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.

  • t3rmit3@beehaw.org
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    10 hours ago

    It’s not small. The Congressional Progressive Caucus is 95/215 House Democrats. It’s half the damn party.

    If they left, the Democratic Party would collapse, so it’s insane how senior Dem leaders treat them. Democratic leadership sucks at coalitions, though, or even listening to voter sentiment, so I don’t expect them to learn anything from all their recent anti-progressive actions that have been blowing up in their faces.