‘People Are Exhausted’: Democrats Plot A More Toned-Down Opposition To Trump
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Massive protests are out. Democrats are taking a more methodical approach to Donald Trump’s second term in office.
WASHINGTON ― When Donald Trump took the presidential oath of office in 2017, he was met by angry protests of more than 4 million people across the country, a sustained movement that dedicated itself to resisting his administration in the name of women’s rights and civil rights.
When he’s sworn in for his second term on Monday, Trump will find no such mass demonstrations or vocal opposition on the streets of the nation’s capital or elsewhere. The huge Women’s March protest of 2017, which has now been rebranded as the People’s March, is still expected to draw thousands to downtown Washington on Saturday, but the number of protesters is unlikely to match the historic turnout eight years ago.
The lack of a new Trump resistance movement is a reflection of the fatigue many on the left feel in the wake of his 2024 presidential election victory, as well as a new strategy from Democrats and activists that ditches knee-jerk hostility and outrage toward Trump for a more toned-down approach that aims to home in on the effects of his policies on working-class people.
“People in 2017 were deeply uncertain about what a Trump presidency would mean and wanted to raise their voices to try to influence them,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) explained to HuffPost. “This time, Trump and his tight band of billionaires have made pretty clear what the fights will be, and that’s less about protests in the streets and more about the hard, inch-by-inch fighting over tax policy and environmental regulations and building permits.”
Already Democrats are warning the public about Trump’s plans to cut social safety net programs in order to pay for another round of tax cuts, his proposed across-the-board tariffs that could severely hit pocketbooks, and the many conflicts of interest in his billionaire Cabinet and among wealthy allies like Tesla CEO Elon Musk.
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