New York (AP) – Donald Trump is the president, but the billionaire Elon Musk is the focus for thousands of democratic activists who start a protest campaign this week to the Trump government’s advance on the authorities for health, education and human services fight.
Hundreds of protests are planned outside the congress office and the Tesla dealer, whereby the organizers hope to send a pointed message to congress members who are during a break this week.
The counter reaction still has not contacted the intensity of the protests during and after Trump’s first inauguration eight years ago. But a loose coalition of Democrats and Progressive is about Musk’s rise as Trump’s top lieutenant and his cleaning of the German bureaucracy.
“It is a big weak connection in the Maga coalition,” said Ezra Levin, co-founder of the progressive group indivisible, about Musk. “I cannot imagine that something is worse than the richest man in the world after her social security check or her meals comes on wheels or her lead.”
Disabled, which claims more than 1,300 local chapters nationwide, encourages the members to protest in the offices of their congress members, regardless of the political party. The group also offered a step-by-step guide for protests at dealers for Tesla, Musks Electric Vehicle Company.
The memo encourages the demonstrators to stay on sidewalks and public spaces and to avoid measures that could directly affect business operations, e.g. It also demands Tesla demonstrators to adhere to the news: “This is about Musk’s political takeover, not about Tesla, SpaceX or X as a company.”
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders starts a “national tour for the fight against oligarchy” with stops in the districts of the working class in Iowa and Nebraska.
The chairman of the Democratic National Committee, Ken Martin, will also take to the streets for the first time as a party leader. The newly elected DNC chairman will travel to Pennsylvania, Texas, Illinois, Wisconsin and Missouri in the coming days to meet the local democratic officials and work leaders, said spokesman Hannah Muldavin.
As the demonstrators, Martin is expected to take on Musks role. During a meeting with the Labor managers in Pittsburgh, for example, he plans to highlight Musk’s latest focus on the Ministry of Labor, which could “include the integrity of data such as the unemployment rate and the inflation -level inflation rate, which is important for a stable USA economy and in a broader sense Working people, ”said Muldavin.
Many house democrats are aware of the intensive displeasure of the basis of their party and plan to be proactive.
The democratic political and communication committee of the house published a memo before the break in which the Democrats were instructed “nine days of visibility”, and said it was vital for the members to have a town hall, personally or by telephone and at least one community event Organize this underlines the “devastating effects” of Trump and Musk’s actions.
The wave of protests comes to a critical moment when broken democrats have difficulty stopping the cleaning of the state presidents by the Republican President, which, among other things, focuses on thousands of layoffs in departments that focus on public health, education, veteran affairs and human services.
According to US Senator Patty Murray, a Democrat from the state of Washington, the researchers who work on cancer treatment, opioid dependency, prosthetics and brand -pit focus have been working in the Department of Veterans Affairs in the last few days. The cuts also include more than 5,000 employees at the Department of Health and Human Services and about a tenth of the workforce in the centers for the control and prevention of diseases.
In some cases, the Musk team – with Trump’s blessing, but without the consent of the congress – tries entire agencies, including the US Agency for International Development, the Ministry of Education and the US financial protection office.
Trump defended the cuts as needed to remove waste and fraud. And he praised Musk’s work with his Department of Government Efficiency or Doge and said that it has found “shocking” evidence of wasteful expenses. He signed an executive order that expanded the influence of Musk.
Musk has now defended the swift and extensive cuts that he urges and recognized by the federal government that there was mistakes.
The Democrats in the Congress condemn the movements as risky, but without control over the congress chamber they can do little to stop the Trump government, apart from the fact that they turn to the dishes. Nevertheless, three of the largest advanced groups in the country – indivisible, MOVEON and the workers’ family – coordinate the protests of this week to send elected officials from both huge political parties to send a clear message that they have to do more.
Nevertheless, democratic congress members can be exposed to the anger of their own voters.
Moveon, which has a membership of almost 10 million membership, organizes dozens of rallies outside of town halls and congress offices for members who do not organize public events. The group will concentrate on “convincing Republicans of the house, the voices of which are of crucial importance for the rejection of the Trump musk agenda” according to a preview of their Pause Week plan. However, there will also be rallies for the democratic leader of the house, Hakeem Jeffries and the democratic chairman of the Senate, Chuck Schumer, among others from New York.
“We see a real revival in the energy against which Trump, Musk and Republicans are doing with our country,” said Rahna Eping, Executive Director of Moveon, and added that “people are crazy”.
The party of working families focuses on protests in the districts in need of protection in states such as California, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. According to Ravi Mangla, the spokesman for the workers’ families, including RAVI Mangla, become the measures that are directly affected by the Rumps of Trump Management, including special education teachers, nurses and heads.
“Many Republicans,” said Mangla, “their feet didn’t hold on to the fire.”
