With the 2024 election delivering a Washington, DC, trifecta to the GOP in the form of the presidency, the House, and the Senate, key Democratic Party players have a plan for resistance. An anti-Trump triumvirate to resist the sweeping changes Donald Trump has proposed is forming that could present a uniquely effective front against the president-elect’s plans.
Apparently missing from the equation, however, is that the architects of this “shadow” rebellion could be laying the groundwork for future Republican opposition to reap the benefits when a Democrat president has less of a mandate than the incoming commander-in-chief.
Prong One: A Shadow Cabinet
Rep. Wiley Nickel (D-NC) put forth in an op-ed in Washington, DC’s most prominent news outlet that Democrats should form a shadow cabinet to counter the incoming administration. “We can’t let…