Dem Leaders Finally Pushing Back?

 

Salon.com writer Nicholas Liu, looking at what's hopefully some energy on the part of Congressional Dems after several weeks of a hand-wringing, lethargic response to the Malignant Fascist's "flood the zone" attack on democracy here and abroad:

"After a series of drastic, allegedly unconstitutional moves by the White House that some courts have already declared unlawful, Democrats appear to have found some renewed energy. According to Jacovich, over 50,000 people joined a Feb. 2 organization call hosted by Indivisible, MoveOn and the Working Families Party. 

'What we saw over the course of last weekend and headed through this week is the spark that has really caught fire,' she said. 'We do not feel like we are at the peak of constituent energy yet — that is still continuing to build and grow.'

Meanwhile, the tone from congressional Democrats is shifting. Sens. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, and Chris Murphy, D-Conn., pledged to block all Trump appointees in over the administration's move to shutter the U.S. Agency for International Development — Schumer later urged the rest of his caucus to follow suit. They and several dozen other Democratic lawmakers attended a protest organized by MoveOn outside the treasury department building earlier this month, excoriating Trump and Musk for meddling in citizens' private information and usurping congressional prerogatives to make harmful cuts. But when some protesters chanted "SHUT DOWN THE SENATE" as Schumer spoke, many lawmakers shifted uncomfortably rather than join in.

To some groups' frustration, the message has sometimes been muddled by Democratic politicians reluctant to sever themselves from the party's corporate class."  (our emphasis)

Also, there's this disheartening tidbit from the article on House leadership:

"Some House Democrats, including Jeffries, are reportedly unhappy about being pushed into action. According to an Axios report, a meeting of the Steering and Policy Committee — with Jeffries in the room — turned into a grievance-airing session over the outside groups.

'People are pissed,' one senior House Democrat told Axios about the calls their offices have been receiving, adding that Jeffries himself was 'very frustrated.'" (our emphasis)

Sad and aggravating that our anger is directed at "being pushed into action." There's still a failure to recognize and fight the spiraling descent into fascism that the MF / Elon "Harry Bolz" Musk are pushing, with "institutionalist" Dems like Sens. Schumer and Dick Durban in 1980s fashion wanting to play nice with their MAGA counterparts, who only want to bury them. The whole article is well worth a read.

It's way past time for Dem leadership and their organizations to get real and stay real.