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."

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.

  • Krauerking@lemy.lol
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    10 hours ago

    And we still have swathes of Lemmy screaming that we need to call the Democrats and that they aren’t useless as a party and that calls and emails are a valid and productive method of getting favorable action done.

    And then the DNC have a private meeting to tell all the leaders of the leftist holding pens to get a better leash.