Democrats draw on renewed energy in the fight against Trump

In the red state of Montana on Wednesday, a crowd swelled for two political stars of the left who vowed to “fight oligarchy” in President Donald Trump’s administration.

In the red state of Montana on Wednesday, a crowd swelled for two political stars of the left who vowed to “fight oligarchy” in President Donald Trump’s administration. That night, in a Midwestern swing district, a congresswoman saw her largest ever town hall crowd, with many wanting to know how Democrats were pushing back.

And hours later, a Democratic senator traveled to El Salvador to bring attention to a case at the center of the party’s arguments that Trump’s immigration policies have gone beyond existing law and court orders.

Those events of the last 24 hours point to a similar phenomenon: In ways big and small, the second-term resistance to Trump is growing stronger and bolder.

The pushback is not just from politicians, but also from some of the powerful institutions that have come under attack by the administration. These include Harvard University, MIT and Princeton, all of which refused to yield to a list of Trump demands that would overhaul hiring, disciplinary and other practices in the face of billions of dollars in federal funding freezes.

While it is far from a full-fledged revolt, more of those being targeted by Trump’s policies are putting up a fight now, compared to the universities, law firms and even Democratic politicians who bent his way in the first weeks and months of his term. Yet amid the bursts of resistance is a steady flow of appeasement by some of the country’s most powerful institutions, such as major law firms that have struck deals with the White House — including five more last week — to collectively provide hundreds of millions of dollars in free legal work.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/democrats-draw-renewed-energy-fight-trump-rcna201158

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