"Trump resistance movement" and "Democratic party" are not necessarily synonymous.

[lees1975]

https://signalpress.blogspot.com/2025/04/trump-resistance-movement-and.html

One of the observations that became a little bit clearer and more focused following Saturday's massive anti-Trump, anti-Musk, anti-GOP rallies is the fact that the Democratic party is not in the lead when it comes to this movement, and while most Democrats are part of the resistance and opposition to what is, after just 77 days, a miserably failing Presidency, the two things, which I will identify as the "Trump Resistance Movement," and the "Democratic party," are not necessarily the same thing.

Some Democrats, those who have also been baffled and frustrated by the irresolute stumbling of their party leadership, were an active part of the Saturday protests and rallies. Of course, with so many different locations, it's hard to tack the involvement of everyone who was out there. But from accounts I've read, most of the speakers were activists, authors, local leaders who aren't necessarily office holders. The Democrat who represents the state legislative district in Illinois, where I live, didn't even show up at a rally.

So, while it is difficult to imagine the Democratic party as part, but not the whole, of a Trump opposition movement, that's exactly where we are. And in order to defeat Trump, getting him out of the White House by whatever non-violent, constitutional means is possible, even forceful public opinion that convinces enough Republicans to force his resignation, it's probably going to take more than the Democratic party leadership is actually willing to do, in the long run, to bring this about. Democrats didn't use the tools they had available to them when they had the power in their hands, not to stop Trump, not even to save their holy grail, Roe v. Wade. Now that they don't have the tools, they've turned to fundraising appeals using this as a backdrop.

This is a grassroots movement. It's the evidence of a landslide election the Democratic party could have won if it had stuck to, and clearly communicated its message. It's the sign of a political shift that is coming, one that may eventually be identified as the Democratic party, but with a new set of leaders. Attempts to let the focus get distracted off into side issues won't be allowed by this movement. The Democrats can't advance their complicated policy platform now, anyway, so the focus must remain on the most effective course of action, and that is stopping Trump from completely demolishing the country.