Dems plot to use Trump's "big, beautiful bill" to oust GOP in 2026

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Axios

4 hours ago


Democrats are already vowing to make President Trump's "big, beautiful bill" a centerpiece of their strategy for taking back the House of Representatives in 2026.

Why it matters: House Democrats' campaign arm is projecting confidence that Republicans in key swing districts will take a significant political hit from voting for the legislation.

"These phony moderates all folded once – and their unwillingness to break from their D.C. Party Bosses will be the reason they lose next year," the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee said in a memo obtained by Axios.

"From now until November 2026, the DCCC will continue to communicate the harm this bill will cause," the memo says. "Republicans will lose the majority in 2026 and the Big, Ugly Bill will be the reason why."

State of play: The Senate voted 51-50 to pass the sprawling tax, border and defense package Tuesday, with Vice President JD Vance serving as the tie-breaking vote.

The vote came after a brutal, multi-day process that concluded with three Senate Republicans — Sens. Rand Paul (Ky.), Thom Tillis (N.C.) and Susan Collins (Maine) — voting with Democrats against the bill.

The bill extends the 2017 Trump tax cuts and allocates funds for border security and the military while cutting funding for Medicaid, food assistance and clean energy subsidies and tax credits.

The Congressional Budget Office has estimated the bill would add $3.3 trillion to the deficit over the next decade, but Republicans have argued that analysis fails to take into account the impact of economic growth

What they're saying: The DCCC memo points to a slew of polling over the last month that suggests the GOP legislation is deeply unpopular.

Read more: https://www.axios.com/2025/07/01/trump-democrats-big-beautiful-bill-election-2026

[PuraVidaDreamin]

1. Democrats think there is going to be a free and fair election next year.

How quaint.

[wolfie001]

4. "Ball & strikes" Roberts has already laid the groundwork for christo-fascism

We're there, I fear.

[Initech]

7. If they cancel or interfere with elections, I would consider that an act of war.

[quakerboy]

13. If this bill passes, ICE becomes a far more powerful internal army with no checks or balances

Wheres your countering to stand up to them in a war?

[Initech]

14. I don't know, but this is scary AF.

Rest of the world, you are free to liberate us from these psychopaths any time you like!

[mdbl]

8. Democrats doing the "politics as usual" stategies won't get very far.

They need to get down in the mud - otherwise Fux Nooze will smear mud all over them - whether it's true or not is irrelevant.

[slightlv]

15. You're thinking is right where I'm at, Pura...

I don't think we'll see another free and fair election in our lifetime... and it'll only happen when we have election watchers from other countries examining every nook and cranny of our election process... throwing in jail those who step one foot over the line. These cultists want an Authoritarian government? Well... let's give it to them. They've showed us how to do it. We just have to get over our temperate natures and give to them what they gave to us. I'm damned mad enough right now to be on the front line when word is given to "go"...

[Miguelito Loveless]

2. If elections are held

Dem voter suppression will be rampant, well funded, with the police helping. If they still lose the results will be invalidated.

[slightlv]

16. I think it's cute people think there'll be a Democratic party!

Or ANY party other than Rep or Rep adjacent. The Democrats have been screaming about existential damage and destruction... mostly in fund raising memos. I want to see some actual action... more than sternly worded letters. Or people may desert all the other parties, or create a new one of their own. What was done in the past seems to not matter much anymore. We couldn't even get the rigged scotus changed when we had the numbers. Why? Are we all just pawns on a chessboard? I've fought the worst migraine today than I've ever had... and I dreamed last night of dying. THIS is what I worked my entire life to achieve in retirement? I'm so much at a loss right now even primal screaming wouldn't help. Somebody on the side of good take up the just war and destroy the regime we're being made to live under.

[wolfie001]

3. Chuck Shumer getting the Dem crowd hyped up is quite painful to watch, though

I mean, let's go guys! But geez.......

[Pinback]

10. We've got 'em right where we want 'em

(image of the Statue of Liberty with an elephant’s foot on her neck)

[mahina]

5. We "plot" evidently. Not plan, not strategize, but plot.

No shade on you. OP, the headline is what the headline is, but what it is is 💩

[Buddyzbuddy]

12. Exactly, good catch. Like the Dems are doing something nefarious.

Did the Republicans "plot" to hold close door meetings in the dark of night and slip legislation secretly into the bill?

[PatSeg]

6. Yeah well, 2026 is going to be too late

for so many people. Anyone who needs medical care today may not even be around come November 2026.

[Sessuch]

9. The Dems always find a way to blow it

[choie]

11. They better start NOW!

n/t

[Bayard]

17. Every single day between now and the next election,

Dems need to scream loud and long about how this bill is hurting people in every possible forum, including Fox. Don't wait till a few months beforehand.

I think we are hearing this country's swan song right now. If we don't take back Congress, we're done.

[dalton99a]

18. ICE will be massively deployed to inhibit Dem. turnout and will be deputized as 'poll watchers'

[Javaman]

19. they still, amusingly, believe that there will be mid terms.

keeping that powder dry to never to be used and blow away.

[fshrink]

20. The more it goes, the more secession appears as an option... (nt)

[Ursus Rex]

21. L M A O are they sure that their powder is dry enough?

I mean, there could be something really bad that happens in a few days ...

They - we - lose because they look like they're triangulating and trying to fight smart instead of constantly.