Where Are the White People Standing Up to Trump?
The New Abnormal hosts Danielle Moodie and Andy Levy ask why Democratic lawmakers of color seem all alone in leading pushback against the Trump administration.
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The majority of Democratic lawmakers who protested President Donald Trump’s speech to Congress on Tuesday night—whether by raising signs or walking out—were largely people of color. Texas Rep. Al Green led the charge by yelling at Trump that he had “no mandate” to cut Medicaid funding, which got him kicked out of the chamber and eventually censured.
For The New Abnormal’s Danielle Moodie and Andy Levy, white people in the Democratic Party need to be better at pushing back against the Trump administration.
“It’s a disproportionately high percentage of the time that it is people of color leading the charge and that s--t has to stop,” Levy said. “Obviously, by that I don’t mean people of color need to stop. I mean, white people need to stand up. White people need to stand up and start realizing that first of all, it’s the right thing to do. And second of all, it’s not fair to place this burden on people of color. It just isn’t.”
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“Decorum is not gonna save Democrats in this moment,” Moodie added, referencing orders by House Speaker Mike Johnson for protesters to “maintain decorum” during Trump’s speech.
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