Yeah idk why this wasn’t common sense the second we realized we were nearing 260 House seats and 56 Senate seats.
Pass our own bill, and Trump gets to either sign it or veto it. He deals with the consequences of vetoing a bill that will have broad industry and Dem support.
New: @RepAOC speaks on the permitting reform bill, appears to agree with @JaredHuffman on waiting.
"As soon as we're looking at two Democratic chambers in the House and the Senate that can negotiate much more favorable conditions, now Republicans want to move this," she told me.
The fact that @ChrisVanHollen has credibility with the left and with the mainstream of the Dem party is exactly why he's a great fit for leadership. None of us have forgotten how he fought for Kilmar Abrego Garcia when it wasn't safe or popular and worked to expose war crimes against Palestinians. He's also been a leading voice against the atrocities in Sudan. In other words he's showed actual character and leadership. Exactly what's needed.
YouGov Blue poll | 11/7-11/9
Now that Democrats will control the Senate, should Senate Democrats choose Chuck Schumer to be Majority
Leader, or choose someone else?
Someone else 57%
Chuck Schumer 10%
Link to poll: https://t.co/N5dJbWpjQC
Sen. John Fetterman says he’ll vote for Chuck Schumer to remain Senate Democratic leader:
“I absolutely stand with Schumer. I’m going to vote for Schumer.”
“I can’t imagine why you would vote for someone like Van Hollen with no record of doing anything.”
Don Leonard isn't DSA. He's a frontline Dem who flipped a heavily Trump district.
The fact that Hakeem is threatening him, and thus threatening the Dem majority, is a total non-starter for leader.
It's a slap in the face of everyone who worked so hard for this blue wave.
What people fundamentally misunderstand about the Schumer situation is that the backlash to him is not left vs center. This isn’t even really a factional battle. People across the ideological spectrum have lost faith that Schumer is even interested in fight back against Trump.
@HellcatBruce It Biden hadn’t been run out Trump would have won by even more, running old and ineffective politicians out of office is what the voters want.
A leader who can’t get their caucus to show up for work is not a leader capable of being an effective Speaker of the House.
@AyannaPressley would be a phenomenal choice. She campaigned in the South (incl. in Florida for Angie) and represents where the Democratic Party should be.
I'm so sorry but Hakeem @RepJeffries claiming to be able to deliver accountability over the past week and then LITERALLY FAILING TO HAVE HIS CAUCUS PRESENT TO IMPEACH HEGSETH is **INSANE**
Who is still making the argument that Hakeem Jeffries is an effective leader??
Part of the Speaker’s job is to whip votes, he couldn’t even whip every democrat to *show up* to the vote to impeach Pete Hegseth!
How can he possibly lead us against Trump for the next two years?
Republicans have been flooding the zone with lawlessness, cruelty, & corruption.
And Democrats have a mandate to match their energy—boldly & unapologetically.
It's not enough to be the adults in the room. We have to prove that we are the FIGHTERS in the room.