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.

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    Senate Minority Leader 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,” Schumer toldThe New York Times earlier this month.

    “Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer are architects of the crisis that allowed Trump’s fascism to arise and succeed,” progressive organizer Aaron Regunberg wrote Tuesday. “They have zero credibility to be leading the fights we face today—not in their record, their competency, or their recent performance. Quite simply, they have to go.”

    “Forcing recorded votes is possible. Frequent quorum calls are possible. A wide variety of dilatory motions are possible. In short, harassing the majority is possible. If they think it’s a bad idea, say so. If they say it’s not possible, they’re lying.”

    Quorum calls?

    Recorded votes?

    Guys: They’re going to try to put you in prison, at a minimum, and then make it illegal for anyone to take your place. They may try to kill you. It’s just a matter of when things go far enough that they think they can get away with it.

    I’m glad the progressives are attempting to spur the geriatric leadership to some sort of lumbering action, of course, but if Chuck Schumer isn’t worried that his is going to be one of the first show trials people should be educating him out of his lack of worry. For his sake, if for no one else’s.