Posted on 01/24/2025 11:37:44 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Locked out of power in Washington, the party is struggling to agree on a unified message of opposition. Some of its lawmakers are even telling Republicans they want to work together.
As President Trump pushes aggressively to reshape the federal government, Democrats have retreated into a political crouch that reflects their powerlessness in Washington.
Far from rising up in outrage, the opposition party’s lawmakers have taken a muted wait-and-see approach as Mr. Trump tries to end birthright citizenship, halt diversity programs in the federal government, undo foreign policy alliances and seek retribution against his perceived political enemies.
In some cases, Democrats are even making a show of working with Republicans.
Scores of them voted for the Laken Riley Act, which allows the deportation of unauthorized migrants who are accused but not yet convicted of crimes. Others volunteered to work with Republicans on a border security bill. And while Democrats are fighting the nominations of Pete Hegseth as defense secretary and Tulsi Gabbard as national intelligence director, Mr. Trump’s other cabinet appointees appear on a glide path to confirmation without much vocal resistance.
It is telling that in the opening days of the new Trump administration, the loudest pushback to the president’s policies has come not from an elected Democrat but from the bishop at Washington National Cathedral, who asked Mr. Trump directly during a service to have mercy on immigrants and L.G.B.T.Q. children.
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Shock and awe!
The movie of the same name is great.
And it’s free on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TAz9Oq7ybA
Don’t put your hopes up high remember the RINOS still control both houses. Johnson is doing a fairly good job but Thune on the other hand is already a total disaster. Trump has been in office for five days and he’s only had two of his nominees confirmed. Obama at this point of his presidency had 12 of his nominees confirmed. I am so sick and tired of those bastards always stabbing the base in the back …..it never effing fails.
YES
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