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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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George Chidi

‘A dark day for our country’: Democrats furious over Trump bill’s passage

Woman speaks to reporters
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez outside the US Capitol on 2 July 2025. Photograph: Ken Cedeno/Reuters

Democrats have erupted in a storm of outrage over the passage of Donald Trump’s budget bill, delivering scathing critiques that offered signs of the attack lines the party could wield against Republicans in next year’s midterm elections.

Party leaders released a wave of statements after the sweeping tax and spending bill’s passage on Thursday, revealing a fury that could peel paint off a brick outhouse.

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