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HuffPost Politics @HuffPostPol 1h1 hour agoDNC candidate Tom Perez: Treat Trump like Mitch McConnell treated Obama http://huff.to/2jyWazP
Labor Secretary Tom Perez suggested that Democrats should confront President-elect Donald Trump with the obstruction strategy Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) employed against President Barack Obama.
We can hit him between the eyes with a 2-by-4 and treat him like Mitch McConnell treated Barack Obama, Perez told the audience at The Huffington Posts live Democratic National Committee debate on Wednesday.
Perez cited Trumps nomination of Andy Puzder for labor secretary, a low-road employer, as evidence that Trump was already betraying his promise to help workers.
McConnell famously said in 2010, when he was minority leader, that Republicans needed to deliberately block the president in the hopes of making him fail.
The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president, McConnell said at the time.
read: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/tom-perez-trump-mitch-mcconnell-obama_us_58800586e4b00d44838cfff9?section=politics
Maru Kitteh
(28,340 posts)Oh HELL YES.
InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,122 posts)kacekwl
(7,017 posts)through the media (all forms) to let the public know what EXACTLY is in it. Can not let them give it a sweet sounding name ( ex Right to work bill) and let it go at that. Media is out there we just have to use it.
onetexan
(13,041 posts)bravenak
(34,648 posts)Cha
(297,251 posts)There's this too..
Tom Perez · January 10, 2017
With a Potential Dormant Civil Rights Division Under Jeff Sessions, Perez Proposes Comprehensive Effort to Expand Ballot Access, Increase Voter Registration, Fight Republican Voter Suppression Tactics
Perez's Plan Invests In State Parties To Go On Offense On Voting Rights
Today, Tom Perez, candidate for chair of the Democratic National Committee, released his plan to establish a fully functioning office of voter empowerment to proactively expand ballot access, protect the right to vote, and combat Republican voter suppression efforts across the country.
More..
https://www.tomperez.org/news/2017/1/10/tom-perez-announces-plan-to-drastically-expand-voter-protections-at-the-dnc
mcar
(42,333 posts)Cha
(297,251 posts)Tom Perez would make an excellent DNC Chair..
Tom Perez
✔ @tomperez
Proud to be backed by United Farm Workers in the fight for the rights and dignity of every worker. More: http://www.ufw.org/_board.php?mode=view&b_code=news_press&b_no=19028&page=1&field=&key=&n=1213
9:10 AM - 20 Dec 2016
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The UFCW, the UFW and the Fire-fighters union endorse Tom Perez for DNC chair!
"The Democratic Party is at a crossroads, and it needs leaders with strong progressive voices as well as unique skills and experiences to lead the party forward. While there are a number of very good candidates in the DNC chair race, Tom Perez offers the party what it so desperately needs bold leadership and ideas, strong experience managing an organization at the state and federal level, and someone singularly focused on rebuilding the party across the country.
He understands the realities faced by hard-working families all across America who are desperate for a better life. Our members saw firsthand his passion and commitment to improving the lives of union workers as he joined with us to push for safer working conditions at poultry plants, and as he fiercely advocated in favor of the Overtime Rule. As Labor Secretary, he not only pushed for progressive reforms, he helped manage a multi-billion dollar agency with thousands of employees.
In light of the challenges the party faces, Secretary Perez has the experience and vision for the changes the DNC must make, and is the right leader who can make these changes happen. We enthusiastically support his candidacy."
http://www.ufcw.org/2016/12/16/ufcw-endorses-tom-perez-for-dnc-chair/
More~ http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/12/19/1612780/-The-UFCW-the-UFW-and-the-Fire-fighters-union-endorse-Tom-Perez-for-DNC-chair
Today it became known that the International Association of Firefighters, the main union representing American firefighters, has broken with the AFL- CIO and endorsed Tom Perez too:
"In a statement, Schaitberger praised Perez as a "a tireless advocate for civil and human rights" who can transcend what the union president called "a narrow focus on identity and cultural politics that alienated" some longtime Democrats from the party.
"Tom Perez is the person who has the right mix of personal background, progressive values, experience and total commitment to all workers, in all regions and states across the country," Schaitberger said. "To have Tom Perez as the Chair of one of our nation's two major political parties would be a significant victory for workers across America."
http://services.prod.iaff.org/ContentFile/Get/30617
And, he's bi-lingual!
In the meantime Tom Perez is also getting important Latino support.
The Latino Victory Fund are supporting his bid for the DNC chair, and I would urge everyone to read an excellent article written by Victoria DeFrancesco Soto over at NBC Latino:
She argues that Tom Perez is exactly the man the DNC needs now, because he appeals to Latino voters and minority voters because of his past relentless fight for civil rights, but also because he has a great appeal/ connection to the white working class because of his work as Secretary of Labor.
