Posted on 03/10/2025 7:02:05 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Many rank-and-file Democrats are furious with party leaders in Washington for their lackluster response to the Trump administration. But they might be complaining about the wrong Democrats.
Governors, attorneys general and other state-level Democratic officials should play leading roles in the fight against President Donald Trump because they have more formal powers than congressional Democrats to restrain him and can implement alternative policies that will help the party win elections over the long term. That’s the argument of Democratic strategists Arkadi Gerney and Sarah Knight — and they are correct.
Last May, Gerney and Knight sent a 178-page report to Democratic politicians, operatives and donors that laid out ways officials in blue states can most aggressively use their powers. It was modeled after the tactics of red-state Republican governors and attorneys general when Joe Biden was president. This approach would have been useful even if Kamala Harris had been elected, but it’s particularly relevant in a second Trump administration. (The full report is not public, but the two strategists summarized its outlines in an American Prospect essay.)
Now, Knight and Gerney are among those urging Democratic leaders to take a more confrontational stance against Trump. But they are focused on the 23 Democratic governors, 22 Democratic state attorneys general and the 15 states where the party controls both chambers of the state legislature and the governor’s mansion.
They are excited that Democratic attorneys general are meeting regularly and have joined in numerous lawsuits against the administration, most notably one that resulted in a ruling invalidating Trump’s executive order to end birthright citizenship. They say some governors, such as Illinois’s JB Pritzker, who recently likened the new administration to the Nazis, are contesting Trump in the way...
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Sounds like a RICO kind of thing.
Where a better Trump resistance would start...
A men’s room stop where gay guys meet?
Now that the Citizenry has got a big taste of truth, hope and informed empowerment,
The only winning approach would be,
BUT WAIT! There’s MORE!
/Shamwow
Check out Michael Franzese Facebook Reel MAFIA Democracy. Make it go viral.Thanks!
Yeah. That'll do it JB. Call Trump a Nazi again. It worked so well before.
No bias here.
The only problem is that blue states have a terrible record wherever you look. Take CA for example. Tampon Tim’s record didn’t do much for Kamala. State AGs can only delay Trump’s policies.
Resistance is futile.
So the unwashed minority literally are going to use lawfare on a grand scale to stop the administration
How did you KNOW that I’m a huge Michael Franzese fan?!
ODDLY enough, I haven’t seen that....but once I do, and i’m sure i’ll love it, it will go viral! Thanks!
Maybe I mentioned him in some posts.
Either that or FR has a mind reader :)
The Compact Clause (Article 1, Section 10, Clause 3) provides that “No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, ... enter into Any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power.”
The insurrection we’re getting from the evil sore losers on the far-left makes January 6th look like a church picnic. It’s like a bunch of apes and chimpanzees are trying to takeover America. Too many people taking those Planet of the Apes movies too seriously.
Their problem is that they are on the 20% side of every 80/20 issue.
Why would you want to resist making America great again wapo? Do you hate America or something?
i see WaPo is still pissing into the wind and encouraging Democrats to keep doing the same ...
I thought the Compost said they were going to drift away from pimping for the communists like this?
The Washington Post. The Official Commie Rag of the Far-Left’s Insurrection.
Perfect! Thanks!
“I thought the Compost said they were going to drift away from pimping for the communists like this?”
owner Bezos SAID that ... now let’s see if he fires those who didn’t get the message, starting with upper management who allowed this “how to resist Trump” suggestion to be published in the first place ...
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