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Daily Mail
08-07-2025
- Politics
- Daily Mail
Democrats call for violence to counter Trump agenda and tell lawmakers to prepare to 'get shot'
Democrats have begun a full-blown freakout over their voters, who have determined they must be willing to 'get shot' and 'want blood' from their resistance to Donald Trump. The party, completely out of any institutional power in the wake of Trump's resounding win in November, remains directionless has it heads toward the 2026 midterms, with polls showing their approval with their own voters at rock bottom. Now, they're fearful that their voters may have taken their hatred of Trump too far, telling them to potentially bend the law or even resort to violence to resist the president. 'Our own base is telling us that what we're doing is not good 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 Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, 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 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 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 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, 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. 'We've got people who are desperately wanting us to do matter what we say, they want [more],' said Illinois Congressman Brad Schneider (pictured), who says he's desperately tried to beat back voters who want yet another impeachment of Trump '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 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.
Fox News
07-07-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
Hakeem Jeffries tells 'The View' ICE is going after 'law-abiding immigrant families'
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Monday during an interview on "The View" that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was going after "law-abiding immigrant families," and didn't dismiss calls from other members of his party to defund it. "The View" co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin pressed Jeffries on whether he supported calls to defund ICE and if it was an effective message for Democrats heading into the 2026 midterms. "Well, I definitely think that we need aggressive oversight as it relates to the overly aggressive behavior that we're seeing from ICE, from the Department of Homeland Security," he told the hosts. "Donald Trump and Republicans promised to go after violent felons, but instead they're going after law-abiding immigrant families. And in fact, in some cases, deporting American citizens and children, some with cancer. And America is better than this, and that's the reality," Jeffries continued. Jeffries also responded to a question from co-host Ana Navarro, who pressed him on what he would say to Latinos who feel hopeless about the Trump administration's immigration policies. "We are seeing sort of an unprecedented flood of extremism being unleashed on the American people and it's happened from the very beginning," he said of Trump. "But I think we can never lose hope in the resilience of the American people to face turbulence, and this is an incredibly turbulent moment, but to power our way through it and to come out stronger on the other side. It's not to say it's going to be easy. It will be challenging, but I still believe in the fundamental goodness of the American people," Jeffries added. Jeffries said it was important to secure the border, but also said Congress needed to fix the broken immigration system. He told the co-hosts, "As House Democrats, our view is that while we work on making sure that the border can remain secure, while we work to fix our broken immigration system, we also are going to stand up for dreamers, farm workers and for law-abiding immigrant families at all times."
Yahoo
07-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Trump Officials Are Doing Everything They Can To Obscure The Actual Fallout Of His Tax Bill
In interviews on Sunday, Trump officials did everything they could to downplay the Medicaid cuts in his massive tax bill, given the electoral backlash Republicans could face. During an appearance on CNN's 'State of the Union,' Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent suggested that Democrats were trying to 'infantilize the poor' by raising concerns that new work requirements for Medicaid would be burdensome and result in people losing their benefits. And during an interview on CBS's 'Face the Nation,' National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett denied that many people would lose health coverage at all. 'There are no change in benefits. There's a change in requirements to get the benefit,' said Bessent. 'The idea that it's going to cause a massive hemorrhaging of insurance doesn't make a lot of sense to us,' said Hassett. Trump officials' efforts come as members of their own party have warned about the price the GOP could pay for this legislation in the 2026 midterms due to the popularity of Medicaid and the polarizing nature of the cuts. Work requirements are typically more popular, though support for them declines after people learn that most recipients are already working, and that these policies can increase administrative costs. According to an estimate from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, the tax bill is set to have a devastating impact on as many as 11.8 million people, who could lose their health insurance. The newly established work requirements — which require many able-bodied adults to provide proof that they're working, volunteering or going to school for 80 hours a month – are expected to push people who don't meet these standards off these benefits and make it harder for people who do to prove their eligibility. That policy has some exemptions, including for parents of younger children, people with disabilities, and for pregnant people. One major challenge raised by the new work requirements in the tax bill is that they will make it more complicated for recipients to access Medicaid by adding to the red tape people will have to go through to prove their eligibility. 'While work requirements do not reliably increase employment, they do significantly increase the administrative burden and costs of applying for safety net programs,' a memo from the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute previously explained. Gig economy workers who have unpredictable hours, as well as people who provide caregiving for adult family members, are also among those who might not meet the work requirements. Bessent countered that he believed that 'poor agency' and that to ask them to 'register twice a year for these benefits is not a burden.' People could also lose coverage under Affordable Care Act plans because pandemic-era subsidies that help cover the cost of insurance plans are set to expire, though they could still be renewed by the end of the year. 'The bill would [also] increase [ACA] verification requirements and would effectively end automatic reenrollment,' both factors that would make it harder to get and keep coverage, CNN reports. Hassett dodged a question on the subsidies during his appearance on 'Face the Nation' and went on a tangent about the taxes that hospitals face. 'I think nobody's going to lose their insurance,' he concluded despite the analysis that suggests otherwise.
