The Trump-Musk administration thought they could just stomp on us and our Constitution, replacing democracy with a MAGA monarchy. But they had not reckoned with one fearsome opponent: Senator Chuck Schumer.
The Senate’s top Democrat says he’s getting “furious” about the GOP’s oligarchic coup attempt. Wow, he might even fire off one of his strongly worded letters to the White House! So far, though, the Democratic “leader” is meekly urging a horrified public to just weather the storm, predicting, “Trump will screw up.”
Sorry, Chuck — history clearly teaches that to fight totalitarianism, you actually have to… fight.
The good news is that grassroots people themselves — the little-d democrats — have taken to the streets, leading the charge to STOP this plutocratic, autocratic power grab. So, “leaders” ought to at least follow!
All national officials (including former presidents Clinton, Obama, and Biden) should literally come out and stand together, demonstrating solidarity with the majority of Americans fighting this far-right, un-American assault by rampaging billionaires.
Most encouraging is the fact that workaday people — in red states as well as blue — are erupting in spontaneous protests and unity actions. Ironically, Don and Elon’s self-serving plutocratic thuggery is rallying workers, veterans, schoolchildren, seniors, immigrants, the LGBTQ+ community, main street businesses… and, well, Americans — against them.
The GOP assault on all of us reveals that we commoners really are in this together, and it will take all of us to defend the Common Good for one and all. To get involved in some of the actions in your area, check out resources we’ve listed at jimhightower.substack.com.
OtherWords columnist Jim Hightower is a radio commentator, writer, and public speaker. This op-ed was distributed by OtherWords.org.
