Dear Editor,
Currently, Republicans hold the majority in the House of Representatives (219R-215D, 1 vacancy) and the Senate (53R-47D). Following a presidential or midterm congressional election, politicians nobly talk about bipartisanship and working together for the good of U.S. citizens and our nation. Then the gloves come off and the knives come out.
Case in point, the Laken Riley Act is ready for Trump’s signature. In the Senate, 35 of 47 Democrat senators voted against the bill. In the House, 156 of 215 Democrat representatives voted against the bill, with thirteen not voting, including five Democrats from California.
Here are other examples of the loyal obstructionists’ resistance in the current term. House NO votes over 200 and Senate NO votes over 45 indicate near unanimous Democratic opposition.
- H.Res. 5: Adopting the Rules of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, and for other purposes.: Passed – 215 YES / 209 NO
- H.R. 21: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act: Passed – 217 YES / 204 NO
- H.R. 28: Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025: Passed – 218 YES / 206 NO
- On the Nomination PN11-7: Peter Hegseth, to be Secretary of Defense: Confirmed 51 YES / 50 NO (3 RINOs voting NO, Warnock and Ossoff voted NO)
- On the Nomination PN11-11: Kristi Noem, of South Dakota, to be Secretary of Homeland Security: Confirmed 59 YES / 34 NO (6 Democrats not voting, including Warnock. Ossoff voted NO)
Democrat Chuck Schumer is pushing filibusters to impede Senate confirmation of Trump’s cabinet, because he wants Trump to fail. In 2024, he wanted to restrict filibusters in anticipation of Harris winning and Democrats retaining the Senate.
President Trump and Republican congressional candidates won their offices based on the core issues of illegal immigration, the economy, crime, national security, lawfare, energy independence, and fiscal responsibility. The Democrats campaigned on unbelievable claims about economic improvement, a secure border, and foreign policy successes. Their main emphasis was on emotions and feelings tied to reproductive rights, racial division, victim status, gender identity, gender transition for children, gun control, DEI, harassing prosecutions, and Trump Derangement Syndrome. They were justly crushed at the polls.
Democrat leaders and their media sycophants immediately started a backbiting, finger pointing analysis of their recent presidential defeat. They ultimately found no fault among their party’s candidates, leaders, platform, and past performance, and laid the blame on the “garbage” who stupidly voted for Trump. The party veered too far left into a radical, Marxist-socialist ideology. Democrat leaders never recognized or acknowledged the resultant chaos and economic misery that alienated everyone but their radical, one-issue, nano-minority supporters. Simply put, they did not read the room.
Some Democrat leaders have called for the party to reinvent itself, to re-embrace their past illusion of being the party of poor, disadvantaged, and disenfranchised working men and women. Others call for a more centrist ideology. Their recent Congressional votes and public statements indicate the Democratic Party’s elected officials have learned nothing from the last election and will not change course to do the people’s will. This is the hill on which they have chosen to die.
The upside is that their continued political deafness, blindness, and indifference will ensure future Republican candidates have an advantage at the polls. The downside is that citizens who are currently represented by congressional Democrats will suffer under Democratic obstructionism and self-service.
The Democratic Party has nothing new to offer America, so they are recycling their failed platform, tactics, lies, and misinformation. Polling favorites for their 2028 presidential candidate include ex-NY governor Cuomo, NYC mayor Eric Adams, CA governor Gavin Newsome, and Kamala Harris, again. They should double down with AOC and Corey Booker.
Continued, long-term Republican control of the White House and Congress is required to ensure the renaissance of the United States and the restoration of our prior prosperity, sovereignty, national security, and global influence. Therefore, it is in our best interest that the Democratic Party continues to fight on that indefensible hill on which it has chosen to die. We should celebrate and support their decision.
Tedd Antonacci
Augusta, Ga.
