Ruling focuses Dems on Trump's threat
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🎨 Democrats are painting a grim picture of what today's Supreme Court ruling would mean for a second Trump term, saying it could give a president bent on chaos unfettered power to carry it out.
- 🥊 They're also vowing to fight back by pressing legislation aimed at reining in the court and through an ad campaign warning about the risk of re-electing Trump.
- The moves come as Democrats are trying to direct voters' attention toward Trump — and away from Biden's lackluster debate performance.
⚡️ House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), in a statement reacting to the ruling, said House Democrats "will engage in aggressive oversight and legislative activity" in response.
- The aim, he said, will be to "ensure that the extreme, far-right justices in the majority are brought into compliance with the Constitution."
💥 Today's opinion "weaponizes, beyond even Donald Trump's wildest fantasies, the power and the immunity he would have to go after anybody he perceives as his enemies," Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) told Axios.
- "There would be no boundaries, no safeguards. Our lives would be upended," Rep. Greg Landsman (D-Ohio) said.
- "People are waking up today realizing: 'Holy sh*t, this is happening. This is really a scary time in the country,'" Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) said.
To drive home that message, the Democratic National Committee will take over the digital homepages of three major battleground-state newspapers tomorrow, hitting Trump as a threat to democracy, Axios has learned.
- The DNC's takeover of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Philadelphia Inquirer and the Arizona Republic's homepages will underscore the connection between the court's ruling and Trump's refusal to say he'll accept the 2024 election results, Axios has learned.
- The pages will direct readers to a new digital ad featuring clips from the debate when Trump — three times — would not commit to accepting the outcome of the Nov. 5 vote, along with footage of the Jan. 6 riot.
