The State of Democrats Is Divided

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

66% : But Warner -- a former communications exec worth more than $200 million -- struck to a poll-tested, conciliatory message, including touting the "great, great progress" Trump has made on lowering border crossings, adding: "That's something we ought to celebrate.
51% : Progressive Members in the Democratic conference, including Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) and Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.), held up small black signs with slogans like "FALSE" and "MUSK STEALS," waving them at Trump.
47% : Leading progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (D. N.Y.), for example, refused to attend and instead live-skeeted the event on the social media platform Bluesky, commiserating with people who said they couldn't stand to watch Trump: "Protect your peace.
46% : Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) took off her jacket and turned her back to Trump with a t-shirt reading "RESIST."
41% : The Democratic response was delivered by freshman Michigan Sen. Slotkin -- a former CIA analyst and member of Congress from a swing district -- who won statewide in Michigan in the same election Trump carried.
38% : Other Democrats -- including party leaders like like House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, both of New York -- are proceeding with a more conventional, consultant-tested approach, seeking to duck out of the way as much as possible, and let Trump and the GOP own the political cost of unpopular actions, with Democrats then positioning themselves to reap benefits in the 2026 midterms.
28% : One approach worries that Trump is marching the nation off an authoritarian cliff, and insists that a fierce defense of America's core values is not only necessary but will galvanize a backlash that can return Democrats to power.
26% : She also helped give Trump a legislative win by voting for the draconian Laken Riley Act, which creates indefinite detention for immigrants merely accused of breaking the law.
24% : Rep. Green waved a cane and shouted at Trump: "You have no mandate to cut Medicaid!" -- a reference to the GOP's just passed budget framework.
23% : Kremlin Gloats After Trump, Vance Oval Office Ukraine Meltdown Trump's interminable address to Congress was met with Democratic responses ranging from angry heckling, from Texas Rep. Al Green, to sober counterprogramming, from Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin.
14% : But Slokin went after Trump for the "reckless way" he's pursued transformation, creating "political instability."
8% : " Slotkin did acknowledge the danger that democracies can "flicker out," and she suggested that Trump has put ours "at risk."

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