To congressional Democrats, Trump’s decision to promote aide Stephen Miller to serve as his chief of staff meant two things: an elevation of the aide’s extremist views and a refusal to heed the will of voters who delivered the left a historic victory.

“Stephen Miller is the architect of Project 2025, which included the push for ‘unitary executive power’ that Trump used to enrich himself and his billionaire buddies, enable the failed efforts of Elon Musk and DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency], the stripping of healthcare from millions of people, and the mass deportation agenda that led to ICE [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] and CBP [Customs and Border Protection] killing people in the streets, separating families, locking up kids and gutting the legal immigration system,” Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), the ranking member of the House Judiciary subcommittee on immigration, said in a statement.

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[–] 23 points 2 hours ago (4 children)

Subpoena him non stop so he can’t actually do the job. If he doesn’t show send armed officials to arrest him.

I don’t see why this can’t be done. If the president can do whatever he wants laws be damned so can congress as a co equal branch.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 hours ago (3 children)

    armed officials

    Trump owns the armed officials, they will not cross him. I agree with subpoenaing him non-stop. It’s just that they will be hard pressed to find someone who will be willing to make good on enforcement.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 hour ago (1 child)

    Congress has capitols police and sergeant at arms, they aren’t completely without arms.

    I don’t expect if the Congress wants to arrest someone that the military would stop them as the order to stop them would be blatantly illegal and they themselves could be arrested by Congress. Yes it would setup a conflict of significance but I think it’s time we start doing these kinds of things.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 hour ago

    I agree that it is time to actually put muscle behind enforcement. Arresting Trump’s Chief of Staff will require coordination that I don’t see happening. Trump has too many levers to pull to get his neo-nazi staff out of jail.

    This all goes to show that the Biden admin should have gone after Trump and his minions aggressively when they had the chance, ie no prisoners.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 hour ago

    I'm not so sure... The military has taken a very dim view of Trump, especially the leadership

    I'm sure there's some retired special forces badasses who took their oath to the Constitution seriously and would do it for free

    Now, getting the courts to force such a confrontation is very unlikely, even more so now that Trump has been so vehemently rejected by the American people. The problem is solving itself without an armed stand off, even if slowly and with unsatisfying consequences

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  • [–] 10 points 3 hours ago

    Sounds like Susie Collins should shake her finger and remind him that he learned his lesson… /s

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  • [–] 8 points 1 hour ago

    "Donald Trump learned nothing from this election!"

    • Chuck Schumer, who learned nothing from this election.
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  • [–] 7 points 2 hours ago

    You can't teach a fascist, only stop them.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 hours ago (1 child)

    This dude was already a deputy chief of staff and was the brains behind a lot of the Trump administration's unpopular policies. I wouldn't be too scared of him getting a token promotion.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 hour ago

    This is totally the case, he was already running all the horrible programs he wants to run. Now he's also going to be responsible for staffing the entire Trump Administration and keeping them organized. He doesn't have this skill, and the Trump Admin is likely to become even more dysfunctional as a result.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 hours ago (1 child)

    Elevating Stephen Miller is DANGEROUS and PROOF that Donald Trump learned NOTHING from the Election! Which is why it's IMPORTANT to work WITH him and his Agenda going Forward!

    -Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries!

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  • [–] 1 point 1 hour ago

    I'm guessing that Trump's brain has finally rotted away and that's why his current responsibilities are choosing drapes and that sort of thing. Now that Trump has been humiliated by the last elections, they have no reason to hold back, so they put the true evil people into positions of power, and whatever goes wrong, it will just make Trump look like an idiot.

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