'Do something': 'Angry' Dems want party leaders to fight back harder against Trump

A little over a month into Donald Trump's second presidency, Democratic voters are expressing their frustration for a variety of reasons — from mass government layoffs to controversial administration appointees to Trump describing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as a "dictator."

But Democratic voters, according to New York Times reporters Katie Glueck and Reid J. Epstein, are also expressing frustration with Democratic leaders — who they believe aren't doing enough to fight back.

In an article published on February 22, Glueck and Epstein explain, "One month after President Trump was sworn in for a second term, Democratic despair and denial are giving way to an angry message from party activists and voters to their leaders: Do something. Across the country, anti-Trump protests and fiery town halls are flickering back to life. In polling, Democratic voters are venting disapproval at congressional Democrats. And in interviews this week with voters, activists and elected officials, many said Democrats were failing to curb Mr. Trump or offer a meaningful countermessage."

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Theresa Reid, Democratic Party leader in Washtenaw County, Michigan, told the Times, "We need really strong voices of moral outrage, and I would like to see that. I am not seeing that…. Don't obey in advance. Don't give up in advance."

Philadelphia-based Democratic voter Jessica Ruiz told the Times, "We're able to get together and go out on the streets and celebrate a football team, but we're not able to come together and raise our voices to our city officials, state officials and government in the same manner."

Ezra Levin, leader of the group Indivisible, told the Times that a question he is hearing a lot from anti-Trump voters is: "Why aren't Democrats fighting back with everything they've got?"

Some prominent Democratic politicians are expressing their frustration as well.

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Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro believes that in Congress, neither Democrats nor Republicans are "effectively serving as a check on the executive branch."

Shapiro told the Times, "They are failing to address the real concerns that people have…. They're failing to do what is their fundamental responsibility constitutionally — to be a check."

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