- cross-posted to:
- politics@beehaw.org
- cross-posted to:
- politics@beehaw.org
Republicans routed as Democrats gain powerful new leverage over Trump for remainder of his presidency
Democrats have regained control of the US Senate, routing Republicans nationwide with historic victories that will give them powerful new leverage over Donald Trump for the remainder of his presidency.
Democrats will soon have the ability to hold up not just Trump’s legislative agenda, but also any appointments he makes to his cabinet or the federal judiciary – including the supreme court, where conservatives have a 6-3 majority.
Let’s be real, even stymieing Trump’s agenda, which is a certainty already, is progress.
If all the D’s manage to do with a majority is stymie, the fascists have already won.
Massive investigations and the promise of criminal prosecution for all traitors and corruption are the bare minimum.
Yes, the fascists won in 2024…
D’s only have a narrow majority now. That’s only enough to reject R legislation. It’s not enough to override a veto and it’s not enough to remove him from office.
I didn’t say that they should waste time trying to remove Trump. I said investigations and the promise of executing those criminal prosecutions, so that 2028 is a referendum on prosecuting every pedophile, con artist, lobbyist, traitor, and war criminal associated with fascism; especially the ultra wealthy and their CEO’s.
The next two years should be filled with building and documenting the evidence, so that an antifascist DOJ can start excising the rot from all branches of society on day 1.
How are they gonna do that?
Pretty much everything trumps done (ICE goons, Iran war, tariffs) he’s done through executive power. He hasn’t gotten congressional approval for any of it and the only ones who can make him do that is the supreme court which is still GOP controlled.
The only thing he got passed was the big beautiful bill and congress can’t repeal that while trump still has the veto.