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Matt Laslo: 'All hands on deck': Democrats unleash new strategy to derail Trump
Matt Laslo - (archived: https://archive.ph/gaUyd ) 'All hands on deck': Democrats unleash new strategy to derail Trump
By Matt Laslo
April 13, 2025 7:18AM ET
WASHINGTON — Democrats are getting their groove back. Or, at the very least, desperately trying to.
After some party members faced heckling during recent town halls and even outright protests — including outside Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s Brooklyn home and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ district office — Democratic Party leaders are going on offense now that Congress gaveled out for lawmakers’ two-week-long Easter recess.
While an increasing number of veteran Democratic lawmakers are facing progressive primary challenges — even as calls to replace Schumer continue growing louder — party leaders are showing a new, more unified front against the president.
“I do not feel a Democratic civil war. If anything, I feel more unity in our party than I've ever felt,” Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) — who just broke the record for delivering the longest speech in Senate history — told Raw Story. “The threats of what Donald Trump is doing are so real, so urgent, that I see people working in ways and coalitions that are inspiring to me.”
The midterm elections are more than a year and a half away, but Democrats say their new strategy is about more than the next election. With House Speaker Mike Johnson controlling a mere seven-seat majority, Democrats say pressuring vulnerable Republicans now is their best chance to derail Trump’s aggressive agenda.
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By Matt Laslo
April 13, 2025 7:18AM ET
WASHINGTON — Democrats are getting their groove back. Or, at the very least, desperately trying to.
After some party members faced heckling during recent town halls and even outright protests — including outside Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s Brooklyn home and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ district office — Democratic Party leaders are going on offense now that Congress gaveled out for lawmakers’ two-week-long Easter recess.
While an increasing number of veteran Democratic lawmakers are facing progressive primary challenges — even as calls to replace Schumer continue growing louder — party leaders are showing a new, more unified front against the president.
“I do not feel a Democratic civil war. If anything, I feel more unity in our party than I've ever felt,” Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) — who just broke the record for delivering the longest speech in Senate history — told Raw Story. “The threats of what Donald Trump is doing are so real, so urgent, that I see people working in ways and coalitions that are inspiring to me.”
The midterm elections are more than a year and a half away, but Democrats say their new strategy is about more than the next election. With House Speaker Mike Johnson controlling a mere seven-seat majority, Democrats say pressuring vulnerable Republicans now is their best chance to derail Trump’s aggressive agenda.
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