Welcome to the SUN CITY DEMOCRATIC CLUB web site.
We are located in Sun City, Arizona.

The purpose of this Club is to foster loyalty to the Democratic Party and to promote its ideals.

Current President's Letter

President’s Message

March/April

The news is coming at us so fast and furious it is sometimes hard to keep up
with everything that is going on. It is almost like playing wack-a-mole, you think
you have a handle on one thing and something else pops up as soon as you
turn around. Our monthly meeting speakers will be continuing to not only inform
us as to what is happening, but give us ideas on how we can participate and
make a difference at a level we comfortable.

Rich, our WebMaster, continues to post upcoming events, which are many, as
they are shared with us. If you are aware of any marches, protests, campaigns,
etc., please email them to me or another board member for approval. The
SCDC website (suncitydems.com) will have the most up to date information that
is available to us.

Our speaker for April will be from the ACLU. The ACLU is critical at this time of
turmoil and I am looking forward to learning about what they are doing and how
we can help combat many of the illegal activities that are taking place in the US
at this time.

We are stronger together than alone and that is what makes us so formidable.

Keep up the good work, stay safe and take breaks, we are in it for the long haul.
Cathy

Senator Kelly DC: 202-224-2235 AZ: 602-671-7901 kelly.senate.gov
Senator Gallego DC: 202-225-4576 AZ: 480-697-3600 gallego.senate.gov
Congressman
Hamadeh DC: 202-225-4576 AZ: 623-776-7911 hamadeh.house.gov

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April Guest Speaker(s)

Indivisibles (Coordinating April 5th Protest)

Our meeting runs 6:30pm to 7:30pm.

See you April 3rd

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Next Meeting

- On-Site -

Date: April 3rd

Doors Open at 5:30pm, Meeting runs 6:30pm to 7:30pm

Agenda:

Club Business
Indivisibles

Location

ON-SITE: Fairway Recreation Center, Sun City, AZ

Contact Your Representative

Name	Web Link	Address	Phone
Senator Mark Kelly	https://www.kelly.senate.gov/	Hart Senate Office Building Suite 516 Washington, DC 20510	(202) 224-2235
Senator Ruben Gallego	https://www.gallego.senate.gov/	SR-188 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510	(202) 224-2512
Representative Abe Hamadeh	https://hamadeh.house.gov/	1722 Longworth House Office Building Washington, DC, 20515-0308	(202) 225-4576

Sample Sign for the March 29th Rally:

You can find many more ideas here: SIGNS

Schumer surrendered one of the only legislative opportunities Democrats have to stop Donald Trump's authoritarian agenda.

Adam Parkhomenko Mar 16, 2025

When candidate Trump described his second-term plans, he echoed authoritarian leaders past and present and borrowed from their playbook. Trump conditioned the country to tolerate the president he wished to become. Too many in our Party brushed off his strategy.

Trump may have had only "concepts of a plan" for health care, but he had volumes of plans on immigration, trade, America's role in the world, firing federal workers, and more. He's signed one sh*tty executive order after another, along with his sh*tty mass firings and sh*tty funding freezes. America does not have a president who works with Congress — we have an authoritarian who works with Elon Musk.

Trump pats Sen. Chuck Schumer on the shoulder. Photo credit: Getty

As the top-ranking Democrat in Washington, the buck stops with Chuck Schumer for the Party's lackluster response thus far to Trump's around-the-clock barrage of attacks on the American people and American institutions. Perhaps Schumer thought he was up against a buffoon surrounded by crumpled up McDonald's wrappers, watching Fox & Friends. That was Trump in his first term.

Second-term Trump is motivated by vengeance following his four indictments. He is out to dismantle our democratic system because he believes he was the biggest victim of that system. So Trump and Musk are relentless and authoritarian in their approach. In less than eight weeks Trump signed 92 executive orders – over half what Joe Biden signed in four years.

Number of executive orders signed by each president, showing four-year total EOs signed by Biden and Trump in his first term. Source: UCSB

What was Schumer's strategy for countering a relentless and vindictive Trump? Monotone floor speeches. Boring press avails outside the Senate chamber. Looking down through his red reading glasses at his jargon-filled notes. Putting the media to sleep. And capitulation, apparently.

As the minority party there aren't exactly an abundance of legislative opportunities for Democrats to have a big impact. That means our Party must fight like hell whenever we have the chance.

Schumer had one such opportunity on the Republicans' government funding bill, and what did he do? He voted WITH Republicans. Only eight other Senate Democrats joined Chuck Schumer and Donald Trump in supporting the Republican bill. MORE THAN FOUR TIMES as many Democrats opposed Schumer and Trump by voting against the bill. [Those joining Schumer-NY: Fetterman-PA, Durbin-Il, Cortez Masto-NM, Hassan-NH, Gillibrand-NY, Peters-MI, Shaheen-NH, Schatz-HI ]

38 Senate Democrats voted against Republicans' funding bill. From: senate.gov

Again, this government funding bill was one of the ONLY chances Congressional Democrats will have for leverage against Trump's agenda. 38 Senate Democrats voted to leverage their power and revise the GOP funding bill, but Chuck Schumer did not lead them. You had better believe Mitch McConnell would have led his entire caucus in voting "no" had the tables been turned.

Schumer claimed a shutdown would give Donald Trump and Elon Musk even more power. Umm, what the hell? If that were the case, Trump and Musk would have pushed for a shutdown! They didn't. Trump even praised Schumer's vote.

Trump is a horror show, and it seems the villain's actions no longer bother some leaders in our Party. That's a problem, because we are now in a terrifying real-life sequel, and the villain has stepped up his game. Democratic leaders must stop Trump in his tracks whenever they can – or Americans' freedoms will be slaughtered just like the characters on screen.

As Democrats, we can either play into Trump's tiny hands or we can fight back. I choose to fight back, and so should any elected Democrat who claims to represent the Party. Every single time. Because when Donald Trump and Elon Musk seize power, they seize it from democracy, and they may seize it for good.

So let's fight and fight like hell.

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Welcome to the SUN CITY DEMOCRATIC CLUB web site. We are located in Sun City, Arizona.