106
submitted 1 week ago by Cat@ponder.cat to c/politics@beehaw.org

House Democratic lawmakers reportedly used a closed-door meeting earlier this week to vent their frustrations with progressive advocacy groups that have been driving constituent calls and pressuring the party to act like a genuine opposition force in the face of the Trump administration's authoritarian assault on federal agencies and key programs.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] InevitableList@beehaw.org 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

In politics we call those groups factions and 'vocal minorities' form the base of support.

If you want to change policy in the USA then you need to either mobilise large numbers of people or large amounts of money and I'm surprised that the top comment is someone complaining about a political party being subject to democratic forces.

this post was submitted on 12 Feb 2025
106 points (100.0% liked)

Politics

10256 readers
124 users here now

In-depth political discussion from around the world; if it's a political happening, you can post it here.


Guidelines for submissions:

These guidelines will be enforced on a know-it-when-I-see-it basis.


Subcommunities on Beehaw:


This community's icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS