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During their protest of Russell Vought’s confirmation, Senate Democrats sounded the alarm about Vought’s role in drafting Project 2025 and his support for vastly expanding the power of the president.

Vought, said Wisconsin senator Tammy Baldwin at 10:30 pm eastern time on Wednesday, “has openly called for the president to defy congress and take control of federal funding decisions that are constitutionally vested in the legislative branch.”

Schiff accused the Trump administration of unlawfully attempting to break down the separation of powers and said Vought would play a role in aiding that effort.

“This is an effort to try to consolidate power, all the power of this government, in the hands of Donald Trump and a few of his hand-picked very wealthy, billionaire friends,” said California Democrat Adam Schiff.

    • UsernameHere@lemy.lolEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Nah, they just cater to their corporate donors and folks that would never vote for them.

      Because of Citizens United, this is a necessary evil. You either get donors or you lose from lack of funding.

      Look at the progressives that lost recently because AIPAC out funded their competition.

      Voters had to chose between two candidates, one on the left and one on the right. Voters chose the one on the right. Meaning not enough leftist showed up to vote.

      Leftist don’t show up to vote > voters chose the option furthest right > leftists learn nothing, blame democrats and do it again next cycle.

        • UsernameHere@lemy.lolEnglish
          12·
          2 months ago

          And giving people the choice between center right and far-right doesn’t motivate voters.

          That choice was made by the voters.

            • UsernameHere@lemy.lolEnglish
              11·
              2 months ago

              Why is it that progressives consistently lose elections but talk like they know how to win elections?

              If progressives know how to win better than democrats why do they keep losing elections?

              We are in an echo chamber. Downvotes on lemmy do not reflect a real world consensus on opinions.

                • UsernameHere@lemy.lolEnglish
                  12·
                  2 months ago

                  Why do Democrats talk like they can win elections but then blame voters when they lose?

                  Because they’ve won the majority of elections in the last 3 decades. They arent blaming voters when they lose. The voters that voted democrat are blaming leftists for not voting and getting Trump elected.

                  And to be honest, I don’t really even follow your post. Are Democrats not progressives? Are we agreeing that they are center right and that their base isn’t really motivated to vote for that?

                  Democrats have been moving left since Obama. Leftist didn’t show up to vote this elections because of Gaza so they got Trump elected. So now democrats need to cater to the right to increase voter turnout.