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Jeffries says Democrats are united and ready to go, but they couldn't pressure a single GOP vote on the budget.
https://signalpress.blogspot.com/2025/02/democrats-want-leaders-to-step-up-now.htmlJeffries said all the right things, demonstrates a keen awareness of the situation in the House and understands that it is a numbers game, and the numbers don't have to be big. Right now, it's three. They know what they need to do, one being stay united and on task, and two being to use public pressure to flip the votes they need when they need them. I'd like to hear a little more about the strategy being used and what will be involved, since Democrats aren't always good at communicating their message. Jeffries says the House Democrats are unified and ready.
What I didn't hear, and didn't feel was communicated, was the seriousness of the threat, distinguishing this from politics as usual, and a commitment to do whatever it takes to put a stop to what has been happening. Democrats were unified on the budget vote, but they were not able to pressure a single Republican into voting that down, in spite of the hollering and yelling and protesting that's going on in some of the Republican town meetings. What kind of effort were they making and who was responsible for getting that done? There are more than a dozen Republicans representing Congressional districts that Biden won in 2020 and 2024. How organized and how thorough is the effort to pressure those members every time some key vote comes up? Because what it looks like is that nobody thought of it until the last minute, nobody took responsibility for it and nobody did anything.
I see two options here. Either start showing some results with real pressure on those Republicans in districts where their re-election is at risk, or put some real effort into winning the three seats up for grabs in the House that will, in Democratic hands, do some real damage.
Does "willing to do all we can" also mean "willing to take risks" and placing the priority of stopping Trump above the self-interest of preserving their own seat and their own power? I didn't hear Jeffries say that.
What I didn't hear, and didn't feel was communicated, was the seriousness of the threat, distinguishing this from politics as usual, and a commitment to do whatever it takes to put a stop to what has been happening. Democrats were unified on the budget vote, but they were not able to pressure a single Republican into voting that down, in spite of the hollering and yelling and protesting that's going on in some of the Republican town meetings. What kind of effort were they making and who was responsible for getting that done? There are more than a dozen Republicans representing Congressional districts that Biden won in 2020 and 2024. How organized and how thorough is the effort to pressure those members every time some key vote comes up? Because what it looks like is that nobody thought of it until the last minute, nobody took responsibility for it and nobody did anything.
I see two options here. Either start showing some results with real pressure on those Republicans in districts where their re-election is at risk, or put some real effort into winning the three seats up for grabs in the House that will, in Democratic hands, do some real damage.
Does "willing to do all we can" also mean "willing to take risks" and placing the priority of stopping Trump above the self-interest of preserving their own seat and their own power? I didn't hear Jeffries say that.
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