Summary
House Democrats are frustrated with progressive groups like MoveOn and Indivisible, which are pressuring them to oppose the Trump administration more aggressively.
In a closed-door meeting, lawmakers complained about grassroots activists driving constituent calls demanding obstructionist tactics.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer defended the party’s strategy, saying, “We are picking the most important fights and lying down on the train tracks on those fights.”
However, a CBS News/YouGov poll shows 65% of Democratic voters want all-out opposition to Trump’s agenda.
Careful,people who don’t understand the trolley problem are gonna complain again that there are only two options.
the trolley problem doesn’t end by throwing the switch lever. you divert the trolley and then you work to stop the trolley.
the trolley didn’t get diverted, so more people are in its way and chuck’s performatively jumping on the rails “in solidarity” but unlike me, he’s not tied up and will get up and leave when it gets close