Dems criticizes Trump’s first 100 days
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, a Democrat, criticized the work Donald Trump did as president in the first 100 days of his second term.
On April 30, former Vice President Kamala Harris criticized President Donald Trump’s approach to the economy, warning of the president’s sharpest responsibilities constitutional crisis since leaving the White House in January.
“Instead of an administration that works to advance America’s highest ideals, we are witnessing the abandonment of wholesale of those ideals,” Harris told San Francisco in his speech at the 20th anniversary gala of Emelge America. The organization will recruit, train and take office Democrat women.
Harris, who came out a day after Trump marked his 100th day in office, said the new administration was trying to terrify Americans.
But she said that the courage comes in the face of fear.
“The courage of Americans united in the face of the biggest artificial economic crisis in modern presidential history,” she said. “Americans across the political spectrum declare that the president’s reckless tariffs will hurt workers and their families by increasing the costs of everyday essentials.”
As a result of Trump’s repeated tariffs, the market has become visible and consumer confidence has declined. It all came to mind Wednesday when data from the commercial sector showed it had the worst quarter in three years.
Trump pushed responsibility forward to former Harris boss, former President Joe Biden, saying there was a “boom” in the economy when his tariffs began.
However, Harris, who lost the 2024 presidential election after taking over from Biden, said he predicted that Trump’s tariffs were “evidently inducing a recession.”
The former vice president also warned that he would balance checks and balances the US’s historical reliance on “starting buckles.” Congress and the courts must play their role in protecting that balance, Harris said. But if the president denied them, it was the beginning of serious problems, she said.
“Friend, that’s called a constitutional crisis,” she said. “And that’s a crisis that will ultimately affect everyone, because it means that rules protecting our fundamental rights and freedoms ensure that each and every one of us speaks about the work of our government no longer matters.”
She reportedly weighs the next move in politics, but whether it’s her third campaign towards the president or the next campaign to become California governor, Harris warned Americans that things will probably “get worse before they get better.”
“Always remember that this country belongs to us,” she said. “It’s not about the people in the White House. It’s yours.”
