{"id":3314,"date":"2025-04-10T09:02:06","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T09:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunowner-news.com\/?p=3314"},"modified":"2025-04-10T09:02:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T09:02:06","slug":"rep-ayanna-pressley-on-the-presidents-power-grab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunowner-news.com\/?p=3314","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Ayanna Pressley on the President\u2019s Power Grab"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><!-- BLOCK(acast)[0](%7B%22componentName%22%3A%22ACAST%22%2C%22entityType%22%3A%22SHORTCODE%22%2C%22optional%22%3Afalse%7D)(%7B%22id%22%3A%22unchecked-rep-ayanna-pressley-on-the-presidents-power-grab%22%2C%22podcast%22%3A%22intercept-presents%22%2C%22subscribe%22%3Atrue%7D) --><\/p>\n<p>\n  <iframe src=\"https:\/\/embed.acast.com\/intercept-presents\/unchecked-rep-ayanna-pressley-on-the-presidents-power-grab?accentColor=111111&amp;bgColor=f5f6f7&amp;logo=false\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"acast-player__embed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- END-BLOCK(acast)[0] --><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"has-underline\">Donald Trump\u2019s presidency<\/span> continues to challenge all conventional understanding of executive authority. His administration\u2019s extensive use of executive orders has reshaped the political landscape, <a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2025\/04\/08\/trump-big-law-firms-paul-weiss-courts\/\">testing established laws<\/a>, ethical boundaries, and institutional norms.<\/p>\n<p>Among those raising alarms is Democratic Rep. Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, who has consistently questioned what happens when governmental powers are directed against the very citizens they were designed to protect.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote has-text-align-left\">\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt could be you tomorrow for reading a banned book. It could be you tomorrow for suffering a miscarriage.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<p>On this week\u2019s episode of The Intercept Briefing, she discusses these concerns, including the administration\u2019s immigration enforcement tactics targeting international students \u2014 among them, one of her own constituents. R\u00fcmeysa \u00d6zt\u00fcrk, a Ph.D. candidate at Tufts University who has a valid student visa, was <a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2025\/03\/30\/tufts-rumeysa-ozturk-ice-immigration-op-ed\/\">abducted off the street<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2025\/03\/30\/tufts-rumeysa-ozturk-ice-immigration-op-ed\/\">by ICE agents<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u200aShe was kidnapped in broad daylight. There is no evidence of any criminal wrongdoing. The only \u2014 the only \u2014 thing that she did was co-author an op-ed centering the humanity and the dignity of the Palestinian people and because that is a dissenting opinion of the hostile Trump administration, she finds herself a political prisoner,\u201d says Pressley.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I need people to understand that this could be anyone when constitutional rights are being violated, when due process is being violated. It could be you tomorrow for reading a banned book. It could be you tomorrow for suffering a miscarriage. It could be you tomorrow for practicing diversity, equity, and inclusion,\u201d she warns.<\/p>\n<p>In a broad ranging conversation with host <a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/staff\/jessicawashington\/\">Jessica Washington<\/a>, she also raises fundamental questions about executive authority and democratic safeguards.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was all laid out in Project 2025, which was not a blueprint \u2014 it was a playbook. And they\u2019re making good on that playbook. And I think people didn\u2019t take it seriously,\u201d Pressley points out.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey recognized that a lot of what he was laying out in that playbook was unlawful \u2014 was unconstitutional. So they said, how could it ever happen? And yet, you know, here we find ourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And despite widespread<a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2025\/02\/07\/briefing-podcast-trump-democrats\/\"> criticism<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2024\/11\/18\/democratic-party-reform-organizing\/\">anger<\/a> about the Democratic Party\u2019s response \u2014 or lack thereof \u2014 she believes her party is stepping up. \u201cEven though I believe that we are \u2014 as a party \u2014 being exhaustive, being strategic, [we] have found our footing. I believe we are being more effective as an opposition party in resistance to this hostile administration,\u201d Pressley says.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But she acknowledges the Democrats can do more. \u201c\u200aI do believe that we have a sound strategy of litigation, legislation, agitation, mobilization, and I think we are finding our footing. We have to match their energy. They\u2019re flooding the zone. We have to do the same thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Listen to the full conversation of The Intercept Briefing on<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-intercept-briefing\/id1195206601\"> Apple Podcasts<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/2js8lwDRiK1TB4rUgiYb24?si=e3ce772344ee4170\"> Spotify<\/a>, or wherever you listen.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2025\/04\/09\/briefing-podcast-ayanna-pressley-rumeysa-ozturk\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump\u2019s presidency continues to challenge all conventional understanding of executive authority. His administration\u2019s extensive use of executive orders has reshaped the political landscape, testing established laws, ethical boundaries, and institutional norms. Among those raising alarms is Democratic Rep. 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