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Days away from President-elect Donald Trump’s official inauguration, congressional Democrats are announcing how they will embrace four years of Republican leadership. White House.
“It’s just accepting the reality that Trump won. Let’s just say he’s a messed up guy, and that makes no sense,” said Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt. tell semaphore in an interview. This is just sinking into people’s consciousness. The truth is, people want change. So that means we also have to be willing to change. “
“We’re going to have a lot of opportunities to fight on real issues of principle, and our argument is that it’s going to make people’s lives more difficult and more expensive,” Welch told the media. “But it’s not just because we Don’t like Trump.”
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With just days left before President-elect Trump officially takes office, congressional Democrats are announcing how they will embrace four years of Republican leadership. (Getty Images)
Some Democrats, such as Colorado Sen. John Hickenlooper, say they can find some common ground with Republicans to advance policy goals.
“Within that, there’s a million things that need to be decided. So I’d love to try to find a compromise if I can,” Hickenlooper told Semafor.
“It’s just accepting the reality that Trump won. Let’s just say he’s a messed up guy, which doesn’t make any sense,” said Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt. (Tierney L. Cross/Getty Images)
But many congressional Democrats are not so conciliatory about Trump and the Republican Party’s greater influence in Washington, D.C. “We saw this movie eight years ago. It surprised us,” said Sen. Timberlake, D-Va. Tim Kaine said. Tell Semaphore. “Now we know the basic playbook.”
“On a given day, I’m going to be doing two things: trying to get things passed and trying to stop bad things from happening,” Kaine said of how his job has changed since Republicans took control of the Senate and other Houses. strength.
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Other Democrats in Congress called on other members of their party to find ways to compromise with the incoming Trump administration. in a New York Times guest article Rep. Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y., said in an article published on New Year’s Day that it would be a “mistake” for Democrats to instinctively oppose Trump’s agenda.
“As a Democratic member of Congress, I know my party can’t help but stand firm against Mr. Trump at every turn: uniting to oppose his bills, blocking his nominees, and bogging down the machinery of the House and Senate Pause. This is a mistake,” the congressman wrote.
Fox News’ Gabriel Hayes contributed to this report.