For everyone not really familiar with Tom Perez accomplishments as Secretary of Labor, I would recommend this article describing who Tom Perez is, and what he did standing up for workers rights, the 15 dollar minimum wage and overtime protection:
Opinion: Tom Perez is What the DNC Needs Now
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As Labor secretary, Perez has been knee-deep on these issues and has a running start on establishing real, sustainable ties with laboring Americans. And given the likelihood of the repeal of Obamacare, wages will take on a much more important meaning for working Americans.
snip//
Helping the DNC with its Latino problem isn't just about Perez being a Perez. As Labor secretary he has deep linkages to the bread and butter issues that matter to Hispanics on wages, employment opportunities and working conditions. But Perez also has extensive experience combating voter and civil rights violations through his work in the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division.
Then again, there is something to Perez being a Perez. With a Latino at the helm of the Democratic Party it will not be as easy for the growing constituency of Hispanic voters to be put on the back burner.
Much more~http://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/opinion-tom-perez-what-dnc-needs-now-n697746
Bettie
(16,109 posts)he's willing to fight, to stick a finger in their collective eye.
We need that.
Cha
(297,251 posts)Greybnk48
(10,168 posts)It may be ignorant in some instances, but I want revenge. Treat them the same as they did our President.
ProudProgressiveNow
(6,129 posts)yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)Now only 51 are needed. I'd like to see democratic senators do something but not sure they have any tools.
Kingofalldems
(38,458 posts)Wish you would be clearer. Your latest could be taken as passive aggressive in my mind.
Pyke
(15 posts)But I would add that this argument here is the MAIN REASON I cannot get people to consider voting Dem consistently, because when we did they still sided with R enough time where it didn't make a difference for the people and thus we now have Trump.
Qutzupalotl
(14,313 posts)to obstruct Moscow Mitch. Things are different now.
Kingofalldems
(38,458 posts)You can look it up. It is a fact.
Qutzupalotl
(14,313 posts)We traded a slew of federal judgeships for the steamrolling we're getting now. Time will tell if it was the right decision. Schumer has said he regrets it.
uponit7771
(90,344 posts)AgadorSparticus
(7,963 posts)femmocrat
(28,394 posts)I like Perez.
NBachers
(17,110 posts)Leith
(7,809 posts)But we should do it Democratic style.
ladym55
(2,577 posts)Obstruction is the only way to save anything from the swath of destruction planned by McConnell and Ryan. The ACA is just the first step. Ryan has his eye on Medicare and Social Security.
When Dems obstruct it is to fight for people--when Repugs do it it's all about themselves and empty power grabs.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)What mcCONell did was unconscionable. What he and PaulAyn are doing now is pure evil.
They did it for the hate and the money.
We do it to improve people's lives.
DK504
(3,847 posts)like Mitch McConnell treated Barack Obama."
Oh hell yes. We need to throw up as many roadblocks as they did.
blue neen
(12,321 posts)He doesn't care about Americans.
dalton99a
(81,512 posts)which they WILL.
hibbing
(10,098 posts)I've lost quite a bit of faith after this election. I'm predicting that many if not the majority of Democrats will vote for the tax cuts for their benefactors.
Peace
cstanleytech
(26,291 posts)have proven time and time again that they wont be creating many if any new jobs unless of course its dead end low wage part time jobs as they create plenty of those when they have more money.
bdamomma
(63,852 posts)McConnell would you let trump grab your wife's pu**y. Sickening bastards.
Cha
(297,251 posts)is the latest.
Tom Perez: 'Treat Trump like Mitch McConnell treated Obama'
HuffPost Politics @HuffPostPol 1h1 hour ago
DNC candidate Tom Perez: Treat Trump like Mitch McConnell treated Obama http://huff.to/2jyWazP
Labor Secretary Tom Perez suggested that Democrats should confront President-elect Donald Trump with the obstruction strategy Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) employed against President Barack Obama.
We can hit him between the eyes with a 2-by-4 and treat him like Mitch McConnell treated Barack Obama, Perez told the audience at The Huffington Posts live Democratic National Committee debate on Wednesday.
Perez cited Trumps nomination of Andy Puzder for labor secretary, a low-road employer, as evidence that Trump was already betraying his promise to help workers.
McConnell famously said in 2010, when he was minority leader, that Republicans needed to deliberately block the president in the hopes of making him fail.
The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president, McConnell said at the time.
read: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/tom-perez-trump-mitch-mcconnell-obama_us_58800586e4b00d44838cfff9?section=politics
Thank you, bigtree
cstanleytech
(26,291 posts)and fair legislation that isnt meant to fuck most everyone who isnt part of the 1% over which given the given the current Republican party isnt very likely to actually happen.
mobeau69
(11,144 posts)They've been trying to undo The New Deal my entire life.
cstanleytech
(26,291 posts)a path to becoming a party much like the Nazi party for a long time now and they are on the cusp of becoming the new Nazi party.
