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House Member Judy Chu - Fighting Against Trump and Fighting for What's Right [1]

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Date: 2025-03-17

In a number of comments I made in various diaries today I suggested people should find Democrats who are fighting Republicans at all levels and promote and support them. Decided to take my own advice and write a diary on one House Member, far from being a household name, who has been doing all she can to take the fight to Trump.

Judy Chu has been in Congress since 2009, succeeding Hilda Solis after the latter was appointed to the position of Labour Secretary by Barak Obama. She taught at California area colleges before being elected to Congress as the House member from California’s 32nd District. She now represents California’s 28th District.

She is not one of the younger members of Congress, she was born in 1953, but she has been an activist who has taken to the streets in support of Democratic values.

In December 2017, she was one of 181 arrested during a demonstration outside of the White House demanding support for “Dreamers”. After her arrest, she released a statement that included, “’Anyone who lives inside the United States can never be considered an outsider anywhere within its bounds.’ Those are the words written by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. during his own, far more dire, arrest in Birmingham. And while my brush with the law today was planned and civil, those words from his famous letter continue to inspire our civil disobedience. Then it was on behalf of Black citizens treated as less than human. Today it is on behalf of immigrants who are facing threats of deportation and separation from family and the only home they have ever known.”

In June of 2022 Ms. Chu, who was one of the authors of a House Bill supporting Abortion Rights, was one of over one hundred arrested during a Reproductive Rights Rally in Washington. She said after her arrest, ““The decision to march today was easy—I came out to march for the young rape survivor, the woman who cannot afford to travel to another state to access critical care, the mother with an ectopic pregnancy whose life is in danger. I came out to march for all of us.”

Here is a link to the story that includes an picture of her arrest. I could not upload it for this story, unfortunately.

www.nbcnews.com/...

Since Trump’s election Judy Chu, now 71 years of age, continues to be one of the Democrats who are determined to oppose Trump’s fascist agenda.

So what has she been doing to fight Trump. Here’s a sample.

She was one of many who walked out of Trump’s speech before Congress.

x These Representatives walked out together. Rep. Green was removed. Walked out (shown below): Maxwell Frost-FL, Judy Chu-CA, Melanie Stansbury-NM, LaMonica McIver-NJ, Maxine Dexter, MD-OR, Sydney Kamlager-Dove-CA, Andrea Salinas-OR, Jasmine Crockett-TX. More pics below. — Millie Lou 🇺🇦🇨🇦 (@millielou1.bsky.social) 2025-03-05T20:11:46.753Z

On March 14, the day of the Senate vote, Judy Chu was among a number of House Democrats who published a letter directed at Chuck Schumer telling him to say no to the Continuing Resolution. These members came from across the spectrum of the Democratic Party. As we know, Chuck Schumer unwisely chose not to listen.

x House Democrats voted NO. Senate Democrats need to FIGHT. We can’t just stand by while Trump & Musk hurt working people. Republicans control the House, Senate, and White House. They run the government—and they own a shutdown. 👇 — Rep. Jason Crow (@crow.house.gov) 2025-03-14T17:27:09.492Z

On March 8th, Judy Chu spoke at a protest in front of a Tesla Showroom in Pasadena, fighting against the fascist ideology of Elon Musk. Unfortunately, it is difficult to really hear what she is saying here due to the quality of the upload but this was the only image I could find on BlueSky.

x Representative Judy Chu speaks up as protesters gather in front of Tesla showroom in Pasadena. — Niru Parmar (@niruparmar.bsky.social) 2025-03-08T21:41:16.071Z

On March 5th, she held a telephone Town Hall, accompanied by California AG Rob Bonta and Democracy Forward’s Megan Uzzell that focused on DOGE’s “unauthorized actions”.

x ☆ ★Urgent! ☆ ★Weds March 5th 5:45 pm ☆ ★ Representative Judy Chu telephone Town hall "Trump presidency, Elon Musk, and DOGE’s unauthorized actions" Member of Congress Judy Chu will be joined by California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Democracy Forward's Megan Uzzell. chu.house.gov/live — Canada Crescenta Democratic Club (@ccdemclub.bsky.social) 2025-03-05T18:28:04.945Z

She and Gwen Moore of Wisconsin decided to invite themselves into a meeting in Mike Johnson’s office as Johnson was meeting with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. They demanded answers to the access DOGE were given to Treasury Department information. I think it was Shirley Chisholm who said, “if they don’t invite you to the table, bring a folding chair”. They essentially did just that.

x 1/ Two Democratic lawmakers stormed into House Speaker Mike Johnson's (R-LA) office "unscheduled" Wednesday over Elon's new access to the US Dep't of Treasury's highly sensitive payment system. — Fiona "Fi" Webster 🌎🌍🌏🥄🇺🇦 (@fiona-webster22.bsky.social) 2025-02-05T23:13:13.686Z

Finally, here she is speaking in the rain at a rally in support of civil servants.

x ☔️Rain or shine: I’ll fight for our nation's civil servants! ✊ Mass, indiscriminate firings of civil servants mean: 📈higher everyday costs ✂️cut benefits like Social Security & Medicare you've earned 🚨unsafe communities, water, & air ❌worse public services for us ALL — Rep. Judy Chu (@chu.house.gov) 2025-03-06T21:13:20.703Z

I had no idea who Judy Chu was until someone reposted her attendance at the rally in support of civil servants. I had no idea how strongly she has fought for immigration rights, civil rights, and fairness throughout her career. I regret it took me this long to discover her.

I’ve seen diary after diary lambasting Democrats for failing to meet the moment. Some clearly have failed (I’m looking at you Chuck Schumer), but for all those who fail you can find even more who have always met the moment and always spoken out for Democracy.

I encourage all who read to find, promote and support Democrats who are doing the right thing. There are many like Judy Chu who are not well known, who aren’t talked about on DKOS, but who nonetheless are finding myriad ways to oppose Trump and bring forward Democratic messages.

Party supporters can wallow in cynicism and defeatism or chose to support members of the House and Senate, to support Governors and Lt Governors and Attorney Generals, and to support all who are in this fight.

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