Media….
Town Halls….
Protests…
Social Media…
Law Suits….
State Actions….
A coming Federal Spending Budget….
It’s COMING….
At the same time, a coalition of Democratic state attorneys general is methodically filing lawsuits against Trump’s orders, and in six out of seven cases, it has been successful in persuading judges to halt them. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the Democratic Governors Association and liberal groups are seeing a surge in fundraising. And Democratic members of Congress are seizing on a budget clash as an opportunity to coalesce against the president’s plans.
Little by little, after an initial phase of stunned confusion, the broader resistance to Trump is beginning to wake up.
“There is a lot more anger building, such that we are seeing in deep-red Republican-held districts that people are coming out,” said Faiz Shakir, Sanders’s chief political adviser. “They are surprising those [Republican] members of Congress who don’t expect that when they try to defend Elon Musk they will get aggressive booing. You couldn’t manufacture this if you tried.”…
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Democrats are also trying to make inroads in districts held by Republicans. Close to a million federal workers live in red states, party strategists say. Martin recently visited states including Missouri and Texas, meeting with farmers and labor leaders.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-New York) has advised his members not to “swing at every pitch” as Trump fires off dozens of controversial actions to keep opponents off balance. Rather, Jeffries has urged members to keep the conversation focused on high costs.
“Republicans’ biggest 2024 asset — the false promise that they would stand up to the rich establishment and deliver lower prices on ‘Day One’ — can become the liability that discredits them in 2025 and 2026,” said Democratic strategist Andrew Bates, who was a spokesman for the Biden White House….
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Polls suggest that some Americans are beginning to sour on Trump’s initiatives, with particular frustration aimed at Musk, an unpopular, swaggering figure who recently wielded a chainsaw at a conservative gathering to showcase his cost-cutting moves.
In a recent Washington Post-Ipsos poll, 48 percent of respondents said they opposed what the president has done so far while 43 percent said they supported it. Strong opponents outnumbered strong supporters 37 percent to 27 percent.
Other indicators also suggest an awakening buyer’s remorse, if a limited one so far. House and Senate offices report their switchboards are being swamped by upset callers. Progressive and Democratic groups say their contributions are on the rise.
But if the resistance ignited instantly during Trump’s first term, this time it is coalescing more slowly. Musk’s efforts, especially the funding freeze that was rescinded on Jan. 29 after provoking a furor, appeared to be a galvanizing moment….
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