Dems Stage 12-hour 'moral Moment' At Us Capitol, Rejecting Trump's 'big, Beautiful Bill'

Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., staged a sit-in connected nan steps of nan U.S. Capitol connected Sunday, taking a "moral moment" to cull President Donald Trump's schedule arsenic Congress returns to Washington to discuss nan "big, beautiful bill."

On nan last time of nan two-week legislature recess, Booker and Jeffries discussed their narration pinch faith, invited Americans to stock their acquisition of Trump's first 100 days and sounded disconnected connected "what’s astatine liking pinch Trump’s budget." The sit-in's hours-long livestream had amassed hundreds of thousands of views connected X and YouTube.

Instead of religion connected Sunday, nan Democratic leaders opted for a "sacred civic space" extracurricular nan Capitol for much than 12 hours. Activists and politicians joined nan Democrats passim nan day, including American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga.

"This is really we will extremity cuts to Medicaid, this is really we will extremity Trump and legislature Republicans' devastating agenda, this is really we will rise," Booker said connected X astatine nan extremity of nan sit-in. 

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Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., speaks during a livestreamed sit-in against nan GOP backing scheme connected nan steps of nan House of Representatives connected April 27, 2025, successful Washington, D.C. (Pete Marovich/Getty Images)

Democrats person been informing Americans astir Trump's eager fund measure since he was elected successful November, claiming his fund cuts will frighten backing for entitlement programs for illustration Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare. The Trump management has maintained that nary cuts will beryllium made to those services, contempt nan anticipated $1.5 trillion successful spending reductions and hold of Trump's 2017 taxation cuts. 

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As Congress returns to convention this week, committees statesman mark-ups connected nan fund model passed by some nan House and Senate earlier recess, pinch plans to finalize authorities by Memorial Day.

Trump added unit to nan negotiations connected Sunday, posting connected Truth Social that it is simply a important week for nan fund bill, "which will incorporate Massive Tax Cuts, Strong Border Security Measures, Major Military Advancements, Dramatic Deregulation, Powerful Spending Reforms, and more!"

Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., center, and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., hosted a livestreamed sit-in against nan GOP backing scheme connected nan steps of nan House of Representatives connected April 27, 2025 successful Washington, D.C. (Photo by Pete Marovich/Getty Images)

"IT MUST BE DONE. We will unleash Economic Prosperity, and accelerate into nan Golden Age of America," Trump said of his "big, beautiful bill."

However, Democrats person a drastically different depiction of Trump's imagination for nan country, and nan 12-hour livestream connected nan Capitol steps covered their laundry database of concerns – everything from Department of Education cuts, Planned Parenthood backing and protecting Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits. 

Speaker of nan House Mike Johnson, left, shakes hands pinch then-President-elect Donald Trump onstage astatine a House Republicans Conference gathering astatine nan Hyatt Regency connected Capitol Hill connected Nov. 13, 2024, successful Washington, D.C. Democrats person rejected Trump's "big, beautiful bill" arsenic Johnson useful to finalize its authorities by Memorial Day. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

"This is simply a infinitesimal of civilized urgency. We are successful this infinitesimal wherever Congress is going to travel backmost tomorrow from a two-week recess, and nan Republican leaders connected your broadside of nan Capitol are saying that they're going to unit a measure through. They want to get it done during this activity play and backmost complete to nan Senate to beryllium voted connected and put connected nan president's desk," Booker said to Jeffries. 

"This bill, we believe, presents 1 of nan top civilized threats to our state that we've seen successful position of what it will do to providing nutrient for nan hungry, attraction for nan elderly, services for nan disabled, wellness attraction for nan sick," he added. 

Booker said nan extremity of nan protestation was to "center nan stories of group who will beryllium affected by this measure that will trim Medicaid truthful savagely and truthful galore different things, to springiness taxation cuts to nan wealthiest Americans."

In this image provided by Senate Television, Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J. speaks connected nan Senate level connected April 1, 2025. (Senate Television via AP)

Booker, who celebrated his 56th day connected Sunday, has been mocked by critics for akin stunts rejecting Trump's second-term agenda. The New Jersey legislator collapsed nan grounds for nan longest-ever reside connected nan Senate level past month, speaking retired against Trump's executive orders, taxation cuts and Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency for 25 hours. 

He besides joined his Democratic colleagues up of Trump's associated reside to Congress earlier this twelvemonth successful a societal media run pinch identical scripts describing "S--- That Ain’t True" astir nan Trump administration. 

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Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., who has drawn tens of thousands of supporters to his "Fighting Oligarchy" circuit rallies crossed nan United States, told NBC connected Sunday that "what Democrats deficiency correct now is simply a imagination for nan future," arsenic nan statement struggles to find a accordant connection and clear statement leader successful nan aftermath of large November losses. 

Booker's agency did not respond to Fox News Digital's petition for remark by deadline.