Dems gear up for anti-Trump PR blitz to mark president’s first 100 days – Washington Examiner
Democrats in Congress are gearing up for a campaign aimed at highlighting President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office during his second term, which they describe as detrimental to American families and democracy. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has announced a series of speeches and events set to take place following a congressional recess, emphasizing the perceived failures of Trump and the Republican agenda. The Democrats are utilizing various strategies, including public demonstrations and joint press conferences, to showcase their unity and dissent against the management’s policies. These actions come amid pressure from an increasingly frustrated progressive base, as Democrats seek to assert their limited powers in a Republican-dominated congress while learning from past electoral setbacks. Schumer has pledged to continually highlight the differences between Democratic unity and Republican chaos in their responses to ongoing issues facing the nation.
Democrats gear up for anti-Trump PR blitz to mark president’s first 100 days
Congressional Democrats are preparing to mount their latest acts of resistance to show frustrated progressive voters they’re using what limited powers they have to combat a Republican Congress from advancing President Donald Trump’s agenda.
Back from a two-week congressional recess for Easter, Democrats will use a series of speeches and events this week that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said will highlight the “100 days of hell for American families, for our economy, and for our democracy” in Trump’s second term.
“Day after day after day we will hammer home the Republican agenda, and Americans will see the difference between Democratic unity and Republican disarray,” Schumer said Monday in floor remarks.
Senate Democrats are set to hold the floor late into Tuesday night with speeches to mark Trump’s first “disastrous 100 days” of his second administration and Republicans’ efforts to craft a budget reconciliation bill to enact the president’s priorities on energy, the border, and tax cuts. Progressive House Democrats will hold a press conference to highlight Trump’s first 100 days as well.
House and Senate Democrats will have a rare joint press availability on Wednesday as a show of cross-chamber unity to “decry in one voice” how Trump “has already failed our country in his second term,” according to Schumer.
The actions come on the heels of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) holding a sit-in on the front steps of the Capitol over the weekend. At times, they were joined by other Democratic lawmakers and activists.
The headline-grabbing demonstrations are part of Democrats’ evolving efforts to resist Trump as the party struggles to temper expectations from an angry and anxious progressive base.
OUT OF POWER, DEMOCRATS RESORT TO THEATER AND PROCEDURE TO MOUNT TRUMP RESISTANCE
From procedural tactics to flashy PR stunts to blocking nominees, Democrats are increasingly wielding what limited powers are at their disposal to combat Republicans. But the party is still working to implement lessons learned from the stinging 2024 election losses, including some Trump-like messaging traits that Democrats see as winning tactics in the president’s chaotic second term.
“As long as Donald Trump pushes us down the dangerous road we are on, he will face resistance from the Democrats, the courts, and, most importantly, from the American people themselves,” Schumer said.
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