Top Democrats breaking from party line

With what is happening with the Trump administration right now, Democrats should be pouncing, but they have no clear direction.

To that point, some in leadership roles are starting to push back, giving the appearance that the Democrat Party is in complete chaos.

Hogg wants changes

When David Hogg ran for co-chair of the DNC, he was quite clear that low approval ratings and fossils in office needed to change if the Democrats were going to win back the American voter.

After being elected, his PAC announced that it was dropping $20 million into primary races to run people against incumbent Democrats who were not doing their jobs.

Hogg was doing what the American people demanded of the Democrat Party for change, yet Hogg was called out by DNC Chairman Ken Martin, who stated, "Let me be unequivocal: No DNC officer should ever attempt to influence the outcome of a primary election, whether on behalf of an incumbent or a challenger. Voters should decide who our primary nominees are, not DNC leadership. Our role is to serve as stewards of a fair, open and trusted process, not to tilt the scales."'

The problem for Martin, however, is that he has no power to remove Hogg, as was clarified by DNC Finance Chair Chris Korge, who stated, “Under the present bylaws, there is no action that can be taken against David Hogg without changing the bylaws to extend that policy of neutrality to all primaries. There is no codified, legal way to remove an officer for doing what David Hogg has done because it only extends to the presidential race. "

Base wants changes

To Hogg’s point, there were plenty of Democrats who were fuming over the loss of the Senate and continued GOP control of the House.

Paco Fabián, deputy director of Our Revolution, warned incumbents, “They should absolutely be worried about holding onto power, because there’s a real energy right now against them.

“And as soon as somebody figures out how to harness it, they’re going to be in deep trouble.”

There was particular outrage directed as Senator Schumer (D-NY) for allowing a procedural vote that enabled Republicans to pass the temporary spending bill. The procedural vote killed the filibuster, allowing the GOP to ram the bill through even though most Democrats were adamant they would have preferred a government shutdown to Trump getting his way.

Big voices coming forward

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), who, for some reason, remains a major influencer in the party, calling out the party leadership, stating, “We’re on the same page, but what Democrats lack right now is a vision for the future.”

Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), a rising star in the party, also called on leadership to make some serious changes, stating, “I don’t understand how to rally us into a coherent approach if we aren’t on the same page on where we’re going.”

She later added, “After this 100 days of the Trump Administration, we owe the nation a plan: reclaiming our patriotism, a real economic plan for the Middle Class, and a fight for our democracy that recognizes the stakes.”

As I stated from the outset, the Trump administration is struggling right now, and if the Democrat Party had been organized with a message, they could have buried him, but Trump is all but getting a free pass and some much-needed time to fix the problems.

We should be thankful that Dems are no rudderless right now because if they truly had a vision, it would have been lights out for Trump. Instead, it is just a big bump in the road that he can hopefully recover from by getting trade deals in place, especially with China, and ending the two wars that he inherited from Joe Biden.