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Since Democrats took over the House in January of 2019, they have passed around 400 bills addressing everything from common sense gun reform to prescription drugs to domestic violence to election security to insider trading to voting rights.
But you wouldn't know it to listen to Republicans, particularly Donald Trump, who has dubbed the Democratic Party the "Do-nothing Democrats" despite their having accomplished quite a lot in a short period of time.
Including, of course, launching an official impeachment inquiry into the President, holding impeachment hearings, officially impeaching him, and sending the articles to the Senate. They've actually been quite busy.
But that didn't stop President's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., from using the moniker in an ill-advised tweet on Wednesday.
He challenged his followers to name one "Democrat" accomplishment.
Today we saw @realDonaldTrump stand up for America & the American working class & strike a great trade deal, while… https://t.co/yRrRQzAX3h— Donald Trump Jr. (@Donald Trump Jr.) 1579114101.0
The reality is that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), who boasts the nickname "the Grim Reaper" for his willingness to let House bills die in the Senate, won't bring the bills to the Senate floor.
I applaud @SpeakerPelosi for waiting on the Senate to set rules before sending Impeachment Articles. #MoscowMitch… https://t.co/FQx1SyQ3x5— Scott Huffman for Congress (@Scott Huffman for Congress) 1576770808.0
House Democrats, for their part, have worked with Republicans to pass a spending bill that averted a government shutdown and to pass Trump's USMCA trade agreement after a year of bipartisan negotiations.
It's worth noting that when Republicans controlled both the House and the Senate under a Republican president from 2017 to 2018, they accomplished little more than a flawed tax bill, while failing to pass legislation that would have repealed Obamacare and also failing to allocate Trump's desired amount for new border wall funding in its budget.
So it may not come as a surprise that people easily corrected Junior on his lie that Democrats aren't accomplishing anything.
@DonaldJTrumpJr Which of the 400 bills sent to McConnell should we discuss? Impeachment was appropriate and quite a… https://t.co/poe5H0DE5A— Repeal tRump (@Repeal tRump) 1579114376.0
@DonaldJTrumpJr @realDonaldTrump Here's a few to start with..... https://t.co/Aaio6taiKH— Ronda (@Ronda) 1579115195.0
@DonaldJTrumpJr @realDonaldTrump - They impeached your con man of a daddy. -They worked to get every American heal… https://t.co/7nYqs8jmQS— Runnergal4life 👩🏽🦱✌🏽🌊 (@Runnergal4life 👩🏽🦱✌🏽🌊) 1579115934.0
@DonaldJTrumpJr @realDonaldTrump Accomplishment: opening the eyes of former trump voters. They see YOUR BS AND ARE LEAVING THE PARTY.— Nicole (@Nicole) 1579114396.0
Your statement shows just how #IntentionallyIgnorant you are. There are 400 House passed bills collecting dust in t… https://t.co/2ASvgTGJdI— #ProofPositive @AuntiTrump, a #SHAKA, not a Faka! (@#ProofPositive @AuntiTrump, a #SHAKA, not a Faka!) 1579116393.0
@DonaldJTrumpJr @realDonaldTrump The answers are sitting in a stack on Mitch McConnell's desk.— Sweets McTweets (@Sweets McTweets) 1579114194.0
@DonaldJTrumpJr @realDonaldTrump Not getting arrested. Your dads friends and lawyers have been involved in cri… https://t.co/EV4myutrqn— Kasper (@Kasper) 1579120605.0
But one answer in particular stood out.
@DonaldJTrumpJr @realDonaldTrump Impeachment. I am a #NeverTrump Republican.— Dan Meckle (@Dan Meckle) 1579121132.0
@DonaldJTrumpJr @realDonaldTrump Impeaching the #IMPOTUS— One Year Out (@One Year Out) 1579114125.0
@DonaldJTrumpJr @realDonaldTrump They impeached your dad.— David Hindberg (@David Hindberg) 1579114170.0
@DonaldJTrumpJr @realDonaldTrump Oh that's easy....... Impeaching your dad! Great moment in history!— George was told there would be snacks! (@George was told there would be snacks!) 1579114505.0
By the end of today, House Democrats will officially transfer the articles of impeachment to the Senate, marking yet another accomplishment.
Your move, Junior.