By AZ Mirror
National Democratic leaders have been struggling to put together a cohesive response to the Trump administration’s maiming of the federal government, attacks on the judiciary and plans to cut Medicaid.
Five blue state attorneys general, including Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, are trying to fill the void.
The AGs stopped in Minnesota Thursday night as part of a national tour of “community impact hearings” — apparently only in Democratic-controlled states — to listen to stories of how President Donald Trump’s executive actions are impacting Americans.
They heard from several veterans recently fired from federal jobs; a disability advocate who decried potential cuts to services for the disabled and elderly; a refugee resettlement worker who had to lay off 26 of her staff and cut support to recent arrivals; an immigrant who fears the end of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA; and the mother of a 12-year-old transgender girl who had been kicked off of a club sports team, with her daughter standing at her side.
