Mary Trump, the cousin of the sitting president, clearly is not a fan of anything going on in the White House right now. She is not a fan of Donald Trump on a personal level, and she has spoken out vehemently against all that he stands for as the nation's elected leader. Clearly, she is continuing to do so right to the present day.
In this video, she speaks out against the seeming incompetence and inaction by the Democrats, who of course are the official opposition party today. She calls them out, tells it like it is. That they somehow did not understand or appreciate the extent of the fight against Trump and encroaching fascism.
She makes another interesting point. Yes, she says, some people did vote in favor of the fascism and the cruelty. Let's not kid ourselves or pretend that this is not so. However, most people probably did not vote for all of that. Most people probably assumed - wrongly, to be sure - that Trump was not as bad as all of that. That he probably did not really intend to do everything that he now clearly showed he was aiming to do. She says, in short, that too many people - and I think there were far, far too many people who fell into this category - did not "take the time to consider what would be unfolding." No, most Trump supporters surely did not want social security to be attacked, or to have their constitutionally protected right to protest taken away, or to have some unelected moron like Elon Musk head an unconstitutional government agency aimed at destroying other, legal government departments.. I am inclined to agree with her on this point.
Of course, I could make the point that they should have paid attention, because there was no shortage of warnings that this was exactly what was on the line in the 2024 election. But that is another discussion altogether, and not one which I will enter into now.
Mary Trump is urging the Democrats to shape up and put up some real resistance. This is a point which I am inclined to agree with her on. Yes, the Democrats seem sometimes to have given up to the point where they seem complicit with Trump and the MAGA agenda, to the point where it is frankly sickening.
However, there have finally been some signs that this might be about to change. Suddenly, we are hearing a lot from Bernie Sanders again. And we probably need to hear from him now more than ever before, frankly. He is working with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, so the two of them are in tandem and offering strong resistance. Leading the way, showing other Democrats how to do it.
Also, there were the protests this past weekend. Tens of thousands of people poured onto the streets of cities across the United States to voice a strong opposition to the MAGA agenda. It was a reminder that as bad as things may look right now - and they have indeed looked very bad - we are not alone. Let's also be clear about another thing: Trump and MAGA never have enjoyed the support of a majority of the nation, and that really should not be a minor point.
And remember, Cory Booker acknowledged in his very lengthy speech not long ago how the Democrats have failed. He took accountability, both personally and on behalf of the Democrats. But he pledged to do better, to overcome his own fear. That is exactly what some of us needed to hear from Democrats. Because we simply cannot wait, as Sleepy Chuck Schumer seems to insist on doing, until the numbers are no longer strongly in Trump's favor. The opposition to Trump - and again, like it or not, the Democrats are the official opposition party at this point in time - needs a boost of energy.
Take a look at this video, and listen to what she has to say.
Mary Trump’s URGENT MESSAGE to Democrats: RISE UP NOW
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