100% of Dems voted in favor of Trump’s first 2 picks for his cabinet, despite spending hours upon hours grilling them and talking about how unfit for the jobs they are.
It was only after they started getting outraged calls in the thousands per day compared to the usual 30 that they started voting against Trump’s cabinet.
Look at Schumer and Pelosi. Or the party appointing a man practically on his deathbed over fresh blood to one of the most important positions in the party. A man who had to resign 4 months later, IIRC.
The Dems only offer up any real resistance when they’re forced to by us. Otherwise, they vote no, voice a few complaints, and then go about their day like it’s any other.
It’s our job to replace them in primaries if they don’t represent us. It’s also our job to inform them of our stance on issues, just as it’s their job to vote in line with those requests.
You just said they do their job, like it’s a bad thing. There are Republicans getting lambasted in town halls that go right back to DC and do whatever Trump wants. How is that the same to you?
They were voted in to oppose Trump, among many other things. They voted 100% in favor of Trump’s candidates. How is that “doing their job”?
Assuming that the party will still exist in 2 years, how can we replace them when they refuse to entertain any candidates that don’t follow the old guard party line of minimum effort to keep their seat? They outright said that they didn’t have to primary Bernie in 2016 and that they wouldn’t, despite him polling better than both Hillary and Trump.
They don’t respond to the many issues that their voters have, such as trans rights (which they said should be sacrificed to win the election this past time) or the housing crisis, low wages, and a myriad of others that Millennials have been fielding for almost 2 decades now.
This isn’t people suddenly being angry at the Democrats. It’s 40 years of frustration finally boiling over as many in the party leadership put up the barest of resistances against a fascist regime.
I’m aware of the frustration. As someone who has been active in politics and to the left of the Democrats since the 90s, I blame the voters. Democrats get 20% attendance in midterm elections, and even less in primaries, yet people always complain that nothing changes. You know who never misses an election? The elderly. I’m always the youngest volunteer there.
The state of our nation is a direct result of complacency and apathy, and the same people who don’t vote are the loudest critics. It’s pathetic.
100% of Dems voted in favor of Trump’s first 2 picks for his cabinet, despite spending hours upon hours grilling them and talking about how unfit for the jobs they are.
It was only after they started getting outraged calls in the thousands per day compared to the usual 30 that they started voting against Trump’s cabinet.
Look at Schumer and Pelosi. Or the party appointing a man practically on his deathbed over fresh blood to one of the most important positions in the party. A man who had to resign 4 months later, IIRC.
The Dems only offer up any real resistance when they’re forced to by us. Otherwise, they vote no, voice a few complaints, and then go about their day like it’s any other.
It’s our job to replace them in primaries if they don’t represent us. It’s also our job to inform them of our stance on issues, just as it’s their job to vote in line with those requests.
You just said they do their job, like it’s a bad thing. There are Republicans getting lambasted in town halls that go right back to DC and do whatever Trump wants. How is that the same to you?
They were voted in to oppose Trump, among many other things. They voted 100% in favor of Trump’s candidates. How is that “doing their job”?
Assuming that the party will still exist in 2 years, how can we replace them when they refuse to entertain any candidates that don’t follow the old guard party line of minimum effort to keep their seat? They outright said that they didn’t have to primary Bernie in 2016 and that they wouldn’t, despite him polling better than both Hillary and Trump.
They don’t respond to the many issues that their voters have, such as trans rights (which they said should be sacrificed to win the election this past time) or the housing crisis, low wages, and a myriad of others that Millennials have been fielding for almost 2 decades now.
This isn’t people suddenly being angry at the Democrats. It’s 40 years of frustration finally boiling over as many in the party leadership put up the barest of resistances against a fascist regime.
That’s false. They voted against most of the candidates. Republicans had majority with Vance as the tiebreaker.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/01/29/us/politics/trump-cabinet-confirmations-tracker.html
I’m aware of the frustration. As someone who has been active in politics and to the left of the Democrats since the 90s, I blame the voters. Democrats get 20% attendance in midterm elections, and even less in primaries, yet people always complain that nothing changes. You know who never misses an election? The elderly. I’m always the youngest volunteer there.
The state of our nation is a direct result of complacency and apathy, and the same people who don’t vote are the loudest critics. It’s pathetic.