Mary Trump, Donald Trump's estranged niece and consistent vocal critic of the president-elect, is rallying Democrats to mount aggressive opposition against her uncle and the GOP's sweeping victory in the presidential and congressional races.
"I am so deeply sorry. I thought better of us," Mary Trump posted on X (formerly Twitter) in the early hours of November 5 after the election results emerged. Now, her initial dismay has quickly transformed into a call for organized resistance through her Monday Substack post titled "Democrats Fight Back," where she praised emerging coalitions while condemning internal party disputes.
"Instead of pointing fingers and acting like the entire party has to be dismantled after an agonizingly close result, some elected Democrats are starting to focus their anger in the right direction," she wrote, highlighting a growing movement of opposition among Democratic officials.
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Donald Trump secured victory over Kamala Harris with 312 electoral votes to the vice president's 226, according to final Associated Press projections.
Republicans simultaneously retained control of the House and won a Senate majority of 52 seats, with John Thune of South Dakota winning the majority leader position in a 29-24 vote over John Cornyn.
"It's easy, especially in the wake of the election, to get caught up in the rage and chaos generated by Donald and those in his orbit," Mary Trump said. "I empathize with feeling defeated and isolated. But in the midst of all the sturm and drang, there's an undercurrent of resistance as dedicated, qualified elected officials at all levels of government are refusing to go down without a fight."
The president-elect's victory speech on November 5 in West Palm Beach, Florida, promised to "help our country heal" while celebrating what he called "a political victory that our country has never seen before."
His national press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, told Fox News that Day One priorities would include mass deportations of undocumented immigrants and signing an executive order to cut federal funding for schools "pushing critical race theory, transgender insanity and other inappropriate racial, sexual or political content."
Mary Trump also praised the formation of "Governors Safeguarding Democracy," a coalition led by Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and Colorado Governor Jared Polis.
"While Democrats in Congress, who find themselves once again in the minority, are speaking out and laying the groundwork to become the opposition party, blue state governors are leveraging their not-inconsiderable power to unite against the anticipated overreach of the federal government under Donald," she wrote.
Meanwhile, Representative Melanie Stansbury, a New Mexico Democrat, warned about the incoming administration's appointments, saying they are "laying the ground for the purge that they plan on January 20 and in the days afterwards."
Representative Jasmine Crockett, who is Black and a Democrat from Texas, delivered a powerful rebuke to claims that white males are oppressed, declaring, "There has been no oppression for the white man in this country.... We didn't ask to be here. We didn't run away from home, we were stolen."
Mary Trump said: "Many of us have observed for a while now that those in Democratic leadership positions continue to shackle themselves to rules that no longer exist. Finally, it seems as though many others are recognizing that doesn't have to be the case."
Economic concerns played a decisive role in Trump's victory, with exit polls showing widespread dissatisfaction with the country's direction. These sentiments particularly resonated in battleground states like Pennsylvania, where Republicans unseated two Democrats, and Michigan, where the GOP maintained its congressional advantage.
House Speaker Mike Johnson is expected to retain his leadership position, with Trump saying he is "all the way" behind Johnson. The president-elect has also pledged to bring Russia and Ukraine to the negotiating table on his first day in office.
"We're in this together. And together is how we'll get through it," Mary Trump concluded, emphasizing collective action as the path forward for the Democratic resistance.
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