Democrats are ‘united by a common purpose,’ Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand say in joint statement

Democrats ‘united by a common purpose: putting a check on Trump’, Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand say

Leading Democrats quickly papered over whatever qualms they had about progressive candidate Abdul El-Sayed after his win in the Michigan Senate primary was confirmed on Wednesday, instead welcoming the former public health official as their champion against the Republican nominee, Mike Rogers.

The state is now key to Democrats’s hopes of retaking control of the chamber in November’s midterm elections. Winning in Michigan would put them on the path to snarling Donald Trump’s legislative agenda and blocking his judicial nominees for the final two years of his presidency, while defeat could undermine their prospects of gaining a majority in the chamber for years to come. Rogers lost a Senate race in Michigan two years ago by a slim margin to Democrat Elissa Slotkin.

  • schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works
    29·
    19 days ago

    while defeat could undermine their prospects of gaining a majority in the chamber for years to come.

    Because we’ll be living in an authoritarian regime? Just say what you mean.

    • baronvonj@piefed.socialEnglish
      111·
      19 days ago

      I don’t know about you, but I’m quite surprised at all.this talk that losing an election undermines your prospects of gaining majority. That seems like something that should have been explained a while ago.

      • tburkhol@slrpnk.net
        151·
        19 days ago

        Near as I remember, “we need every seat to gain/maintain a majority and resist MAGA” has been the sole argument of the DNC in every race since 2016.

        • thesohoriots@lemmy.worldEnglish
          82·
          19 days ago

          Inevitably followed by “don’t like what we’re doing/how we’re doing stuff? At least we’re not MAGA”

        • crusa187@lemmy.ml
          41·
          19 days ago

          Same McKinsey group consultants making millions by telling them to say the line again, too.

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
      84·
      19 days ago

      Because we’ll be living in an authoritarian regime?

      Americans have been living under authoritarian regimes for the country’s entire recorded history.

        • schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works
          3·
          18 days ago

          Plenty of instances where the government ran roughshod over people’s rights, including, you know, slavery; sometimes even Supreme Court decisions were just completely ignored. COINTELPRO targetted civil rights activitst, even killing a few. Leftists were explicitly denied government positions during the cold war. Etc. etc. etc.

    • hoppeduponcoffee@lemmy.zip
      2·
      18 days ago

      To marginalized groups such as Black Americans, they’ve been living under a fascist police state all along. Only now is it spreading and affecting everyone.