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Dems Reportedly Angry That Progressives Are Pushing Them to Act Like an Opposition Party. (www.commondreams.org)
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cross-posted from: https://ponder.cat/post/1613522

House Democratic lawmakers reportedly used a closed-door meeting earlier this week to vent their frustrations with progressive advocacy groups that have been driving constituent calls and pressuring the party to act like a genuine opposition force in the face of the Trump administration's authoritarian assault on federal agencies and key programs.

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[–] WatDabney@sopuli.xyz 27 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I sort of barely feel sorry for them. Not really, since my freedom and quite possibly my life is on the line - if something isn't done about Muskntrump's coup d'etat relatively soon, the US is on the path to gulags and mass graves. But still... they haven't been any sort of meaningful opposition party in at least 30 years now, so it's sort of like demanding that a fat, lazy mall cop chase down a teenage shoplifter - it is technically their job, but they couldn't hardly be more ridiculously ill-suited for actually carrying it out.

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 25 points 10 months ago

Useless motherfuckers...

[–] GrundlButter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Being a representative would be great if it weren't for all these damn constituents and their desire to survive.

[–] Sergio@slrpnk.net 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If you ever vote Democrat you're expected to vote for them in perpituity.

[–] GrundlButter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 10 months ago

Unfortunately, yeah, they sure seem to expect that. And it ain't working out for them.

We need to encourage any political representative that wants an easy job to step aside. When it comes to your constituents, lead, follow, or get out of the way. Sitting on ass and accepting a paycheck is amoral.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago (3 children)

This uh...

This isn't the onion?

Whats the opposite of Ate the Onion?

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

The Dumbest Timeline

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 3 points 10 months ago

Oh shit. It took until I read your comment to realise! I definitely need a word for that.

[–] Sergio@slrpnk.net 3 points 10 months ago

!nottheonion@lemmy.world

[–] Sergio@slrpnk.net 13 points 10 months ago

The people pressuring Schumer andJeffries are:

[–] lewdian69@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), meanwhile, has said Democrats are "not going to go after every single issue" in the fight against President Donald Trump. "We are picking the most important fights and lying down on the train tracks on those fights,"

So his plan is to get run over...

[–] DeadWorld@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

We can only hope it's by a train and not by the Republicans

[–] TommySoda@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Well then who the fuck are you?

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 2 points 10 months ago

Fucking cucks

[–] Olsen35@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

I think Dems need to focus on issues that are of concern to hard working Americans. The Dems of the 1960's and 1970's did this and were successful.