{"id":2247516,"date":"2024-05-18T13:16:01","date_gmt":"2024-05-18T17:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dozens-of-democrats-turn-against-biden-side-with-republicans-in-key-vote-to-send-a-message\/"},"modified":"2024-05-18T13:18:22","modified_gmt":"2024-05-18T17:18:22","slug":"dozens-of-democrats-turn-against-biden-side-with-republicans-in-key-vote-to-send-a-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dozens-of-democrats-turn-against-biden-side-with-republicans-in-key-vote-to-send-a-message\/","title":{"rendered":"Many Democrats Join Republicans in Key Vote to Send a Message against Biden"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdozens-of-democrats-turn-against-biden-side-with-republicans-in-key-vote-to-send-a-message%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2247516&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The \u2062commentary by C. Douglas Golden on May 18, 2024, delves\u200b into the current unpopularity of the 46th president, Joe Biden. Despite support \u200cfrom the White House and key Democrats like Sen. Elizabeth Warren on cryptocurrency regulations, 32 Democrats \u200daligned with Republicans \u2064against Biden&#8217;s SEC cryptocurrency rules, signaling discontent within the Democratic\u2063 ranks. This\u200b defiance reflects broader concerns about Biden&#8217;s waning\u2064 support.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/cillianzeal\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/cillianzeal\/%20\"><span>C. Douglas Golden<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 18, 2024 at 6:28am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>When you need to judge how unpopular our 46th president is at the moment, don\u2019t just look at the polls.<\/p>\n<p>You can look at those, too, mind you; they\u2019re bad enough that even one of Joe Biden\u2019s favorite voices in the mainstream media, Fareed Zakaria, is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cnn-breaks-bad-news-biden-best-honest-reality\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sounding the alarm<\/a> over what they\u2019re showing in swing states. LBJ once said that if he\u2019d lost Walter Cronkite, he\u2019d lost Middle America. Biden probably watched Zakaria\u2019s show on CNN last week and thought that if he\u2019d lost Zakaria he\u2019d lost \u2026 something. What was it he lost? I mean, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/always-remember-joe-biden-misled-everyone-wifes-death-blamed-innocent-man-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Corn Pop<\/a> was a bad dude, but he was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-claims-cannibals-ate-uncle-military-records-tell-different-story\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">eaten by cannibals<\/a>. Wait, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/rep-walorskis-mom-tells-biden-jackie-right-face-media-banned\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">where\u2019s Jackie<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>Enough about the president\u2019s permanently derailed train of thought, though. No, how you can really judge how well the Biden administration is doing is how well they\u2019re keeping congressional Democrats in the fold on major issues. Spoiler alert: Not very well.<\/p>\n<p>On paper, the Securities and Exchange Commission\u2019s guidelines regulating whether banks could hold cryptocurrencies should be a slam-dunk for Democrats across the board.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re not only supported by the White House, but \u2014 as Politico noted \u2014 the \u201canti-cryptocurrency crusade\u201d is led by no less than the Rosa Luxemburg of the upper chamber herself, Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts.<\/p>\n<p>However, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/05\/17\/crypto-congress-democrats-00158630\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Politico<\/a> reported Friday, this past week saw 32 Democrats vote for Republican-backed plans that would end the Biden SEC\u2019s cryptocurrency regulations, in spite of the fact that Biden has threatened a veto.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe rift may grow further next week when the House takes up sweeping, industry-backed legislation to incorporate crypto trading into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-federal-reserve-nominee-sarah-bloom-raskin-withdraws-nomination\/\" title=\"Biden Federal Reserve Nominee Sarah Bloom Raskin Withdraws Nomination\">federal financial regulations<\/a>,\u201d Politico\u2019s Jasper Goodman and Eleanor Mueller reported.<\/p>\n<p>Cryptocurrency isn\u2019t generally seen as a highly partisan issue, although a sharper relief is being drawn given Biden\u2019s SEC regulations against banks holding blockchain assets and the crypto-friendly presumptive GOP presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump, telling supporters that if he were elected in November he would push back on the regulatory bonanza.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, such a vote could be seen as Democrats trying to send a message to unelected bureaucrats under the Biden administration. Like Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey, who literally said \u201cI wanted to send a message\u201d by voting for the rollback.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Should cryptocurrency regulations be rolled back?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m frustrated because we haven\u2019t had a chance to debate any of the real [crypto] bills,\u201d said Booker, one of 11 Senate Democrats to vote for the SEC rollback.<\/p>\n<p>Among those who opposed the president, as well? Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNew York State already has a strong law on the books, and they weren\u2019t consulted on this regulation,\u201d Schumer said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Politico reported that the legislators who voted for the rollback \u201cwere motivated by a mix of crypto advocacy, bank lobbying and deep frustration with the SEC under Chair Gary Gensler.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, while key House Democrats like ranking House Financial Services Committee member Rep.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/maxine-waters-thinks-trump-supporters-training-massive-attack-nation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Maxine Waters<\/a> of California plan to try to muster opposition to the plan when it comes to the lower chamber next week, that might be all for naught.