Off the top of my head, individual lawmakers could have put holds on his cabinet nominees to slow down their consideration and limit the amount of damage they could do, but instead they let people like Marco Rubio sail through and only started exercising that power on lower level appointments after Rubio had already destroyed USAID
Use their positions as public officials to rally support, reach out to their union and activist allies to plan mass demonstrations and strikes, use the filibuster?
Considering they have minority status in all three branches of government, what do you suggest they do?
The same things Republicans do to prevent the Dems from doing anything at all when they get a majority.
Democrafs still vote for the shit the Republicans want. Like breaking the country into parts to be sold.
Off the top of my head, individual lawmakers could have put holds on his cabinet nominees to slow down their consideration and limit the amount of damage they could do, but instead they let people like Marco Rubio sail through and only started exercising that power on lower level appointments after Rubio had already destroyed USAID
Delaying isn’t stopping anything. You’d be making the same comments just a little later.
Use their positions as public officials to rally support, reach out to their union and activist allies to plan mass demonstrations and strikes, use the filibuster?