Dems plot 'constant campaign' against Trump in war room

[highplainsdem]

Source: The Hill

It’s been nearly three months since Election Day. But as far as the Democratic National Committee (DNC) is concerned, the campaign against President Trump is far from over.

While the party hashes out who will be its next leader, a group of two dozen operatives has assembled a party “war room” singularly focused on taking on Trump.

Zac Petkanas, the former Hillary Clinton campaign rapid response director who leads the project, told The Hill before Trump’s inauguration that he plans to wage a “constant campaign” to keep up the pressure during the early days of Trump’s administration.

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Brock’s American Bridge super PAC has its own war room staffed with campaign veterans. Brock is also raising money to create an online platform he touts as a “Breitbart of the left.”

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Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/315980-dems-continue-campaign-with-war-room-on-trump

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Note they're talking about two different war rooms there.


Btw, I ran across the link to that article just after seeing this tweet from Oliver Willis of Media Matters:

Link to tweet

democrats need to have someone ready 24/7 to counter/respond to trump. so far, this sleeping in thing doesnt work. @SenSchumer

Good point. Trump usually has overnight or early morning tweets dominating news coverage before there are any Democrats responding.

[brooklynite]

1. David Brock knows how to dig up dirt...

AMERICAN BRIDGE is the only SuperPAC we give money to.

[Ford_Prefect]

3. Sounds like one more Brockian device to raise money for Brock's outfits.

He has promised much before but as yet failed to deliver. His purported campaign against Trump seemed frequently to miss the target, as much of the media did as well.

We do need a focused challenge to the official GOP mouthpiece. I have to say I am not reassured that Brock is up to the task. Then again he started his career as a political hit man so maybe this will suit him.

[vlyons]

4. I thought that's what DU was?

Brock’s American Bridge super PAC has its own war room staffed with campaign veterans. Brock is also raising money to create an online platform he touts as a “Breitbart of the left.”

Maybe DU should tweet?

[Demsrule86]

8. Maybe we should fight Trump and not each other...

The primary and the election are over...now the fight against a would be fascist dictator begins. Personally, I will take all the help I can get.

[NewJeffCT]

5. Democrats have a lot of work to do

they need to re-do some sort of 50 state strategy to build up the state parties as well.

[compsports]

6. As an FYI

I have asked Keith Ellison, Jaime Harrison, and Tom Perez through various means of communication what support they would provide for the 2017 VA state elections.

Unfortunately, before I posted this original message, I missed a response by Mr. Harrison on twitter that NJ, VA and municipal elections will be in the forefront of their efforts. My apologies for missing that.

[Demsrule86]

9. Perez was on Rachel's show. I really like him.

He would be good at the job.

[NewJeffCT]

10. What I like about Perez

is that he doesn't have a seat in Congress and can do the job full time. While I like Keith Ellison a lot as well, he's in Congress. So, he would either resign his seat and Dems temporarily lose a vote in the House, or he splits duties, which is something I don't want at all.

[dionysus]

13. He pledged to resign his seat if he gets the spot. Nt

[NewJeffCT]

15. yes

but, until there is a special election, his seat will be vacant.

[KittyWampus]

17. He only said that because he had to. He'll say anything. He should the job he was elected to do.

[dionysus]

20. So you're preemptively calling him a liar?

[Demsrule86]

19. Keith said he would resign his seat.

However, having watched DWS (no matter what you think of her politically) ignore the states to the ruin of the Democratic Party in my opinion...concentrating on national elections. I would prefer to have someone who is not in Congress. A governor or in this case a cabinet member would have a different focus which is what is needed. In Ten, the elections were run in a terrible way and it cost us enormously...that one was the worst, but none of the elections were run well during Pres. Obama's years in office.

[kimbutgar]

7. Just make sure this time dnc your info can't be hacked by chumps enablers in Russia.

[Doug.Goodall]

11. I would like to see Alan Grayson head this up

Alan would take the fight right up to Trump's face, and win.

[NewJeffCT]

16. Didn't Grayson have issues

with his personal life and his ex-wife?

[Crash2Parties]

12. They could start by voting AGAINST not FOR his appointees.

If they did this as a group, it still wouldn't block the nominees. But it would send a message, and that message is one that Democratic voters really need to hear right about now.

[Tatiana]

14. We're so focused on the Orangutan that we're missing what Paul Ryan and the Heritage Foundation

are shoving down our throats without much opposition.

Trump is low-hanging fruit. We should be aiming our fire at Faux Noise, Paul Ryan, and the Heritage Foundation, IMHO.

[Paladin]

18. Now THIS is more like it.

Enough of Pelosi's praying for trump. Enough of Elizabeth Warren, casting a vote for Ben Carson. Democrats need to be motivated and mobilized against the prick-in-chief.