Subject: Re: Vote Republican, cut ACA
But one thing you absolutely can't deny is that Trump is carrying out the policy actions he was elected on.

Sure - because he's the President, and his party controls both houses of Congress. Which puts you in a position to "carry out the policy actions" you want to carry out, so long as they involve the use of Executive power.

The Democrats don't have that. They are in the minority. They can't implement policy, they can't "carry out policy actions," they can't bring bills the floor, they can't even vote something out of committee. Not because they don't have ideas, but because they are out of power.

My criticism of the democrats is that...they're offering no policy.

Again, they're offering lots of policies. You just don't like them. Or more likely, you just don't hear about them - because the Democrats are (again) not in power, so there is zero possibility of anything they want to do being implemented in the next year or so, which means that no one covers their policy proposals. If you're not actively looking to learn what Democrats think should be done about education or housing or child care or transportation, you're not going to be aware of what they propose. And I suspect you're not actively looking.

Because they have no ability to implement policy, they get no attention for their affirmative proposals (because there's no chance of them coming into fruition). They only get attention for their opposition to GOP proposals, because unlike with their affirmative policies, there is a chance that they might succeed in opposing something. And that's part of why they seem a bit more divided on all the issues that aren't opposition issues, because (again) since none of their affirmative policies has a chance to be adopted, there's no way to whip members.

So, yes. The Democrats are in the minority in the House and Senate, and don't hold the Presidency. So it's no surprise that they're not "carrying out their policies" the way Republicans are.