Last weekend, Democratic leaders gathered in Washington, D.C. to elect a new leader on the Democratic National Committee. The new Trump administration has already trampled on the rights of American citizens, removing the watchdog, destroying alliances, rewinding the US government’s commitment to equality, and no further interests have risen. And did the party have lost the White House and the Senate and can’t seize the house, and was there any change in the air? no. DNC members promoted the committee vice -chair to the chair and maintained many senior leaders.
As Trump overturns all democratic norms in existence, Democrats are doubling the status quo and seniority to the disadvantages of both the party and the country.
Given the party’s reputation in ruins, the claims of continuity are bewildering.
In the Senate, Democratic leaders have remained unchanged in almost a decade. That leadership response to the Trump administration’s first two weeks has hardened at best. We have issued a joint memo with Republican Chuck Grassley, a small number of Whip Dick Durbins. The administration’s fundraising freeze (which leads to this funny responsibility from Seth Myers) and third-place Democrat, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, boasting on the inauguration limousine with Trump. The New York Times begged Schumer and Senate Democrats to push back more forcefully against the new administration, from Tim Waltz in Minnesota to Laura Kelly in Kansas to Andy Beshear in Kentucky. He reported that he had done so.
In the House, things are slightly better. At the start of the final meeting, the top three Democratic leadership positions changed hands (and unlike Senate counterparts, House Democrats won this cycle). However, in December, House Democrats voted against a bid to become a top Democrat on Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s key oversight committee, despite the prompting of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. I did it. The Democrat Caucus has put her aside in support of 74-year-old Rep. Jerry Connolly, who has just been diagnosed with cancer.
Given the party’s reputation in ruins, the claims of continuity are bewildering. A recent New York Times/Ipsos poll found that many view Democrats’ priorities as not in contact with their priorities. In a Kinipiac University poll last month, 57% of respondents had a detrimental view of Democrats. It’s the worst since Kinnipiac began asking this question in 2008. Additionally, young voters have moved sharply over the past four years. Sticking to gerontology will not bring back voters from nearly 50 years of retirement.
This is not to say that there is no sign of hope in the general disastrous reaction to President Second Trump. New DNC Chair Ken Martin has already been part of the committee for eight years, but he is considering Howard Dean’s return to the “50 State Strategy” from the mid-2000s. It’s not a new approach, but it’s a break from the current situation. The committee also had new talents selected as sub-chairs, including Malcolm Kenyatta, Artie Blanco and David Hogg.
However, it was no contrast to 2017. He then saw thousands of march against Trump in Washington. Now we are watching Senator John Fetterman march to Mar Lago and Mar Lago to express his support for Trump’s candidate. Too many Democrats have announced that they have been open to work with Elon Musk and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. And even if lawmakers began to express more anger at the administration’s latest move, they barely shunned his candidates stalling – or announced “emergency” meetings. Place it in one day.
Democratic critics argue that the resistance did not work. They were no more wrong. It led to Demes winning home in 2018, and then seizing the House of Representatives and White House. Regarding the struggle in 2024, Democrats should learn to raise new voices that are connected to new media, with more voters, especially younger Americans. Instead, they remain in what they know, but the countries we know are falling apart around us.