<\/p>\n<p>Politico noted that one aide privy to \u201cclosed-door discussions\u201d told them that \u201cHouse Democratic leadership has yet to decide whether to whip against the crypto legislation scheduled for the floor next week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Translated out of Beltway-alien speak, \u201cto whip against\u201d means that senior Democrats would pressure their caucus members to vote nay on a certain piece of legislation \u2014 in this case, one that would directly roll back one of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/op-ed-demise-ftx-not-cryptos-problem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the regulatory measures<\/a> the president and left-wing Democrats doubtlessly hope to try and flog on the campaign trail come this fall.<\/p>\n<p>Needless to say, Warren has been the biggest critic of those who voted with the GOP on the SEC rollback proposal, saying in a Thursday interview that she was \u201cconcerned about anyone in Congress who is not worried about the threat posed by Iran and North Korea and their use of crypto.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, as Politico noted, she \u201cdeclined to address the differences in her party\u201d \u2014 which is to say, she refused to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/elizabeth-warrens-attacks-cryptocurrency-coming-back-haunt-tycoons-work-remove-office\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">use the occasion<\/a> to rebuke Democrats for specifically going against a White House agenda item.<\/p>\n<p>When Biden is so unpopular that even Elizabeth Warren won\u2019t stick up vociferously for him to save her precious crypto regulations, that should tell America everything about just how popular he is: When Democrats won\u2019t vote against the president, they don\u2019t want to tie themselves to him, either.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>\u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d Those 12 words have been stuck in my head since I first read them. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Former Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn recently made that comment to Floyd Brown, founder of The Western Journal. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>And if the leftists and the elites get their way, that\u2019s exactly what will happen \u2014 no real election, no real choice for the Electoral College, and no real say for the American people. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Western Journal is fighting to keep that from happening, but we can\u2019t do it alone.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We work tirelessly to expose the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-rep-anna-paulina-luna-scolds-dems-waving-ukrainian-flags-after-vote-put-those-damn-flags-away\/\" title=\"Video: Rep. Anna Paulina Luna Criticizes Democrats Waving Ukrainian Flags - 'Remove Those Flags!\">lying leftist media<\/a> and the corrupt America-hating elites.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>But Big Tech\u2019s stranglehold is now so tight that <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>without help<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  from you, we will not be able to continue the fight. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The 2024 election is literally the most important election for every living American. We have to unite and fight for our country, otherwise we will lose it. And if we lose the America we love in 2024, we\u2019ll lose it for good. Can we <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>count on you<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  to help? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>With you we will be able to field journalists, do more investigative work, expose more corruption, and get desperately needed truth to millions of Americans. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We can do this only with your help. Please don\u2019t wait one minute.<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>  Donate right now<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Thank you for reading,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Josh Manning<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Deputy Managing Editor<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>P.S. Please <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>stand with us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  today.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-44670\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/cillianzeal\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-44670\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-44670\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-44670\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-44670\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>C. Douglas Golden is a writer who splits his time between the United States and Southeast Asia. Specializing in political commentary and world affairs, he&#8217;s written for Conservative Tribune and The Western Journal since 2014.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  C. Douglas Golden is a writer who splits his time between the United States and Southeast Asia. Specializing in political commentary and world affairs, he&#8217;s written for Conservative Tribune and The Western Journal since 2014. Aside from politics, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-leaves-for-delaware-as-russians-prepare-to-take-kyiv\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Leaves for Delaware as Russians Prepare to Take Kyiv\">enjoys spending time<\/a> with his wife, literature (especially British comic novels and modern Japanese lit), indie rock, coffee, Formula One and football (of both American and world varieties). <\/p>\n<p>  Birthplace <\/p>\n<p>  Morristown, New Jersey <\/p>\n<p>  Education <\/p>\n<p>  Catholic University of America <\/p>\n<p>  Languages Spoken <\/p>\n<p>  English, Spanish <\/p>\n<p>  Topics of Expertise <\/p>\n<p>  American Politics, World Politics, Culture <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Commentary by C. Douglas Golden on May 18, 2024, at 6:28 am sheds light on the current unpopularity of the 46th president. 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