Democratic Leaders Outside of the Beltway Emerge in Battle Against Trump
FEB 4 2017, 11:02 AM ET
by ALEX SEITZ-WALD
... Mayors and state leaders have joined protests, filed lawsuits, and spoken out on national television, unencumbered by the need to vote on Trump's nominees or work with Republicans on legislation.
"In D.C., they have a slogan or executive order that doesn't necessarily affect anyone that they know," Kansas City Mayor Sly James, the president of the National Conference of Democratic Mayors, said in an interview. "We're here. When Washington sneezes, we're the ones that have to find the Kleenex."
The first two major crises of the Trump administration — the backlash to executive orders cracking down on Sanctuary Cities and banning travel from seven Muslim-majority nations, which was halted by a federal judge Friday — have mostly played out in Democrats' home turf of major cities, home to both immigrants and major international airports.
"We're the first line of defense for the people who are feeling insecure," said Denver Mayor Michael Hancock. "We feel the immediate impact in our communities, in term of the uncertainty for the immigrant and refugees" ...
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