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Democratic activists fueled anti-Trump protests at GOP town halls but also rage at their own party
AP News ^ | 3/01/25 | Steve Peoples, Lisa Mascaro, Stephen Groves

Posted on 03/02/2025 6:15:33 AM PST by Libloather

WASHINGTON (AP) — Furious Democrats filled Republican town halls across America last week to protest President Donald Trump’s power grab in Washington.

But in recent days, the activists behind those protests have turned their anger toward elected officials in their own party, who they believe are not fighting the Republican president and billionaire adviser Elon Musk with the urgency, aggression or creativity that the moment deserves.

“Are we in a constitutional crisis or not?” said Ezra Levin, co-founder of the anti-Trump resistance group Indivisible, which encouraged progressives to attend town halls and protest outside Tesla dealerships.

Of Democratic leaders, he added, “There’s zero tactical or innovative leadership.”

Indeed, as Trump moves to consolidate control in Washington with little regard for precedent or judges ruling against him, the nation’s most powerful Democrats are offering mixed messages while struggling to break from the rules and norms that have long governed U.S. politics.

Key Democratic governors have spoken out with varying levels of concern, but they have also promised to work with the Trump administration to ensure resources flow to their states.

House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York has taken heat for spending part of last week’s congressional recess promoting a children’s book he wrote about democracy. Asked about activists’ frustration, he pointed to his party’s united opposition to the GOP budget bill and to the more than 100 lawsuits brought against the president.

“We have to continue to push back aggressively in every way possible in defense of the American people,” Jeffries insisted, acknowledging voters’ “concern, fear, shock and anxiety.”

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; Education; Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: activists; democrats; protests; townhalls
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To: KC_Conspirator
...Nothing this clown says..

Its a big Circus. Which clown are you referring to?

21 posted on 03/02/2025 8:24:56 AM PST by Nateman (Democrats did not strive for fraud friendly voting merely to continue honest elections.)
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To: Libloather

Where are the pallets of bricks dropped off during the DNC funded Antifa/BLM riots and murders? Had that happened the internecine attacks would have improved the world.


22 posted on 03/02/2025 8:25:30 AM PST by bobbo666
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To: Libloather

“billionaire adviser Elon Musk”

And why does the AP and every outlet in the MSM have to use “billionaire” as a pronoun like the sexually mentally ill does to describe their perversion? /S


23 posted on 03/02/2025 8:31:03 AM PST by quantim (Victory is not relative, it is absolute.)
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To: Nateman

Ezra Levin.


24 posted on 03/02/2025 8:37:28 AM PST by KC_Conspirator
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To: military cop

No kidding. Every single one of those orgs are.


25 posted on 03/02/2025 8:37:53 AM PST by KC_Conspirator
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To: Libloather

In general principle, I support townhall meetings, but they either become stage managed by the incumbent or the opposition.

Musk should propose that EVERY congressman and Senator upload on You Tube and Rumble EVERY WEEK the five things they accomplished for their constituents.

Comments would be welcomed.

As would uploads by constituents.

That way, discerning folk could decide if the critics were the paid opposition or genuine.


26 posted on 03/02/2025 8:38:20 AM PST by Biblebelter
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To: Libloather

“Power grab”? Trump is the president. Everything he has done so far is legal under the authority of the executive branch.


27 posted on 03/02/2025 9:34:27 AM PST by MAGA2017
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