{"id":37772,"date":"2024-11-21T22:47:35","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T06:47:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=37772"},"modified":"2024-11-21T22:47:36","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T06:47:36","slug":"what-is-a-shadow-cabinet-and-how-would-it-work-in-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2024\/11\/21\/what-is-a-shadow-cabinet-and-how-would-it-work-in-the-us\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a shadow cabinet and how would it work in the US?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By&nbsp;<\/strong>FOX TV Digital Team<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>\u00a0 November 14, 2024  (fox13seattle.com)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Video:  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13seattle.com\/news\/what-is-shadow-cabinet-united-states\">https:\/\/www.fox13seattle.com\/news\/what-is-shadow-cabinet-united-states<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Shadow cabinet: Democratic lawmaker proposes idea<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Coming off of Donald Trump\u2019s decisive victory in the 2024 election, we\u2019re starting to see how his second term administration is shaping up. One question on the minds of many, what do the Democrats do now? One Democratic Congressman from North Carolina \u2013 Rep. Wiley Nickel \u2013 is proposing a &#8220;shadow cabinet.&#8221; He joined LiveNOW&#8217;s Andy Mac to us explain what that means and how it could look.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Brief<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>A shadow cabinet is a team from the opposition party \u2013 in this case, the Democrats \u2013 that mirrors Cabinet members in the incoming ruling party, i.e. Republicans.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It\u2019s the standard in the UK and Canada, but could it work in the U.S.?&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>With&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.livenowfox.com\/tag\/people\/donald-j-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donald Trump taking back the White House<\/a>, a Democratic congressman is calling for America to borrow from the British and appoint a shadow cabinet to &#8220;fight back&#8221; against Trump\u2019s agenda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rep. Wiley Nickel, D-North Carolina, first shared his thoughts on a shadow cabinet in an op-ed published in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2024\/11\/11\/shadow-cabinet-democrats-opposition-trump\/\"><em><u>The Washington Post<\/u><\/em><\/a>. In an interview with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.livenowfox.com\/\"><u>LiveNow from FOX<\/u><\/a>, Nickel pitched a shadow cabinet as an effective tool for Democrats to publicly challenge the incoming administration.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>RELATED:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livenowfox.com\/news\/biden-trump-meet-white-house-nov-13-2024\"><strong>Biden, Trump meet at the White House for transition talks<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We need new ideas,&#8221; Nickel told LiveNow from FOX. &#8220;Democrats have to stop playing defense and start going on offense. It\u2019s not enough to say we\u2019re against Trump and his Project 2025 agenda. We have to say what we\u2019re for, and that\u2019s what\u2019s really behind this idea, to get folks there to counter every cabinet agency, every position that Trump appoints.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxtv.com\/static.livenowfox.com\/www.livenowfox.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/932\/524\/gettyimages-2170420900-scaled.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An exterior view of the U.S. Capitol on September 9, 2024 in Washington, DC. A Democratic congressman is proposing a shadow cabinet to counter the incoming Trump administration. (Photo by Bonnie Cash\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is a shadow cabinet?&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A shadow cabinet is a team from the opposition party that mirrors the ruling party\u2019s cabinet members. The shadow cabinet has a point person for every cabinet position to challenge their counterpart in the ruling Cabinet.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>RELATED:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livenowfox.com\/news\/trump-cabinet-selections-see-latest-nominations\"><strong>Trump cabinet selections: See the latest nominations<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nickel said it\u2019s been done for a century in the UK. Canada also has a shadow cabinet in place.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;They watch the Cabinet closely, publicly challenging, scrutinizing and offering new ideas,&#8221; Nickel said in his op-ed. &#8220;It\u2019s democracy\u2019s insurance policy. And it strengthens the government, too: There is no room for lazy ideas when rivals stand ready.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How would a shadow cabinet work in the US?\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Video:  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13seattle.com\/news\/what-is-shadow-cabinet-united-states\">https:\/\/www.fox13seattle.com\/news\/what-is-shadow-cabinet-united-states<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is Trump&#8217;s new department DOGE?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will lead the newly formed &#8220;Department of Government Efficiency&#8221; also known as &#8220;DOGE&#8221; under Trump&#8217;s administration. LiveNOW&#8217;s Andrew Craft discusses what the new department will do with Jon Swartz, a senior writer for TechStrong Group..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nickel said U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate leader Chuck Schumer could appoint 26 Democratic members of Congress to go &#8220;one-on-one&#8221; with each member of Trump\u2019s Cabinet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>RELATED:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livenowfox.com\/news\/rep-matt-gaetz-resigns-from-congress-amid-trump-nomination\"><strong>Rep. Matt Gaetz resigns from Congress after Trump Attorney General nomination<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s really easy,&#8221; Nickel said. &#8220;It\u2019s a communications push. It\u2019s about putting out our positive message to counter what we\u2019re seeing from Trump. And if Trump or his Cabinet secretaries step out of line we\u2019ve got somebody ready to go and answer, and be accountable to the American people on things we care about.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who could serve in the American shadow cabinet?&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Nickel gave a list of potential picks for a shadow cabinet that could be appointed after Trump takes office in January:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Senator-elect Adam Schiff, D-Calif. \u2013 Shadow Attorney General<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash. \u2013 Shadow Defense Secretary<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rep. Suzan Delbene, D-Wash. \u2013 Shadow Commerce Secretary<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rep. Rosa Delauro, D-Conn. \u2013 Shadow Health and Human Services Secretary<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-Conn. \u2013 Education Secretary<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-N.Y. \u2013&nbsp; Shadow Secretary of State<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo. \u2013 Shadow Treasury Secretary<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill. \u2013 Shadow Veterans Affairs Secretary<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Fla. \u2013 Shadow Environmental Protection Agency administrator<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;This is about putting a point person for advocacy groups, for the public, a lead messenger \u2026 we need to organize our opposition,&#8221; Nickel said. &#8220;We can do our own American version of a [shadow cabinet] that will help Democrats do the thing we didn\u2019t do, which is get out our positive message and talk about the things that folks are rightly concerned about.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Source<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><em>This report includes information from Rep. Wiley Nickel&#8217;s interview with LiveNow from FOX and The Washington Post.&nbsp;<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By&nbsp;FOX TV Digital Team Published\u00a0 November 14, 2024 (fox13seattle.com) Video: https:\/\/www.fox13seattle.com\/news\/what-is-shadow-cabinet-united-states Shadow cabinet: Democratic lawmaker proposes idea Coming off of Donald Trump\u2019s decisive victory in the 2024 election, we\u2019re starting to see how his second term administration is shaping up. 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