Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez rallies setting stage for protest movement: Activist

There are signs to be read in the volatile town hall meetings that some Republican members of Congress are facing and in the tour of swing districts that Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is undertaking with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), a progressive activist argues.

Both are indications voters are rejecting President Trump’s attempt to dismantle federal government through the efforts of billionaire Elon Musk, says Adam Green, co-founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee.

“We do a lot of polling. The economy is by far the highest on the list,” Green told “NewsNation Now” on Friday. “The idea that Donald Trump and Elon Musk are violating the Constitution in order to cut your Social Security, cut your Medicare, cut your Medicaid, cut your veterans’ benefits, in order to give Elon Musk a tax break, does very well.”

Green added that federal funding freezes imposed early in Trump’s second term alarmed voters to the extent that even conservatives are pushing back. He said the swing district rallies being held by progressives Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez, are drawing people who likewise are alarmed.

“They’re building muscle memory,” Green said of the latter events. “People aren’t just receiving a message."

"They’re going there and looking around and being like, ‘Oh, I’m with 1,500 people.’ In the future, when we ask them to come out into the streets, they’ll be like, ‘I won’t be alone,'" he added.

Some Democratic lawmakers also are facing hostile crowds in their home districts, with voters complaining they're not doing enough to curb Trump's actions.

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