WASHINGTON—With the elected officials trying their hardest not to move a muscle, reports confirmed Monday that top Democratic leaders in Congress were standing real still in hopes that the American people wouldn’t notice them. “Don’t make any sudden movements, or they’ll spot us,” Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said out of the corner of his mouth, […]
Wrong. They can obstruct congress. Call for quorums and demand full roll calls in the Senate. The might even get the chance to filibuster a bill or two. They can use every precious second of time on the floor to drag the Republicans to a grinding halt. You know, all that stuff the Republicans did during Obama’s presidency. At the very least they could come up with an idea that’s not, ‘Trump is fascist, don’t vote for fascists’ cause that’s obviously not working. There’s still a lot the Democrats can do and saying they can’t because they’re not the majority shows your colossal lack of civic engagement and education. Democrats could pressure federal judges to put injunctions on Trump’s executive orders that go directly against the Constitution.
The Democrats had a year and a half to prepare for this contingency and they were so convinced that they couldn’t possibly lose that they literally didn’t think a plan for if they lost was necessary. Now they’re saying we’re powerless and it’s not their fault. Yeah it’s not the Democrats fault Trump is back in power, but it’s their problem. They just won’t do anything because their elite donors don’t want them to.
What bill? Most of the bullshit in the executive branch is Trumps executive orders. The only noteworthy bill I know of is the federal budget, which delaying (although I think they should delay it rather than sign off on medicaid cuts) would just make it easier for DOGE to gut and defund every government program.
We absolutely do need to be going door to door convincing people that voting for fascism is harming their livelihoods.