I've read about this idea of forming a "Shadow" Cabinet - a Subject matter Expert qualified for each position in the Cabinet - U.S. Attorney General; Secretaries of Agriculture; Commerce; Defense; Education; Energy; Health and Human Services; Homeland Security; Housing and Urban Development; Interior; Labor; State; Treasury; Transportation..... It might just be the method to fight back against the insane administrative policies - the Democrats need to do something more substantial than each of them seemingly fighting a one person war against this administration. This would give them a centralized group to highlight, rebuff and then communicate with the American people - sure nothing will turn the MAGAs (like the guy with the DUMPO swimsuit at the beach yesterday) but will serve as a Resistance group - communicating why the Administrations is out and out LYING ! and how their policies are killing the Constitution, the Democratic Republic and the American people...
From Thom Hartmann ::
The benefit of Democrats forming a shadow cabinet now will be twofold:
First, it can serve as a platform for critiquing the policies and behaviors of the GOP. A press conference being held by a random member of Congress criticizing, for example, Trump’s anti-labor policies won’t have anything close to the impact of the “Shadow Secretary of Labor” convening members of the press to hear a well-prepared presentation by a person fully qualified to be the next Labor Secretary. More credibility and more publicity.
Second, having Democrats fill the shadow equivalents of every major position in the Trump administration gives each of the prospective candidates for the next Democratic administration an opportunity to fully inform themselves about the issues facing, in this case labor, and thus prepares each shadow secretary to hit the ground running after the next election.
Turns out that it’s not just good politics; it could become one of the best and most essential tools to fight for democracy’s survival.
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