Organizers Report Longtime ‘Loyal’ Dem Voters Fed Up With Party’s Inaction as Trump 2.0 Takes Hold

https://www.commondreams.org/news/democrats-prepared-to-oppose-trump-s-unqualified-cabinet-picks

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  2. Aside from AOC and Bernie the democratic leaders seem oblivious to the fury in their base.

    Stop pussyfooting around and obstruct already! Show that you understand what is happening! Give us hope!

    Aside: If Senator Whitehouse, one of the best of the good guys, approves RFK I will lose all hope.

  3. I’m sure Democrats will try something, just as soon as the unelected parliamentarian approves it.

  4. All the democrats had and have to do is vote no on everything. Literally everything. But no, can’t even do that

  5. Well How about they stop knee caping young, up and coming, possible future party leaders

  6. I’m so glad we’re coming to this realization after we’ve already lost democracy to a fascist. Maybe if this generation of democrats is still alive after the decades of pain and suffering MAGA inflicts on us, we can land on a good candidate!

  7. No fucking shit

    Why don’t the democrats just let Pelosi inside trade a couple more times for good measure like her GOP colleagues and the let her go.

    Dinosaurs need to retire.

  8. Are you guys STILL going to blame Democrats for the awful shit Republicans do?

    Where did all the progressive protestors go? You know, the ones that spent months attacking Democrats over Gaza making a big show of how not voting for Democrats was a good idea. Where are they? Where did they go? Now that Trump won, the people that made it crystal clear they weren’t going to vote for Democrats want the party to save them?

    Fuck off. I’m a Democrat, and I vote and support Democrats. This country needs to lie in the bed it made for itself, sorry. There is nothing Democrats can do anyway because Americans CHOSE to give them no power. So, sit back, and enjoy finding out. Next time, VOTE BLUE! Stop with the attacks on Democrats because you don’t like how Republicans govern.

  9. Folks, I don’t know what you want.

    Half of you want a revolution. Half of you think we’re gonna magically get our way out of this.

    Either way: Democrats got no power so they can’t fucking do shit. This talking point stinks and it needs to move on.

  10. Inaction???? What inaction

    Madam Pelosi has been working tirelessly to ensure long term congresscritters have plum committee leadership positions…

  11. Ever watch the Harlem Globetrotters walk all over that team in yellow and green… What’s their name?

    The Washington Generals. That’s it.

    The Democrats are the Washington Generals, just meaningless opponents there to be a foil for Republicans.

  12. They need to be rebuilding the party and start messaging it seems like they have given up. They have lost the corporate and wealthy donors and now they do not know what to do. My guess is they will go further to the right to chase the billionaire money while abandoning the left. I am done no more voting for moderates because it’s the only choice offered.

  13. Why are they calling democrats? They didn’t vote for them when they could.

  14. >’The job of the opposition is quite literally to oppose,’ he [Josh Marshall] added, ”Get to it.’

    Democrats in Congress as well as state legislatures, are you listening?

    >It would really be cool if we had a party of principled and authentic leaders capable of acting like an opposition party without us constantly yelling at them!

    Amen!!!

  15. Seriously.

    I don’t care if you’re far left, progressive, center left, etc., if you’re not fighting the good fight, go home.

  18. Democratic voters were fed up before the election. That’s why they didn’t show up.

  19. Maybe loyal dem voters need to be mad at the rest of the voting public. I know I am.

    Stop expecting “the party” to save us. That’s gross.

  20. Other countries are protesting trump before we are. You wonder why we have an oligarchy, because every single time the ruling class says “hey, we are going to make society more unequal and you will suffer more”, the response from the average american is either “meh” or “that wont happen”.

  21. Hey Dems, you want my enthusiastic vote? GET FOCKING ANGRY. I want representation that will fight for me. No more reaching across the aisle. No more bipartisanship. No truce with nazis.

    The democrats lost this election because they didn’t have the (insert primary sex organ of your choice) to fight.

  22. So somehow this is the democrats fault? Because they are not magically saving people from their horrible choices when they chose this? Are all of you insane? You either didn’t vote or chose the other candidate and this is what happens – they can get every candidate they want through. The last election was your chance if you wanted something different and many in this sub and probably the ones in the article didn’t show up! I do not care how many times AOC or Bernie go on interviews as this is performative BS that means nothing! Get out there and do something more than social media. You don’t like this then get up and vote and grab others and get them to also vote. How is it that Black people can consistently show up for dem candidates, but no one else can?

  23. Fuck. Off.

    Trump was democratically elected by the American people. Stop blaming democrats for the actions of republications and non-voters.

