Democrats accused of urging violence against Trump agenda

Daily Mail​

08-07-2025

Democratic voters are asking their representatives to exhibit more violence while resisting Donald Trump's agenda - with some even suggesting lawmakers prepare to 'get shot.' The party - reeling in the wake of Trump's November victory - heads toward the 2026 midterms with polls showing their own voters are unhappy with their performance.
Now, liberal politicians fear Trump haters are urging them to bend the law and even resort to violence in a desperate attempt to resist the president. 'Our own base is telling us that what we're doing is not good enough...there needs to be blood to grab the attention of the press and the public,' an anonymous Democrat lawmaker admitted. The voters' solutions: follow Newark Mayor Ras Baraka and New Jersey Rep. LaMonica McIver (pictured), who both put themselves in legal trouble to visit an ICE detention facility.
However, another anonymous liberal told Axios that even that wouldn't be enough, with one saying 'civility isn't working' and to man up for 'violence.' 'Some of them have suggested...what we really need to do is be willing to get shot.' 'The expectations aren't just unreal. They're dangerous,' said one more.
While House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (pictured) is being savaged for poorly photoshopped promo pictures and even posting holding a baseball bat, some Dems worry there's nothing they can do to satiate their base, which they say is 'white, well-educated and live in upscale' neighborhoods. 'We've got people who are desperately wanting us to do something...no matter what we say, they want [more],' said Illinois Congressman Brad Schneider, who says he's desperately tried to beat back voters who want yet another impeachment of Trump. One thing they hear consistently is that they want the Democrats to get down and dirty and try to beat what they see as Republicans' own game. 'This idea that we're going to save every norm and that we're not going to play [Republicans'] game...I don't think that's resonating with voters anymore,' another anonymous Congressmember said. Another added that when voters 'who are angry don't accept that. They're angry beyond things,' with yet another comparing how they feel to 'the Roman Coliseum.'
Ro Khanna (pictured), a California Congressman who ranks as one of their more outspoken progressives, went against the grain, preaching the need for pragmatism. 'The most effective pushback to Trump's unconstitutional actions is to model a reverence for the Constitution and the rule of law,' he said. The Democrats believe that their voters' attitude will keep Donald Trump in power. Khanna added: 'Not only would that be a gift to Donald Trump, not only would it make the job of Republicans in Congress easier if we were all mired in legal troubles...[we are] a group that is disproportionately people of color, women, LGBTQ people — people who do not fare very well in prison.'
Just months ago, approval of the Democratic Party hit a brutal record low as Democrats are split over how to take on President Donald Trump in the first few months of his second term, new polling finds. Among Americans overall, the Democratic Party's favorability rating stands at just 29 percent, CNN found. It's the lowest favorability the party has seen since CNN first started conducting its polling back in 1992. It's also a 20 point drop in approval since Trump left office more than four years ago at which time approval of the Democratic party was 49 percent. It's also a ten point drop from just before the November election.
At the same time, a new NBC News poll released Sunday similarly found only 27 percent of voters had a positive view of the Democratic Party. That was the lowest positive rating in NBC News polling history dating back to 1990. The CNN polling released in March was conducted just days before ten Senate Democrats joined with their Republican colleagues in a vote to advance a stopgap spending bill to avoid a government shutdown in a move that has deeply divided the party even further.
Some Democrats are now calling for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (pictured) to step down as a Democratic Party leader while others have said he should be challenged when he's next up for reelection in 2028. The record low approval of the Democratic Party has been driven by increased dissatisfaction from within, the CNN polling found. Just 63 percent of Democrats or Democratic-leaning Independents had a favorable view of their own party, a drop from the 72 who had a favorable view of their party in January and 81 percent when President Biden took office. Democrats are also torn over the direction of their party should take, the polling found.
Among Democratic-aligned adults, 52 percent said that the party leadership is taking the party in the wrong direction while 48 percent said they are taking the party in the right direction. At the same time, a growing number of Democrats want the party leadership to do more to stop the Republican agenda as Trump barrels through the first two months of his second term.
The polling found 57 percent believe the party should do more to stop the GOP agenda while just 42 percent believe party leadership should work with Republicans. CNN noted that is a dramatic shift from Democrats' views nearly eight years ago. A September 2017 poll from Trump's first term found 74 percent of Democrats believed their party should try to work with Republicans.