The Democratic Opposition Should Look More Like Rep. Al Green

https://jacobin.com/2025/03/democrats-green-health-care-trump

31 comments

  1. Most Democrats were waving little paddles with lame messages, Al Green was literally standing up to Trump.

  2. What? The ‘that’s a paddling’ strategy doesn’t cut it for you?

  3. They all should have did what he did! It would have thrown trump off. One right after thee other.

  4. AOC

    Bernie Sanders

    Al Green

    Jasmine Crockett

    These people are showing them Democratic Party how to resist

  5. Idk what Mr Green represents but he stood up and that took balls. I like balls 👍

  6. 10 of them didn’t and the next day I get a fund raising email saying the DNC needs support to fight back.

  7. No they should go further right, continue to not promise ending any wars and have Liz Cheney be the nominee next time with no primary or a rigged primary. That’s the winning strategy.

  8. Jasmine Crockett has the energy you are looking for Dems.

  9. I expect the worst from the GOP but I’m angrier than ever at 99% of Dems in Congress. And the worst part is, they keep asking me for money in order to “fight” —- while they are sitting and doing nothing. 

  11. It should look like people actually voting, looking at that 40% who sat out or voted for some useless turd of a third party loser.

    Yelling and screaming is great, trust me I’m into it, but all it is is catharsis, there’s really not much legislature can do when they’re minorities in every branch, outside of lawsuits which they’re doing but we’ll see how effective that is.

    Point is anybody demanding action from Democrats better have voted for them in November, but the media makes it seem like everybody’s demanding action and we know tons of people refused to voted for them, so either this narrative being pushed doesn’t add up or people are morons who don’t understand how government works. Sadly it’s probably both.

  12. Lovin you whether, whether- times are good or bad, happy or sad..

  13. The DNC is dead. Time to take the actual left and start a new party.

  14. Democrat party is not the oppositon party. Let’s not deny this fact. They don’t oppose they play along. The sideline party. Trump is doing what he does fully knowing Democrats won’t do a thing. They might even honor him later with the Liberty Medal they way Obama and Biden did war criminal Bush.

  15. “Sorry, best we can do is photo up stunts we know will look good for our image in the distant future as we play along” -The Dem establishment

  16. It’s a fight not a discussion. Has been since the Tea Party. And yes, I think it really started with Newt Gingrich back in the 90’s. But no one remembers that time. Everyone was still in the Disillusioned Glow of Saint Ronnie.

  17. Crazy old man shaking his cane at the air? Not what I would have picked, but yeah, run with that, I’m sure it’ll go over great.

  18. Best leadership can do is some ping pong paddles.  They’d like to do more, but you know wouldn’t want to violate decorum 

  19. What opposition?

    Guys, they are all on the same team. Go after them both.

  20. It should look more like doing something to help all the people about to get shit on by Trumponomics.

  21. The Democratic Party is fucking feckless.

    What if EVERY Democrat did what Al Green did? One at a time….that would have ruined Trump’s night.

    They need to STOP trying to “play nice” and fucking fight. Our Democracy is at stake. Our liberty is at stake and some of them are more concerned about being re-elected than fighting for the people.

  22. Well he wasn’t wearing pink so I don’t understand where he was going with this.

  25. I disagree. Being loud doesn’t make a difference, just a headline. Fight dirty and knee cap their efforts with every dirty tactic you have. Make no mistake, this is war.

  26. And the Dems who voted to censure him need to be replaced.

  27. You ain’t going to get that when almost a dozen democrats sided with Trump while Green got thrown out.

  28. All he did was yell, we need a hell of a lot more than that.

  29. The democratic opposition should try to overturn citizens United and support campaign finance reform. And if that is too wonky, hammer home the corruption of this administration.

  30. Yes Hakeem Jeffries telling dems to maintain dignity and decorum is a joke.

  31. Representatives presenting themselves like Green will get my vote

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