They can avoid it and I hope they do but I also wont be surprised if they embrace most if not all of the same things the Nazi party embraced back in the 30s and 40s.
mobeau69
(11,144 posts)donald dickarnold is the enemy. We're gonna hold him by the nose and kick him in the ass. We're gonna kick the hell out of him all the time and we're gonna go through him like crap through a goose.
Stellar
(5,644 posts)I truly concur!
Still In Wisconsin
(4,450 posts)That is just excellent.
Alice11111
(5,730 posts)We need STRONG, resolute leadership now. All of this trying to please, has lost our ability to win for our issues. Obstruct! Delay! Obstruct! Obstruct! Delay! Whatever it takes.
wiggs
(7,814 posts)a potus because of who the man is and what party he belongs to? I think the gop proved its political goals when it obstructed policies and legislation that they traditionally championed. They weren't interested in problem solving and governing at all. Unfortunately, the dems and Obama didn't toot their own horns enough and Preibus and McConnell's low political tactics of deception and misinformation and obstructionism worked.
I don't oppose Trump for reasons anywhere near similar to the reasons McConnell and the rest opposed Obama. (They went to the mats on everything, regardless of whether or not it was good for the country. Leaving aside the deceptions about governing, they made scandals out of thin air re his lapel pins, his college transcripts, his eligibility for office, his neighbors, his pastor, the number of times he prays, his terrorist fist jabs, etc.. Just because it worked due to media failures and dem weaknesses doesn't mean we should do the same. If Rachel, Dean, Sanders, Warren, and Franken start lying their assess off and work to suppress votes and invoke fear, hate, and polarization then we are truly screwed even if we win a few more elections.) I oppose Trump, as do most Americans, not for his party or his skin color or his hand size but for clear, obvious reasons having to do with what he has clearly demonstrated regarding his competency, ignorance, sociopathic behavior, immature emotional thinking, arrogance, narcissistic disorder, out of control anger, incurious nature, epic short attention span, dangerous nominations and advisors, and top .1% perspective. it truly does call for monumental resistance by us and our legislators.
I'm for wielding a 2 x 4, for calling out a liar for his lies, for doggedly pursuing real scandal and misdeeds, tearing apart flawed policies and nominations....just leave the examples of McConnell and Boehner and Rove out of it because they and others have done a dis-service to the country.
I think Perez can get his point across about being vigilant, diligent, proactive and vigorous in opposition without saying we are going to copy McConnell's tactics.
cstanleytech
(26,291 posts)will tend to back the party and the candidate they think looks stronger.
Oh I am not saying they should behave exactly like the Republicans have but they need to show the voters on important issues such as Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare, SNAP and other social programs that they will will not back down.
TeamPooka
(24,227 posts)Right on Tom Perez!
cstanleytech
(26,291 posts)Best way to kneecap the Republicans would actually be to attack them there as without that control they cannot gerrymander the states or pass restrictive voting laws whos sole intent is to make it harder for voters that tend to vote for Democrats to vote.
Cha
(297,251 posts)Alex Seitz-Wald
✔ @aseitzwald
.@TomPerez: "Donald Trump is what we call a target-rich environment."
https://twitter.com/aseitzwald?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
DFW
(54,387 posts)Call it cooperation. The Democrats in Congress should give Trump and the Republicans every bit as much cooperation and extend them exactly as much courtesy as the Republicans extended toward Barack Obama--with one exception.
The Republicans blocked their own proposals as soon as they heard that Obama supported them. If they should, by some miracle or accident, adopt some Democratic proposals and think we'll oppose them, we should pull the rug out from underneath them and support them with great enthusiasm.
bigtree
(85,996 posts)...
Cha
(297,251 posts)Thank you!
Vinca
(50,273 posts)It doesn't matter whether Perez uses a 2 x 4 or a steel I-beam. They've got the numbers. Next election season Democrats should try to run as strong Democrats with a bona fide opposing view rather than as Joe Manchin Republican Democrats.
mnmoderatedem
(3,728 posts)remember McConnell stood on the floor of congress and rallied to make Obama a one term president before he was even inaugurated.
Gothmog
(145,278 posts)Initech
(100,078 posts)Gothmog
(145,278 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,660 posts)LAS14
(13,783 posts)How about we put the welfare of the country first? What if Trump happens to come down on the right side of some bill? He's so erratic that it's possible.
Starry Messenger
(32,342 posts)They aren't going to propose anything good. People who think so are high, sorry, not sorry.