• jordanlund@lemmy.worldM
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    5 hours ago

    Local officials have no power over Trump, and Democratic Congressmen and Senators have no power over Trump due to being in the minority.

    So you’re protesting people who a) agree with you and b) can literally do nothing.

    So, again, protesting in blue cities and states is entirely performative. “At least I did something!”

    • NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io
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      4 hours ago

      They can obstruct and/or oppose Trump in their own jurisdictions. There are options, everything from withholding federal taxes to enforcing state law on ICE (like Pritzker is threatening to do) to having local National Guard units defend immigrant neighborhoods. In the worst case scenario, forbid ICE from entering the state and shoot them if they do. At the very fucking least this shouldn’t be happening.