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The key to punishing Trump? Timing. [View all]
Because most Americans most of the time have something better to do than pay attention to politics, only now is it starting to dawn on many of them that this really is how things are going to be for a while. Until the Democrats take the US House in 2026, this is it.
And they don’t like it. I have seen numerous videos taken at town hall meetings with Democratic congresspeople in which their constituents seem to be in a state of shock and disbelief, as if they truly cannot believe that the president is hacking away at government services, raising the already high cost of living, and generally breaking the law.
“I will not live in an authoritarian country,” one of them said, with her heart on her sleeve. “You can do more. Think outside the box.
“He needs to be impeached!”
To that I say huzzah!
But the problem is the Democrats, as the minority party, can’t do anything. The other problem? People who don’t pay attention to politics, because they have something better to do, don’t know the Democrats can’t do anything. This puts the party in a bind: between being unable to do anything and being accused of doing nothing.
And they don’t like it. I have seen numerous videos taken at town hall meetings with Democratic congresspeople in which their constituents seem to be in a state of shock and disbelief, as if they truly cannot believe that the president is hacking away at government services, raising the already high cost of living, and generally breaking the law.
“I will not live in an authoritarian country,” one of them said, with her heart on her sleeve. “You can do more. Think outside the box.
“He needs to be impeached!”
To that I say huzzah!
But the problem is the Democrats, as the minority party, can’t do anything. The other problem? People who don’t pay attention to politics, because they have something better to do, don’t know the Democrats can’t do anything. This puts the party in a bind: between being unable to do anything and being accused of doing nothing.
https://www.alternet.org/alternet-exclusives/punishing-trump/
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