. “Then it’ll just become background noise. I’m worried that’s exactly what they’re trying to maneuver us into doing.”
Will all Christian Democrats please step up to the plate and stand for something that is principled. The goats and sheep are separating themselves right before our very eyes. So sad.
He also needs to do it without one republican vote.
Now there's a Good One, especially coming from him.
The reason the RATS can’t put the DNC back together is they don’t know who Sessions is gonna take down in a few weeks. They can’t get the intel on that, so they have to deduce based on who among them is the most culpable.
Unknown unknowns are keeping them swirling the terlet: the have no way out until Sessions says so.
I have always been a registered Democrat and I send the DNC $2 very couple of years. They send me probably 20$ worth of propaganda for that and I get to go to the Democrat hot dog party in election years and hobnob with the local old hippies and wealthy yankee carpetbaggers.
Too late. The left-wing whackos became background noise before the inauguration.
And split up the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals!!!
No, no Democrats, triple down on your hate and insanity! You put the stupid in stupidest, we want everyone to know how CRAZY you are. Where can I donate to Keith’s X’s DNC Chairman campaign LMAO?
It would appear zero has decided on Crazy Uncle Joe, Kamala Harris and the Castro Bros to lead the DNC. Ellison was just a feint/placeholder while they gamed it out on Branson’s BVI the last couple weeks.
Plus the fact that Democrats are on the wrong side of history.
Good idea. I have done that... that move on organization. I purposely misspelled my name though, so that I know any lib stuff I get is from them.
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