Republicans on Capitol Hill are locked in an uncomfortable fight over cutting Medicaid and other services people like. Donald Trump’s tariffs are kicking in for real now, and his approval numbers remain among the lowest of his political career. Should be a good week to be a Democrat, in theory.
In practice it seems to be quite challenging, as Semafor detailed in a recent piece about Dem poll numbers, which remain persistently low despite the public souring on MAGA. An interesting thing happens when one asks Democrats about this situation – this gift of a week fades out of view and the continuing party identity crisis pops right back to the surface, as though it was mid-November of last year.
“What are we for? We’ve got to show that,” Sen. Peter Welch told NOTUS yesterday.