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."

Summary

House Democrats are reportedly frustrated with progressive advocacy groups like MoveOn and Indivisible for pressuring them to aggressively oppose the Trump administration.

These groups have driven thousands of constituent calls demanding Democrats obstruct GOP efforts, but leaders like Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer have resisted full-scale opposition.

While 65% of Democratic voters want maximum resistance, party leadership has opted for selective battles.

  • treadful@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    11 days ago

    “We are picking the most important fights and lying down on the train tracks on those fights,” Schumer told The New York Times earlier this month.

    Bro is ineffectual in even his own metaphors.

    • The Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netEnglish
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      11 days ago

      Yeah dipshit we’re not asking you to lie down on the tracks and die, we’re asking you to do what russian anarchists do and rip out the the tracks entirely

      • cogman@lemmy.world
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        11 days ago

        Democrats have way more leverage than they’re willing to use. The GOP is as fractured as ever and they have the house with a razor thin margin. Now is exactly the time to play hardball. The GOP will likely need their votes to do anything.

        But instead a foresee them making weak ass concessions at every turn because “we can’t risk having the government shutdown!?!?”

        • ShepherdPie@midwest.social
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          10 days ago

          But instead I foresee Democrats making weak ass concessions at every turn because

          “Now is the time to come together.”

          “Now is the time to find common ground.”

        • The Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netEnglish
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          11 days ago

          the chuck schumers and nancy pelosis act like they don’t know what this is and like mitch mcconnel didn’t hand them the blueprint

      • Uruanna@lemmy.world
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        10 days ago

        Careful,people who don’t understand the trolley problem are gonna complain again that there are only two options.

        • The Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netEnglish
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          10 days ago

          the trolley problem doesn’t end by throwing the switch lever. you divert the trolley and then you work to stop the trolley.

          the trolley didn’t get diverted, so more people are in its way and chuck’s performatively jumping on the rails “in solidarity” but unlike me, he’s not tied up and will get up and leave when it gets close

    • SeaJ@lemm.ee
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      11 days ago

      Seriously. His idea is to lay down on train tracks with an incoming train coming.