Democrats rally at the U.S. Capitol to denounce Trump's "failure" in the first 100 days | Democrats

Dozens of Democratic lawmakers gathered at the Capitol steps on Wednesday, accusing Donald Trump of spending his first 100 days damaging the U.S. economy and democracy, with the help of “complicit” congressional Republicans.

The speech of the party leader is in contrast to Trump's opposition at a rally in Michigan, where he "has achieved the most profound changes in Washington in nearly 100 years" with the government focusing on mass deportations of undocumented immigrants, demolishing parts of the federal government and taxing U.S. professional trade communities.

Meanwhile, Democrats are still standing out from their disappointing performance in the election last November, but believe that as the health of the economy shows signs of markings, Republican lawmakers can work to create legislation that is expected to be an important one to extend tax breaks while cutting social security networks, where they have a chance to restore voter trust.

"Donald Trump's first 100 days can be defined by a big F-word: failure. Economic failure, cost reduction failure, tariff failure, foreign policy failure, failure to maintain democracy, failure to help middle-class families," said Chuck Demacrate, a Democrate, the Chief Senate Democrate, from the Capitol Steps.

He went on to describe the characteristics of Republican lawmakers, and since taking office on January 20, few people have publicly broken with the president as "complices. They are complices. They are assisting and teaching all the failures of Donald Trump. Once they are involved, they won't stand on him and they will blame them."

The party gathered hours after releasing economic data, which shows that the U.S. economy has shrunk in the first three months of the year, with lawmakers saying it is evidence that Trump has broken his promise of prosperity for American voters.

"One hundred days as president, we have gone from steady economic growth to the biggest decline we have seen since the pandemic. That's the truth," said Delaware Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester. "Groceries are coming up, retirement savings are falling, that's the truth. The outbreak of measles and avian flu, that's the truth."

Trump's presidency is still more than 1,300 days, but Democrats are reappearing in the midterm elections next November. Those returning to the home majority have touched, as the current Republican majority is only three votes, with historically low margins.

Earlier in the day, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said the party could only do a lot without controlling at least one congressional chamber, but once they returned to the majority they promised changes.

"As Democrats, we will fight as much as possible for the next two years to stop bad things from happening. We will protect our free and fair electoral system and then work hard to convince the American people to commission our majority in November next year."

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"At that point, we will be able to do more for you," Jeffries said, promising to "block any budget that comes after your Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid" and "keep the Trump administration responsible for the abuse of its corruption."

Trump's 100th day inauguration comes after major polls showed his approval rate dropped by 50%, and soon after concerns about his economic policy were exacerbated by 50%, but somewhat wary of his aggressive approach to immigration enforcement, which has seen high-professional foreigners being evacuated from the country on suspicious reasons.

However, Democrats have their own reconstruction to do. Recent surveys show voters are sour in the party, with a CNN poll released last month finding its approval rate never so low.

Pete Aguilar, chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, said the party plans to put the core of economic concerns at the heart of voters when re-establishing the French majority in 2026.

“We will focus on making life more affordable and everyday American life will be easier every day for the next 100 days until we flip the house and flip the Senate, and we have checked the Trump administration’s reckless economic policy.”