Days before President-elect Donald Trump officially takes office, Democrats in Congress announced how they will handle four years of Republican leadership in the GOP. The white house.
“It's just accepting the fact that Trump won. We're just saying he's a messy guy who's going nowhere,” said Sen. Peter Welch, Democrat of Vermont. Semaphore said In an interview. This is just baked into people's consciousness. The truth is that people want change. “This means that we must be willing to change as well.”
“There will be plenty of opportunities for us to fight on issues of real principle, where our argument is that it will make life harder and more expensive for people,” Welch said. “But it's not just because we don't like Trump.”
With days to go before President-elect Trump officially takes office, Democrats in Congress are announcing how they will handle four years of Republican leadership. (Getty Images)
Some Democrats, such as Colorado Sen. John Hickenlooper, suggest they can find some points of agreement with Republicans in order to advance policy goals.
“In the meantime, there are a million things to decide. So I'll be happy to try to find compromises wherever possible,” Hickenlooper told Semaphore.
“It's just accepting the fact that Trump won,” said Senator Peter Welch, Democrat of Vermont. “Just saying he's a messy guy doesn't get us anywhere.” (Tierney L. Cross/Getty Images)
But many Democrats in Congress are not as conciliatory about the greater influence of Trump and Republicans in Washington, D.C. “We saw the movie … eight years ago. It was all a surprise to us,” Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., said. “Now we know the basic rules of the game.”
“One day, I'm doing both: trying to get things passed, and also trying to prevent bad things from happening,” Kaine said of how his job changed after Republicans ascended to the Senate and other chambers. power.
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Other Democrats in Congress called on their fellow members of their party to look for ways to reach a settlement with the incoming Trump administration. In a Guest article for The New York Times Published on New Year's Day, Rep. Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y., said knee-jerk opposition to Trump's agenda by Democrats would be a “mistake.”
“As a Democratic member of Congress, I know that my party will be tempted to stick with Mr. Trump at every turn: uniting against his bills, obstructing his nominees, and stalling the machinery of the House and Senate. This would bring work to a halt.” “It would be a mistake,” the congressman wrote.
Fox News' Gabriel Hayes contributed to this report.
