Aren’t they the ones who impose tariffs???? Not the president?! Why is no one doing their jobs?! Does anyone in congress have a backbone? Does anyone care about this country? What are the dems doing??
Aren’t they the ones who impose tariffs???? Not the president?! Why is no one doing their jobs?! Does anyone in congress have a backbone? Does anyone care about this country? What are the dems doing??
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Aren’t they the ones who impose tariffs???? Not the president?! Why is no one doing their jobs?! Does anyone in congress have a backbone? Does anyone care about this country? What are the dems doing??
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The short answer to most of those questions is no. Congress realized a while ago that they could pawn off controversial policy decisions to the president so they don’t have to take the blame and possibly lose their seats. Both parties are equally complicit in this state of affairs though.
The Republicans control both chambers, and along with that control which bills are debated and what actions Congress votes on.
No, they don’t have a backbone, they’re all subservient to Trump.
>What are the dems doing??
The Dems are doing mostly PR stuff like Booker’s 25 hour filibuster and Warren/Sanders/AOC rallies around the country, but the voters gave them zero power to actually bring something to the Congress floor.
Blame-wise, this is virtually all on Republicans and anyone that didn’t vote for Democrats or campaigned against Democrats.
Trump declared a state of emergency because “trade deficits” which allows him to have virtually unilateral control over implementing these tariffs
Congress could try to cancel them but republicans (outside of the ilk of Rand Paul) have no spine to stand against Trump so they won’t vote against him.
>What are the dems doing??
What do you want them to do when the president, supreme court, and congress are fully controlled by MAGA?
>Aren’t they the ones who impose tariffs????
Congress gave the President the ability to levy tariffs unilaterally.
>Why is no one doing their jobs?!
They’re doing precisely what their constituents want them to do. Reminder that half the electorate voted for Trump. And the electorate gave Republicans majority control over every branch of government.
>Does anyone in congress have a backbone?
They’re, again, doing exactly what the people that voted for them wanted.
>What are the dems doing??
In my state, they’re just panicking and saying “we’ll fix this”. How? IDK. They don’t know. Federal funds just become a non-guaranteed source, so now we’re a week late on passing our budget.
Washington D.C., not since 1890, the Republicans are complicit and the Democrats don’t have the majority.
Dems don’t have a majority any house in federal government and even when their votes do matter they have sufficient bad cops to capitulate when it matters rn.
Congress delegated some tariff authority to agencies overseen by the president.
For Congress to overcome Trump’s tariffs they would need a veto proof two thirds majority in both House and Senate to pass a bill that claws back tariffs power. And there’s none of that rn. Nowhere close to it.
Wtf are you looking to dems in congress for? They are in the minority in both chambers. They have absolutely zero power to stop tariffs.
What are you doing to beat Republicans in congress?
The Republicans control both houses. This is why voting is so important. If you want to control what happens, you need to win elections.
There are no longer three branches of the US government. Only one, and it’s Trump. Congress and SCOTUS are just props now. Going through the motions and appearing to be a Democratic government but are simply serving the dictator they put in power.
>What are the dems doing??
Lots, but Democrats don’t control Congress.
I’ve gotten shit for pointing this out in the past, but I want to emphasize something here.
We (as like americans) have spent the last like 5-6 decades doing everything possible to enhance presidential power and and insulate the powerful from accountability. Reagan and co basically committed treason (iran-contra) and basically no one saw any real time for it. Hell, one of the guys involved was elected president later.
Bush and co launched an illegal war of aggression and ran a torture prison. He introduced a huge domestic surveillance apparatus and helped erode domestic civil liberties.
Obama ran a drone assassination program in a number of countries that we weren’t at war with, and also KILLED AMERICAN CITIZENS WITH THOSE DRONE STRIKES. Oh and the 2008 bankers who causes the recession and whom we bailed out? 1 guy went to jail. The rest are still around, some are making big bucks in finance today.
Given all of this, is it actually a wonder that a con man and tyrant would be attracted the gig? We REFUSE to hold these people to account. Bush is a free man today, hell he was ellen a while back. One of the top posts on r/democrats a while back was calling for his endorsement for harris. Dick Cheney, war criminal extradoniare, played a big role in the 2024 election and endorsed harris. He is also a free man, and never saw the inside of a jail cell. Rumsfeld died happy and surrounded by family.
YOU NEVER EVER HOLD THESE PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE. OF COURSE A FUCKING CON MAN AND CRIMINAL WAS ATTRACTED TO THE GIG.
We have spent DECADES insulating these people. And now people are shocked that they’re insulated? Congress has been delegating all its authority to the courts and president for a long while now. OF COURSE THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN
Uh… Republicans control congress right now.
A lot of our system relies on honest actors. :/
The Dems can introduce any legislation they want, they can’t do anything with the power that we didn’t give to them.
Republicans in the Senate and Conservative media pundits are freaking out about the tariffs. One Republican even jointly introduced a bill that would require congressional approval before any tariff would take effect, called the Trade Review Act of 2025. We’ll see how this bill will go in Congress.
2025-04-08 | C-SPAN.org They are voting on whether federal judges need to be prevented from stopping illegal things being done by the executive branch.
Come on.
People gave the gop control of the presidency, agencies, senate, house, cops, and court and you’re complaining about the dems.
Remember when we elected Trump Supporters to Congress basically everywhere?
Well, these are the consequences.