Two good points from Ron Filipkowski on BlueSky

[senseandsensibility]

"The silence of most Republican members of Congress on the Trump tarffs tells you two things:
1. They know it is a terrible idea.
2. They are so afraid of Trump that they won't say anything even though they know how much it is going to hurt their constituents and the country."

Hard to argue with, isn't it? All the more reason the Dems need to be hitting the ground running with good messaging NOW.

[SheltieLover]

1. #3 - All who are complicit are SPINELESS!

[2naSalit]

15. Or...

Willfully complicit.

[SheltieLover]

17. Yup.

Funny how this works. Only Dems get elected as one party and almost immediately begin behaving like the other party or just abruptly switch parties. Seems to me something is smelling "off" here...

[jmbar2]

2. Contact Republicans and inspire them to speak out.

It would take only a small number of them to put a stop to it.

- Future elections/primaries won't matter if America falls.

- They have the power to pull the brakes on a lot of this destruction

- Don't confirm incompetents and saboteurs. Vote no.

- Once a few more speak up, others will follow.

- Republicans. Be heroes - Save America.

[MontanaMama]

3. IMO, Dem leaders need to

have an unofficial panel of their best communicators and give a scheduled daily presser on the atrocities being committed in plain sight and what they mean to citizens. These pressures should be fairly short and to the point and in language folks can understand…Unfortunately, these concepts must be broken down for a lot of Americans to grasp.

[newdeal2]

4. They need to exercise their oversight power

And literally go to these offices, like the Treasury, and demand answers. Make a spectacle of it with cameras and everything. Post it online if it doesn't make the news.

[MontanaMama]

5. Agree.

MSM doesn’t report on most things we need to know anyway but plenty of other online media folks do.

[senseandsensibility]

6. Not only are they incapable of thinking outside the box in the ways

you describe (unfortunately), they can't even seem to appropriate labeling like the Trump Tax when it is handed to them.

[newdeal2]

10. That's another gimme

They need to learn how to brand things so that they are memorable.

I know some of them must have younger people on their staff. Are they just ignoring them and going with what they know? What do all of those Democratic consultants get paid to do after the election?

[2naSalit]

18. I'm guessing that...

There is a kind of media blackout, like nobody is asking them to appear on their shows. Hard to get the word out if you can't get the media to broadcast.

[chowder66]

7. If they are so afraid that they will not uphold their oaths then they should fucking all resign.

[LessAspin]

8. Rand Paul

Of all people has been critical.

Albeit a very tepid and measured critique.

[sinkingfeeling]

9. My question is why are they afraid of him? If they

'free' their constituents from the monster, they will be heroes. Or is he threatening their families or death?

[Irish_Dem]

13. Musk threatened to primary them.

Female staff who worked for Trump but then spoke out against him got
many rape threats by GOP congressmen.

So political threats and physical threats.

[dem4decades]

11. Who are the Democrats leading the push back against Trump? Who is in front of the cameras making solid hits against

Trump and his tariffs. And everything else for that matter

[Johonny]

12. The silence of corporate America is scary

I read a bunch of CEO quotes and they all know it is awful, all pretended it will be temporary, and all think they can handle it short term. Sure Jan.

[BannonsLiver]

14. There were people with Hitler until the bitter end

Their country had been destroyed literally and figuratively and they were broke with no prospects and yet they stuck with him. That’s why nobody should ever expect magats to desert him.

[NoMoreRepugs]

16. There's a JOKE. Dems and good messaging?

[returnee]

19. I might argue a tad.

They are being forced into a choice between opposing TSF, or waiting until TSF shit hits their fan. Waiting for the latter makes them look like they’re complicit or idiots. I’d go with the former.