Congressional Progressive Caucus chair Rep. Greg Casar (D-TX), appearing with four progressives who won in swing seats in the midterms, called for Democrats to pass populist legislation “every week” in the next term focusing on corporate corruption, lower costs, and higher wages. The Progressive Caucus, which expects to welcome at least 25 new members, and will begin the upcoming 120th Congress with more than 100, is putting down an early marker on how Democrats should conduct themselves, with what is likely to be one of the biggest House majorities since the early 1990s.
“We have won immense amounts of political power, and now is the most important time to deliver to keep that power,” said Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-FL), a vice chair of the caucus and co-chair of the CPC’s political action committee, which spent millions of dollars in swing seats this year. “The way we’re going to keep Democrats in office is by passing bold pieces of legislation that show you when you vote Democrats in office, your life will get better.”
Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), a former CPC chair who still co-chairs the PAC, concurred. “We are not popular as a Democratic Party across the country right now,” Jayapal said. “We’ve got a shot to show that we can deliver on the bold populist change people ran on and won on.”
Dear democrats, you have one job the next two years: prosecute criminals and restore order to the country.
If you don’t do this nothing you try to do will matter after that. You’re going to be blamed for everything no matter what does or doesn’t happen, you need to restore rule of law as priority number 1. If you get a dem president in 2028 that’s when your real mandate for societal change starts.
Yep the corruption must be prosecuted and rooted out or this was all for nothing. And while it’s now unlikely that Trump will be physically able to run a third time the people that have been using him to enact their ghoulish dreams will still be around if they are not dealt with
Medicare for all. Please. I can’t even live with and marry who I want because he’d lose his healthcare if I did.
I didn’t vote in the mid-terms and I was glad my optimism wasn’t misplaced because of these turnouts.
But, that doesn’t mean my feelings towards the Democrats after the kind of leanings they have shared earlier this year has budged any. They really knocked the wind out of my motivation to support them when they helped refund ICE and are considering picking foreign laws to instill into American laws.
That’s not how things should be. So if the democrats are smart this round, here’s what you should do:
Do not pass anymore funding for ICE. Just don’t.
Uphold American laws, because this is the United States, not some other nation. Change the laws that don’t make sense that Americans are clamoring to be changed, but keep the same values.
Take it to Trump and for real this time. Stop with the whole finger wagging and “ah, ah, ah” way of attitude towards him and his cronies. It’s obvious he and his administration feel that they’re above everyone, including law and order.
Any Republican-leaning who call themselves Democrats still, oust them and kick them out. They are a problem.
It’s time to undo the damage and restore faith in this country again.
Those who willingly do not participate in the civil process give up their right to complain about it (voter supression is a thing, there is a difference between able and willing) write in Batman for all we care, if you feel no options are deserving of your vote. Showing up is the important part, even if you just intend to spoil your balot.
No vote, no opinion.
That’s not for you to decide. I live in my country and I am always entitled to an opinion, whether you like it or not. Also, I’ve voted in the 2024 and 2020 elections. I also voted in the 2018 mid-terms and voted in the 2016 primaries/election. I’ll be there for 2028. So as far as I’m concerned, I have voted before.
It be more effective of an opinion if you voiced it at the ballot box instead of the soap box there bud.
You chose not to, so now you have to accept the consequences of that.
Casting you vote aside already tells us you don’t care what you have to say, so why should we?
Addition: Nice edit lol love the backpedaling.
Why should a politician care about your opinion if you’ve proven that you’re not going to do the most basic ass thing in a democracy and vote to put or keep them in office?
Why should a Democrat or Republican care if you do vote for them? They’ve already got what they wanted from you and can pretty safely assume you won’t switch parties if they do a bad job, so there’s very little incentive to do anything to rock the boat once election day is over.
They absolutely do care about votes. Most members of Congress start working on re-election as soon as they’re elected. Votes re-elect them.
A single vote usually isn’t powerful but collectively votes are extremely powerful.
Look it took one day for Democrats to declare they aren’t the opposition party and want to work with Trump. Just more proof Dems and Republicans are two sides of the same coin. When they tell (and show) you they aren’t interested in opposing Republicans, believe them. They clearly don’t give a shit about the will of the voters just as I said.
