For any DU'ers who even occasionally doubt that Democrats are doing enough -- Democrats are doing enough.

[pat_k]

183. Yes. There is lots to applaud.... and still we must push for more.

It is a learning curve. "We're in the minority" is legislator thinking. Many are getting on the stick, but many are not. They need to be thinking about how to use what they have. They have comms operations they can deploy in new and creative ways. They have the power of their voices. They can hold hearings in a tent in front of Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building. They can hold hearings in a tent in front of the Hubert H. Humphrey Building, the headquarters of DHHS. They can hold hearings in front of the headquarters of the DHS.

Perhaps the most effective thing they could do right now is find common ground on a set of the most egregious violations and issue a joint U.S. Senate / U.S. House declaration of condemnation. A declaration of independence from the corrupt 47 regime.

Sure. We are a diverse party, and perhaps they wouldn't include all the offenses your or I would include. But I CANNOT IMAGINE a world where the people we have elected to represent us as Democrats can't come to consensus in declaring a set of acts as criminal violations against the nation, against the four freedoms, and against the values that we hold as global citizens.

Having every Democrat (and perhaps even a Republican or two who recognizes the tide is turning) -- almost half the House and Senate -- sign on to such a statement would be an incredibly powerful message to the nation, and to the world, that WE OBJECT.

When Simon Rosenberg first pointed out the importance of such a declaration, I've done my little bit to lobby for this and encourage others to pester their Rep and Senators.

I do not understand what the resistance is, but I firmly believe we MUST elicit objections from our Rep and Senators and counter their rationalizations for inaction.

If we cannot get the Democrats we elected to the U.S. House and U.S. Senate to release a clear, simple, statement of the crimes against us by July 4, 2026, then nothing anyone can point to will convince me they are "doing enough."