Tepid, at best. The weak resistance to "the big beautiful bill" once again is a missed opportunity to show a unified [View all]
active opposition to Trump. I am not saying it could have been stopped, the GOP cowards were always going to ben the knee and pass it for Trump. However they could have dragged it out at least a day. or more longer. Slowed it down in the senate where they have more tools to gum up passage to drag it out just a bit longer. Give him a loss even with his "win". What loss? He wanted to sign it on the 4th. That's why the GOP has been scrambling. This self imposed deadline could have been beaten, even if the bill ultimately could not.
But democratic leadership in the person of Chuck Schumer decided to give him this win, yet again. But don't worry, Chuck "MADE" them change the name of the bill. I'm sure he asked some very pointed questions also. Maybe he will send a strongly worded letter as well.
I am not saying individual members haven't fought this bill strongly. But this needed leadership, strategy and coordinated messaging. Instead it seems they wanted to rely on GOP disfunction to possibly derail the passage. And the tactic failed. Again.
It seems when the GOP doesn't want something, it's a fight. A big, hard fight against the democrats have to wage with the GOP. And when the democrats don't want something, it's "pointed questions" and "strongly worded letters" and the GOP's own disfunction might, sometimes, be strong enough to stop it. But the democrats certainly aren't.
THIS is one of the big reasons why the average democrat or independent HATES democratic leadership. They are ineffective, uninspiring and weak. Look at the poles. The Democratic Party needs to have a generational change in leadership ASAP. In the mean time, Trump gets his 4th of July bill signing. Just like he wanted. And we get to eat a giant shit sandwich yet again.
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