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.

  • ctkatz@lemmy.ml
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    10 days ago

    do they like getting phone calls to act more oppositional? do they want more phone calls to act more oppositional?

    because removed about it is how you get more phone calls to act more oppositional.

    and now that the base knows they are getting through, any current elected who is not acting more oppositional is almost guaranteed to get a primary opponent who i assure you is most definitely going to act more oppositional. and primaries are won by the most ideological. being a creature of washington is not going to help those people if they don’t get their act together.

    this is also not to mention the countless numbers of elected democrats who after biden’s debate performance completely fell for the media created narrative and treated joe biden’s back not so much like a pincushion but a target fired at by a scattergun at 2 feet. i haven’t forgotten and i won’t forget.