Democrats just flipped Congress in a landslide, turned Texas blue, and won a Kansas Senate seat for the first time in nearly a century. But as Rania Khalek explains, the leaders of the new majority on Capitol Hill are the same “corporate suits” who armed Israel through the genocide in Gaza before losing to Trump in 2024, backing record ICE funding through 2029, and sitting on their hands while the administration tore the country and the world apart. Khalek lays out how midterm voters delivered a massive rebuke to Trump’s war on Iran, ICE terror, and soaring cost of living, electing insurgent progressives across the country. But Chuck Schumer insists “the issue is not me,” as Abdul El-Sayed, Troy Jackson and Adam Hamilton say they won’t back him for majority leader. And presumptive House Speaker Hakeem Jeffries thinks when it comes to holding Trump administration officials accountable, Americans “don’t want us to get even.” So what will Democrats actually do with this mandate? Will they investigate and prosecute MAGA crimes, cut off war funding, and break with AIPAC? Or will leadership smother the insurgent wave before it even reaches Washington? “I am absolutely elated – but I’m also cringing because people like Chuck Schumer are reaping the benefits of the backlash to Trump after taking zero accountability for the horrors their party unleashed.” Watch full episodes of BT Live, join breakthroughnews.org as a member today! #breakthroughnews

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