Democrats spent the better part of the presidential race raising the alarm that Donald Trump was literally Adolf Hitler and a danger to America.
Now that the party lost the White House, the Senate, and the House of Representatives, it seems some members of Congress are singing a different tune. Some lawmakers have been telling the New York Post that they are now willing to work with the incoming 47th president who trounced their nominee, Vive President Kamala Harris, and ran away with the electoral and popular vote.
Bronx Rep. Ritchie Torres once said Trump’s approval ratings were “lower than that of lead and arsenic” and labeled the former president as “sinful,” “radioactive” and a “criminal suspect.”
Now, the Democrat is calling for “bipartisan cooperation.”
“China, Israel, and emerging technologies are all possible candidates for bipartisan cooperation and compromise,” Torres told The Post. “There should be a bipartisan commitment to ensuring American competitiveness in emerging technologies like semiconductors, AI, quantum computing and biotech.”
Another local Democrat willing to move ahead is Long Island Rep. Tom Suozzi who said he will “hold” Trump to his promise to restore the State and Local Tax Deduction (SALT).
“I will take the president at his word that he wants to restore SALT (State and Local Tax Deduction) that he and the Republicans capped in 2017. I will work hard to hold him to his promise to do that,” he said.
“I’m prepared to work with the president-elect and the Republicans to secure the border, fix the broken asylum systems, and finally deal in a humane way with those immigrants who have been here for decades, like the Dreamers, Temporary Protected Status recipients, farmworkers and others,” Suozzi said.
Rep. George Latimer, an incoming Westchester Democrat, also wants to work with the 47th president on bringing back SALT.
“Rep. Dan Goldman — representing some of Brooklyn’s most Marxist voters — said he would be open to working with Trump on energy independence,” The Post reported. “Even far-left Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has extended an olive branch on the issue of capping credit card interest rates.”
I look forward to working with the Trump Administration on fulfilling his promise to cap credit card interest rates at 10%.
We cannot continue to allow big banks to make record profits by ripping off Americans by charging them 25 to 30% interest rates.
That is usury.
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) November 15, 2024
“An anti-usury bill capping outrageous credit card rates ought to be a top priority of the next Congress,” Missouri GOP Sen. Josh Hawley responded on X.
Many social media users hoped Trump would tell Democrats to go pound sand in light of what they have put him through.
Democrats extend an olive branch to literally Hitler. The most dangerous person on earth. The ruiner of democracy. The man who wanted Liz Cheney to face a firing squad. The man who destroyed their daughter’s future.
I guess their morals are adjustable now. https://t.co/Eqv5eJwmrO
— The Dank Knight (@capeandcowell) November 23, 2024
Just because Dems extend olive branch to Trump doesn’t mean they will get their way.
And hey, didn’t these guys ALL just say Trump was Hitler? Imagine, Bernie Sanders, helping Herr Fuhrer?
— That Immigration Guy (@brentknewcomb) November 23, 2024
Olive branch with thorns. No thanks❌
— SMHonk (@SMHonk1983) November 23, 2024
So he’s a literal Nazi until Dems decide to work with him. Weird
— The Dank Knight (@capeandcowell) November 23, 2024
so democracy hasn’t died like they kept pushing?
— SyL ☕#IYKYK (@sylabdul) November 23, 2024
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