Democrats’ confrontational tactics draw attention and raise political stakes

Democrats are getting arrested, detained, and censured all in the name of protesting President Donald Trump‘s policies, but the theatrics run the risk of backfiring.

From a local mayor to a sitting senator, Democrats have used more confrontational tactics to stand up to Trump’s mass deportation operations, which have resulted in lawmakers getting handcuffed or criminally charged. Sitting governors and members of Congress have also dared the Trump administration to arrest them to make political points of defiance.

It’s part of a broader strategy by Democrats to show their base they are doing something to stand up to Trump’s “tyranny” at a time when they are virtually powerless in Washington and have few legislative ways to check Trump’s actions.

While images of lawmakers detained can ignite

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