As some on the right panicked over the ascent of “communists,” others gloated over the downfall of the Democratic establishment. The post The Left Is Unstoppable, According to Republicans appeared first on The Intercept.
The left won big in New York on Tuesday, adding new fuel to a fiery national debate roiling the Democratic Party. The argument pits those who say Democratic voters are hungry for a more aggressive, transformative approach against those who argue radicalism is a recipe for electoral defeat anywhere beyond urban, progressive strongholds. The first…
The Senate late Wednesday rejected a measure aimed at restricting President Trump's power to wage war against Iran, a victory for Senate GOP leadership — and a shift from one day earlier.
President Donald Trump's abrupt decision to hold a popular piece of legislation hostage to force Republicans to pass his sweeping election reform legislation baffled one MS NOW analyst on Wednesday. Earlier in the day, Trump canceled the signing ceremony for the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, which passed Congress with support from a supermajority of lawmakers. He did so in an attempt to pressure lawmakers to pass the SAVE Act, a bill that would fundamentally reshape how American elections are conducted. Simone Sanders Townsend, co-host of "The Weeknight," was baffled by the idea. "It is actually insane," she said during Wednesday's broadcast. "He's literally trying to hold us hostage, and he is telling us very clearly what he cares about."Townsend mentioned that Trump has tried to fundamentally redefine what it means to be an American through legislation like the SAVE Act, which would restrict the right to vote for people who don't meet certain documentary requirements. That is happening at a time when voters say affordability is their top concern in the 2026 midterm elections. "He is trying to attack citizenship from every single way here, and he is willing to literally throw the American people to the side," Townsend said. "Affordability is the number one thing folks care about. This is crazy!"
Late-night vote came hours after US president berated GOP senators over opposition to the conflictSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailSenate Republicans rejected a war powers resolution in a late-night vote, hours after they were berated by Donald Trump over opposition to his controversial war on Iran.The US president was said to have harangued GOP senators during a lunch on Capitol Hill earlier on Wednesday. The previous day, they had angered the White House by allowing a vote to block Trump’s war in Iran. Continue reading...
The National Republican Congressional Committee mocked the establishment wing of the Democratic Party after the far-left socialist victories in New York City elections.Three socialist candidates backed by Democratic New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani crushed their centrist opposition and tipped the scales in the party toward more extremism.'How can he defend against the Marxist march around the country and these other districts?'The NRCC sent flowers and a card expressing condolences to the Washington, D.C., office of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)."Three losses in one night is tough. We wanted so-called 'Leader' Jeffries to know our thoughts are with him, his candidates, and whatever remains of his influence in the Democrat Party," said NRCC spokesman Mike Marinella in a statement to Fox News.The card read "With heartfelt sympathy," according to a photo posted by Bill Melugin of Fox.Jeffries' Republican counterpart, Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana, reiterated how bad the losses were in a media briefing where he pointed out that many Democrat voters booed Jeffries and chanted that he was next."These are socialists. These are Marxists in their ideology," said Johnson."Hakeem Jeffries has a tall task ahead of him right now, he's gotta go out and somehow make a credible pitch to Democrat establishment donors that that's a good national investment right now, that's a tough one to make," he added."He has just proven that he cannot even hold the line in his own back yard," Johnson said. "How can he possibly defend against the Marxist march around the country and these other districts? This is not your father's Democratic Party, as we see all the time."RELATED: Hunter Biden wants Democrats to learn EXTREME lesson from NYC elections "The Democrat Party — the socialists, the Marxists — have nominated some of the most radical candidates to ever run for office, and they're running for Congress. The insurgent left is on the rise."Others, like Hunter Biden, say the results of the elections show that Democrats need to veer to the far left and be far more socialist and far more extremist. "The lesson under the lessons: the country is tired of being managed. People want to be led," Biden said. President Donald Trump, on the other hand, replied: "America the Beautiful will NEVER be a communist Country!"Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!
Rather than comment on what impact this could have on the broader Democratic Party, Blunt Rochester celebrated the wins as a whole.
President Trump is making life hell for Senate Republicans, and they're returning the favor."I make no apologies for standing up to the president," Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) told reporters after he got into a shouting match with Trump on Wednesday at a Senate GOP lunch. "I made it clear that I wasn't going to be bullied."Why it matters: Trump's push for a pre-midterm elections crackdown, via the SAVE Act, has opened of the deepest GOP ruptures of his second term.To his fury, Trump is finding that senators he's written off, alienated or even helped defeat in primaries are choosing Senate traditions over his political demands.In the middle is Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.), who's been blunt with the reality that Trump doesn't have the votes to get what he wants."I'm certainly not giving my consent to that," Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) told reporters Wednesday about ending the filibuster.Zoom in: Trump's lunch with Senate Republicans only seemed to move White House-Senate relations from bad to worse.It became a shouting match with Cassidy over the administration's lack of information-sharing with the Senate on Iran.Trump rubbed Cassidy's primary defeat last month in his face during the closed-door meeting, sources told Axios.Just before the lunch, Trump canceled an event to sign and tout a bipartisan housing package — a bill the White House praised Tuesday as "one of the most significant pieces of housing affordability legislation in American history."Trump said he would not sign the bill until the SAVE Act, requiring voter ID and proof of citizenship to vote, is passed.Last week, Trump delayed the Senate confirmation process for Jay Clayton, ensuring Bill Pulte would serve as acting director of national intelligence, at least temporarily.The president has continued his long campaign against the filibuster, which requires 60 votes to pass most legislation in the Senate, and the blue slips process, which allows senators to block judicial nominations in their state.👎 The other side: The bloc of GOP senators willing to defy Trump has grown.Cassidy and Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) have been far more willing to speak their mind since losing recent primaries to Trump-backed candidates.They join Sens. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), who are leaving the Senate and have less reason to fear Trump's political blowback.That's on top of the usual suspects like Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Murkowski, who have long been willing to vote against their party.The bottom line: It's a midterm year. Republicans want to talk about affordability and hammer democratic socialists.Instead, they're sitting through presidential rants about the filibuster and legislation with no clear path through the Senate.
Hours after President Donald Trump tore into Senate Republicans during a private meeting on Wednesday, the lower chamber finally voted in his favor. The Senate specifically voted […]