  24. “The Democrats we didn’t elect aren’t opposing the Trump agenda with power they don’t have”

  25. This could be a boon for the USA: Establishing a third political party in a meaningful way.

  26. I was fed up when Sinema and Manchin killed the entirety of Biden’s presidency. I mean the guy was literally doing what he was elected to do, and these two senators took that agenda and put it in the trash by trying to “appeal to the middle”. What a idiotic way to read a room, right? And at the end, no voting rights legislation, no healthcare reform, no labor reform, no solutions for student loans crisis… the 2 clowns didn’t even continue their political careers, They just trashed Biden’s legacy and then quit. So yeah, I’m fed up with the democrats inaction.

  28. I’m definitely fed up and damn near convinced at this point that our only salvation is a third party with a focused message on improving the lives of working class people.  

  29. Obvious now that the majority, like 99%, of all the politicians are owned & controlled by corporations.

  31. I agree with the frustration these people are feeling. But here’s the uncomfortable truth: many of these outcomes were chosen by voters. Yes, the largest bloc of eligible adults didn’t vote at all, but at some point, we have to acknowledge that elections have real-world consequences.

    We keep asking Democrats to swoop in and save us—to reverse bad policies or block destructive agendas—but that’s not sustainable. How can we expect progress if we stay home on Election Day or vote for candidates who openly undermine the very things we claim to care about?

    If you skipped voting when you had the chance, or supported politicians whose actions are now harming communities, this IS the reality check. Elections aren’t abstract exercises; they shape lives. Maybe letting these consequences play out *will* serve as a wake-up call. If people finally see the fallout of disengagement or self-defeating votes, perhaps future elections will be taken seriously.

    This isn’t about gloating—it’s about accountability. We can’t keep treating democracy like a spectator sport. If you want change, show up. If you want better leaders, vote like it matters. Because it does.

    Just asking the Dems to save us every time we let the GOP take over and fuck everything up is getting old. Lets see some consequences for once. And maybe people will wake up, if we can still vote when this is all over that is.

  32. It’s the old saying: Democrats are bad at governing, and Republicans hate the government.

  33. We elected Biden in 2020 for two reasons: Get control of Covid, and Punish Trump/ MAGA.

    He did a great job with Covid, but completrly abdicated his responsibility regarding Trump. He should habe been more hands on with Garland, and ignored the crybaby whines from the Party of Tre45on & Corruption.

    Trump and hid henchmen should have been arrested on the day after Inauguration, and held in isolation eith no access to the media, until his trials were over. He is the most prolific traitor in American history, and America’s biggest national security threat, and the American people wanted him harshly punished, but the Dems acted like the Republican criticism that it was strictly political was valid. His politics are irrelevant, he needed to be punished for his crimes.

    Biden, Garland, and the weak, spineless Democrats let America down badly, and regaining control will be very costly in ways beyond money.

  34. I, as a 71-year old lifelong Democrat, am absolutely disgusted at my party’s inaction. “Playing nice” with trump is an idiot’s game, not a strategy. Every day trump destroys elements of the progress made by Democrats toward a better America, and with a handful of notable exceptions the Democratic leadership does nothing. Why?

  35. What do you think they should be doing ? Storming the White House ?

  36. I get it hut it’s been a week.. For dems to respond to 80 crazy things

    Honestly, media needs to get back on “mental illness” and unfit.. There is no doubt

  37. Yes, because democrats who have not been in a majority are able to get republicans to do anything.

  38. Democratic Voters didn’t show up and this is what we got. There’s blame to go around.

  39. I get it, but apart from minor obstruction and lawsuits that will likely fail against rigged courts, what exactly are they supposed to do? By will of the people, they hold no real power. Are we waiting for a call to arms or something?

  40. Nothing more god damn frustrating than hearing for the last 2+ years that Trump is a danger to our democracy only for them to act like he is any normal opposition president now that he is in power again.

  41. This might be a hot take, but honestly? Let voters get what they deserve. Dems warned that voting in Trump would be the end of democracy as we know it, and voters didn’t listen and gave him control over all three branches of government.

    I think it’s time we accept the inevitable – the bad guys won. Legally and legislatively, there is nothing left to do to salvage the country. Fundamentally, Americans are too dumb and complacent to understand the threat, and will remain oblivious until shit gets really bad… so we have to let it get there.

    When people are sufficiently beaten down and pissed, THAT’S when dem politicians should channel the anger into regime change.

  42. Dems need to fund a new progressive news organization and create their own populist candidate and comms machine. They’re terrible at getting their messaging out and need to step it up.

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