France 24
05-07-2025
- Business
- France 24
Elon Musk announces creation of his new ‘America Party'
A day after asking his followers on X whether a new U.S. political party should be created, Elon Musk said on Saturday that the "America Party is formed." "By a factor of 2 to 1, you want a new political party and you shall have it!" he said in a post on X. "Today, the America Party is formed to give you back your freedom." The announcement from Musk comes after President Donald Trump signed a tax-cut and spending bill into law on Friday, which the billionaire chief executive officer of Tesla fiercely opposed. Musk spent hundreds of millions on Trump's re-election and led the Department of Government Efficiency under the Trump administration aimed at slashing government spending, but the two have since fallen out over disagreements about the bill. Trump earlier this week threatened to cut off the billions of dollars in subsidies that Musk's companies receive from the federal government. Musk said previously that he would start a new political party and spend money to unseat lawmakers who supported the bill. Republicans have expressed concern that Musk's on-again, off-again feud with Trump could hurt their chances to protect their majority in the 2026 midterm congressional elections.
Yahoo
04-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
DNC revamps messaging, says Trump is 'killing the American dream' through price hikes, 'big beautiful bill'
FIRST ON FOX — The Democratic National Committee (DNC) on Friday launched a new campaign accusing President Donald Trump of "killing the American dream"through price hikes, market volatility and the GOP-backed megabill passed by Congress. Party officials plan to lean heavily on the message in the months ahead as they work to broaden their appeal and regain momentum ahead of the 2026 midterms. The DNC's messaging campaign, previewed exclusively to Fox News Digital, seeks to tie Trump directly to recent price hikes on consumer goods, such as groceries and baby food, as well as cost of living increases and insurance costs, which they argue will soar under the so-called "big beautiful bill." "America should be the land of opportunity but under Donald Trump, the American dream is dying," they said Friday in an email previewed by Fox News. The campaign will feature new memos and ads under the broader mantle of the "Trump killing the American dream" campaign, which is slated to run through December. Judges V Trump: Here Are The Key Court Battles Halting The White House Agenda Read On The Fox News App The initiative is part of the DNC's broader upheaval of its messaging in the wake of the 2024 elections, which saw longtime Democrat voting blocs, including some minority voters and young people, shift towards Trump and the Republican Party. This includes Hispanic voters, whose support for Trump nearly broke even with former Vice President Kamala Harris in 2024, according to exit poll data, as well as larger shares of registered Independent voters and young voters. The new messaging strategy unveiled Friday focuses largely on what Democrats argue is the daylight between Trump's campaign trail promises, contrasting his pledge to return America to a "golden age," with the situation for many working-class Americans. Trump's Ultimatum To Federal Workers: Return To Office 'Or Be Terminated' It highlights expected cuts to Medicaid, food assistance programs and other community-based housing affordability programs that stand to be reduced, if not altogether eliminated, by the Republican spending bill. "After ramming Trump's [budget bill] through Congress, one thing is abundantly clear: Republicans own this mess, and it's an albatross around their necks heading into the midterms," DNC Chair Ken Martin told Fox News Digital. "This is the least popular legislation in modern history, and the more voters learn about it the more they hate it. That's a clear directive for Democrats — we're going to make sure every single voter knows who is responsible for taking away their healthcare, food, hospitals, and nursing homes." That message is expected to be a central Democratic theme through 2026. Party officials say they're now better positioned to make their case to voters — and that the American people, in return, are more willing to listen to them. The launch comes on the heels of the party's "Organizing Summer" campaign, aimed at boosting Democratic operations in battleground states. The DNC has ramped up state-level funding, voter registration and volunteer recruitment — drawing more than 15,000 volunteers to date. Officials say they will continue to hammer their message hard in the run-up to 2026, including in 35 Republican-held congressional seats the Democratic Party's House campaign arm has identified as "districts in play" in the 2026 election cycle, or areas where they could find a path to winning back the House majority. Friday's launch is not the first time the DNC has tried to tie Trump to economic pain — but past efforts have had limited success. It remains unclear whether this latest push will resonate with Independents and Republicans, who delivered sweeping victories for Trump and the GOP in 2024, especially as the economy shows signs of resilience. Just Thursday, the Labor Department reported the U.S. added 147,000 jobs in June — blowing past expectations — while unemployment ticked down to 4.1%. However, DNC officials insist the economic situation has changed as a result of tariff threats, volatility and unpopular legislation they see as a new opportunity to break through to voters who may have been less receptive in previous elections. They point to a Congressional Budget Office analysis which estimates the spending bill backed by Trump will increase federal deficits by roughly $2.4 trillion over 10 years and have a knock-down impact on working-class Americans, who could see a spike in insurance costs, housing prices, and cuts to Medicaid, SNAP and education programs, including Pell grants. They also cite projections that the bill could eliminate 1.2 million jobs by 2029. "Let's be clear: The Trump administration has taken aim at the very things that make America the greatest country in the world," party officials said. "Americans are overwhelmingly rejecting his agenda, rife with buyers' remorse. Democrats are standing with the American people, organizing everywhere, and fighting back — in Congress, in the courts, and on the ground in states across the country." Fox News Digital has reached out to the White House and Republican National Committee for article source: DNC revamps messaging, says Trump is 'killing the American dream' through price hikes, 'big beautiful bill'
