Congressman Demands Fellow Lawmakers Stand Up To Trump: 'This Is A 5 Alarm F-ing Fire'

[Wicked Blue]

Source: HuffPost

Rep. Sean Casten (D-Ill.) expressed frustration Tuesday with his fellow lawmakers – particularly Democrats – who he says are not meeting the moment of the Trump administration rapidly carving out the federal government.

“If you are a Senator right now confirming ANY Trump nominee who will not unambiguously defend their oath to the Constitution even if that means standing up to Trump you are completely misunderstanding the risk of this moment,” he posted on X.

Casten, who serves on the House Financial Services committee, spoke out after the Trump administration announced it was freezing federal funding, immediately throwing agencies and Americans who depend on those funds into chaos.

“The fed. gov’t is ~20% of the US economy, spending money on those things that the private sector cannot provide – roads, security, hunger, etc. To shut that down is to carry out Russia and China’s foreign policy, destroying all that makes America the envy of the world,” Casten wrote.

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-inauguration-live-updates_n_678a8f36e4b097ab56976f5b

[iemanja]

1. Good for him

More need to speak out.

[Klarkashton]

2. A sane voice for a change.

[Andy823]

3. Sadly I am afraid

that republicans are to damned afraid of trump to do the right thing.

[Miguelito Loveless]

7. Why is our side voting for these clowns?

No Dem should be voting for ANY nominee of the criminal regime.

[Scully]

25. It makes me wonder...

...what kind of dirt they have on the Dems who are voting for these nominees.

[Irish_Dem]

31. Yes why are Dems acting like this?

Blackmail or cash payments?

[Miguelito Loveless]

32. It does indeed.

[OMGWTF]

19. These political snowflakes are afraid of Shitler's flying MAGAt monkeys.

I am too, because those people are stupid, obedient, mean, and probably armed.

[Rebl2]

20. Why are

these republicans such wimps. They have no spine to stand up to this dictator. What a bunch of losers and liars.

[dickthegrouch]

4. Finally, some of them finding their voices

Even if it's on an inimical platform.
He should be on national news proclaiming that, or even better, getting it into the congressional record as part of a speech.

[Magoo48]

5. Thank you Rep. Casten

[markie]

6. the point

is to burn it down...

democrats and anyone with an ounce of morality must fight back

[Bluethroughu]

8. It's another direct attack by an insurrectionist

Against the country, it's citizens, and our national security!

[CrispyQ]

26. +1

Our electoral process is a for-profit industry, now. The ones who can change it are some of its beneficiaries.

[LudwigPastorius]

28. "The Democratic Party is afraid of loseing (sic) their...

job instead of fighting for us.”

If you really believe that, why are you on DemocraticUnderground.com?

[travelingthrulife]

33. Oh, you're right! I forgot to turn my brain off before I logged in here.

[LudwigPastorius]

37. If someone's brain is telling them that Democrats aren't doing what they can to oppose Trump, then...

maybe they should turn it off.

[Alice Kramden]

10. Yes!

I emailed all of my members of Congress today, demanding Tr*mps impeachment and I plan on doing this every day. Perhaps some decent Republicans will go along with this

[Think. Again.]

11. THANK YOU Rep. Sean Casten !!!

[Escurumbele]

12. republicans are cowards, they know the truth, but they are too scared (I don't know about what) to do the right thing.

They have all lost any little principles they may have had in the past, their dignity is non existent, they are pitiful human beings.

[TBF]

13. Finally - thank you Rep. Sean Casten!! nt

[Bluetus]

14. Seriously, why do we even have a Congress

if the President has the authority to dismantle every agency of government by edict?

And if the President is acting illegally, why do so few people say so out loud?

[Squaredeal]

15. So he's going to present Articles of Impeachment, right?

Put up or shut up .

[ultralite001]

16. Why aren't the Dems armed to the teeth, ready to respond to the Mofo-in-Chief's destruction of Democracy's underpinnings

Why isn't there an instantaneous response to every Mofo-in-Chiefs "executive order"... Pushback on every illegal overreach spelled out in his tomes??? Why aren't Dems in the House + Senate shouting from the rooftops that these acts are immoral, illegal, unConstitutional, divisive to the ideal of a "perfect union", destroying justice, fracturing domestic tranquility, promoting warmongering instead of providing for the common defense, impeding the general welfare, + forsaking the blessings of liberty to ourselves + the posterity of our nation... When is somebody going to stand up to F47???

[Irish_Dem]

17. "carrying out Russia and China's foreign policy, destroying all that makes America the envy of the world."

This is exactly what is happening.
Destroying the US so China and Russia can rise to power.

The US will be a shadow of its former self.

[Linda ladeewolf]

18. Dems are bending over

Backwards to prove that they are the good guys, instead they are looking weak and cowardly. I had hoped for better from our party. I fear unless we confront our own party members state by state, with numbers too big for them to ignore, that they will continue to pussy foot down the road to authoritarianism.

[PortTack]

34. Hakeem Jefferies pointed out that they cannot respond to every crisis as it will overwhelm the public

I agree.

The Dems are following their leader and with good reason

Democrats' playbook for Trump 2.0: Tune out the noise and focus on economic issues

The new administration was going to “flood the zone,” and Democrats couldn’t afford to chase every single outrage — or nothing was going to sink in for the American people, Jeffries told them,

[Linda ladeewolf]

36. Jeffries is right but,

They still need to keep us informed of the things they aren’t doing, so we can figure out ways to muck up the works on those items.

[Kid Berwyn]

21. Standing in the way of the NAZIfication of America.

I'm proud to be a Democrat like Sean Casten.

https://casten.house.gov/

We need more willing to spell out and stand up to the situation.

[homegirl]

22. Their constituents

should be reminding them on a daily basis that they have to answer to the voters, and time just flashes by. Soon enough! If the GOP chooses to primary them, good. Facing a weaker candidate the Democrats will do better!

[duhneece]

23. Is there a list of Democrats who voted for any of TSF's picks?

For those of us who are short on time, ability to research.

[Joinfortmill]

24. He wrecks everything he touches.

[RussBLib]

27. Some GOP Senators need to stand up to Trump

...do they really want to be a part of dismantling America and allow it to be looted by Trump and his Broligarchy?

Probably easier done than said.

https://russblib.blogspot.com/?m=1

[wendyb-NC]

29. Very good

[Karasu]

30. I'm not familiar with this guy, but I like him already. Fuck the fascist party and the horse they rode in on.

[louis-t]

35. Sadly, the whole country actually needs to feel the pain.

If he is stopped now, maga will never go away. They will always say he "would have done better." They. Need. To. Be. Shown. It may take decades to get back to normal. Timing is crucial. It's only been a week. There will be a series of failures from the dumbass. I don't like it anymore than anyone else, but the damage he does is reversible if the majority of the country is behind it.

[Dem4life1234]

38. I keep thinking this is a movie and hoping someone will swoop in and get him out of power

His cabinet choices are shitty.

His mentality is shitty.

The whole thing is a pure shit show, ain't even been more than a week and I'm already sick of this shit fest.