{"id":8012,"date":"2025-02-22T12:35:31","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T12:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/frustrated-democrats-urge-leaders-to-show-more-fight-against-trump\/"},"modified":"2025-02-22T12:35:31","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T12:35:31","slug":"frustrated-democrats-urge-leaders-to-show-more-fight-against-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/frustrated-democrats-urge-leaders-to-show-more-fight-against-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Frustrated Democrats Urge Leaders to Show More Fight Against Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">One month after President Trump was sworn in for a second term, Democratic despair and denial are giving way to an angry message from party activists and voters to their leaders.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Do something.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Across the country, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/georgiarecorder.com\/2025\/02\/05\/protesters-at-georgia-capitol-decry-trump-policies-ranging-from-deportation-to-trans-restrictions\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">anti-Trump protests<\/a> and <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/02\/21\/politics\/rich-mccormick-georgia-trump\/index.html\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">fiery town halls<\/a> are flickering back to life. In polling, Democratic voters are <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/poll.qu.edu\/poll-release?releaseid=3919\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">venting disapproval<\/a> at congressional Democrats. And in interviews this week with voters, activists and elected officials, many said Democrats were failing to curb Mr. Trump or offer a meaningful countermessage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In an interview, Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, a Democrat, said that neither party was \u201ceffectively serving as a check on the executive branch,\u201d and offered a striking rebuke of his side of the aisle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThey are failing to address the real concerns that people have,\u201d he said when asked on Thursday about congressional Democrats\u2019 response to the early weeks of the new Trump administration.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Shapiro, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2025\/02\/13\/us\/trump-news\/999e5147-b633-56b1-8b85-6888c72098d6?smid=url-share\" title=\"\">who has filed a lawsuit<\/a> over the Trump administration\u2019s freeze of federal funding for Pennsylvania projects, added, \u201cThey\u2019re failing to do what is their fundamental responsibility constitutionally \u2014 to be a check.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The dawning reality of Republican control of the Capitol, punctuated by Mr. Trump\u2019s eagerness to smash longstanding boundaries and enact retribution on his perceived enemies, has heightened Democrats\u2019 sense of shock and outrage \u2014 and, increasingly, their frustration with their own leaders.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">None of Mr. Trump\u2019s nominees have been rejected by the Republican-controlled Senate, which early Friday also <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/21\/us\/politics\/senate-republicans-budget.html\" title=\"\">approved a G.O.P. budget plan<\/a> that would increase spending on border security and the military.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A poll <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/poll.qu.edu\/poll-release?releaseid=3919\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">this week from Quinnipiac University<\/a> found that more Democratic voters disapproved of the job that congressional Democrats were doing than approved of it. And in a <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/s3.documentcloud.org\/documents\/25539589\/cnn-poll-on-trumps-performance-so-far.pdf\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">new CNN poll<\/a>, 73 percent of Democrats surveyed said congressional Democrats were doing too little to oppose Mr. Trump.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWe need really strong voices of moral outrage, and I would like to see that. I am not seeing that,\u201d said Theresa Reid, who leads the Democratic Party in liberal Washtenaw County, Mich. \u201cAny top elected, any top Democrat. They don\u2019t have to be elected, necessarily. You know, anybody. Any national leader would be really great.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ms. Reid added: \u201cIt\u2019s risky. But my God. Don\u2019t obey in advance. Don\u2019t give up in advance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ezra Levin, a leader of the liberal group Indivisible, which has organized anti-Trump protests, said he constantly heard the question, \u201c\u2018Why aren\u2019t Democrats fighting back with everything they\u2019ve got?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">For Jessica Ruiz, 36, a Philadelphia Democrat, her disappointment in the party runs so deep that it even clouded her joy over the Eagles\u2019 Super Bowl victory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWe\u2019re able to get together and go out on the streets and celebrate a football team,\u201d she said. \u201cBut we\u2019re not able to come together and raise our voices to our city officials, state officials and government in the same manner.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Some Democrats urge patience, betting that the country\u2019s mood toward Mr. Trump will sour. For now, they face the obvious hurdle of life in the congressional minority, alongside the possibility of <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/robertgarcia\/status\/1892664373463683535?s=46&amp;t=5PRA2WBJBWYEVpcK2Lsq4Q\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">retaliation<\/a> against those who criticize Mr. Trump or his powerful ally Elon Musk.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cI really don\u2019t know what they can do,\u201d said Karen Taylor, 56, a Democrat from Mesa, Ariz. \u201cMy only hope is that people will see and get out and vote the next time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Democratic lawmakers are also divided, with some eager to battle Mr. Trump and Republicans on every front and others urging a far more selective approach.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Washington, a Democrat who <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/08\/us\/politics\/marie-gluesenkamp-perez-interview.html\" title=\"\">represents a district that Mr. Trump won<\/a>, warned against overreacting to \u201cwhatever is coming down the Twitter feed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cOur job is to build a national consensus about how we are going to address the very real problems we\u2019re facing,\u201d she said, \u201cand not alienate the voters who are going to determine the balance of power, the real legislative authority moving forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A major test of the Democratic posture toward Republicans is unfolding over a <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/14\/us\/politics\/democrats-congress-spending-budget.html\" title=\"\">spending confrontation<\/a>. In the meantime, as Democrats strain to keep up with Mr. Trump\u2019s rapid moves, they have held news conferences; taken to social media; tried to force Republicans to take damaging votes; and, in <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/power-democratic-lawmakers-take-streets-rally-opposition-trump-rcna190842\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">some cases<\/a>, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/02\/05\/senate-democrats-trump-musk-resistance-012557\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">organized protests<\/a> as they seek to cast Mr. Trump as advancing billionaires\u2019 interests at the expense of the working class.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-6\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Representative Greg Casar, a Texas Democrat who leads the Congressional Progressive Caucus, sees a chance to expand the party\u2019s appeal with a broad spectrum of voters who are uneasy with giving the ultrawealthy \u2014 like Mr. Musk \u2014 more power.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIt\u2019s not just progressive voters that are upset,\u201d he said. But, he added, \u201cfor us to encourage people to step up and fight, and put in their hours after and before work to stand up to Trump, they also need to see their elected officials coming together, treating this as the emergency that it is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In an interview, Ken Martin, the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/01\/us\/politics\/ken-martin-dnc.html\" title=\"\">new chairman<\/a> of the Democratic National Committee, said he shared the base\u2019s combative attitude. He even embraced the word \u201cresist,\u201d which has fallen out of favor with exhausted Democrats.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWe have to stand up and resist with every fiber of our being,\u201d he said. \u201cIf we\u2019re not doing that, and doing that strenuously, how in the hell are people going to believe that if they put us back in power, we would fight for them?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-7\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Beyond Washington, governors \u2014 the chief executives of their states \u2014 tend to have more leeway, and some are pushing back more assertively.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWe don\u2019t have kings in America, and I don\u2019t intend to bend the knee,\u201d Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois, a Democrat, said in a speech this week. \u201cWhen the five-alarm fire starts to burn, every good person better be ready to man a post with a bucket of water if you want to stop it from raging out of control.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But for Democratic governors, too, countering Mr. Trump is not a simple proposition. Some recall their dealings with him during his first term, when <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/trump-new-book-disaster-aid-b2064141.html\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">certain governors believed<\/a> that federal aid was conditioned on flattery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cGovernors are worried their states are going to get crushed, and trying to figure out the right balance between condemning Trump and staying on his good side,\u201d said former Representative Tom Malinowski of New Jersey, a Democrat who <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Malinowski\/status\/1892310270338322717\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">has encouraged<\/a> more forceful pushback to Mr. Trump. \u201cInevitably, they are going to offend him, and inevitably, he is going to try to crush them.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-8\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Gov. Ned Lamont of Connecticut suggested that he was trying to head off that possibility for his state by taking as many meetings as he could with Trump administration officials and Republican governors at the National Governors Association gathering this week in Washington.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cI\u2019m trying to keep my head down, so it\u2019s not like Whac-a-Mole and I\u2019m the mole,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Gov. Janet Mills of Maine briefly played the role of the mole on Friday during a White House meeting where Mr. Trump <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/21\/us\/politics\/trump-maine-governor-transgender-athletes.html\" title=\"\">attacked her stance<\/a> defending the rights of transgender people. \u201cEnjoy your life after governor,\u201d he said. \u201cI don\u2019t think you\u2019ll be in elected politics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In a statement, a group of Democratic governors denounced Mr. Trump\u2019s conduct, saying he had engaged in \u201cugly personal attacks and threats\u201d and pushed \u201cunfounded conspiracy theories.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Still, several Democratic governors plan to attend a White House dinner hosted by Mr. Trump on Saturday night. In the past, the event has led to governors\u2019 confronting presidents of both parties.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In Kansas City, Mo., Mayor Quinton Lucas, a Democrat, said that many voters had grown inured to Mr. Trump\u2019s outlandish statements.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-9\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Breaking through, he said, requires showing Americans how decisions in Washington are affecting their neighbors, rather than simply pledging to \u201cfight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">He referred to the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/QuintonLucasKC\/status\/1891262964205855013\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">cutting of a grant<\/a> for a <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kansascity.com\/news\/politics-government\/article300475599.html\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">beloved urban farming initiative<\/a> in Kansas City.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cI can spend all day saying, \u2018Oh, these norms are broken, and the department of this or that or the other is different,\u2019\u201d he said. \u201cWhen we talked about that garden, that garden run by a Black woman at the core of our city who was helping make sure that mothers have food, people are like, \u2018That\u2019s screwed up.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">J. 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