Progressive Democrats are on a tear.

The party liberals — particularly younger voices, in Congress and outside of it — are increasingly disillusioned with how the Democrats’ old guard is managing the high-stakes battle against President Trump, who is using his second term to dismantle the conventions of law and government.

On issues as varied as immigration, impeachment and picking committee leaders in the Capitol, these voices are airing frustrations that the party is failing to meet the moment in the face of a White House threat they deem to be existential.

Many are battling to divorce the party from the veteran leaders of the past — to include former President Biden, who has reemerged recently with a series of public events — and instead carve an avenue for younger up-and-comers to take the reins and remold the party’s image with designs to win back the working class.

“Voters are fed up with this entire class of incumbents,” said Usamah Andrabi, spokesperson for Justice Democrats, a liberal group advocating for a new crop of younger progressives.

“There are too many corporate, establishment politicians who they feel like are do-nothing Democrats in the face of this existential threat,” he added. “And it's time to usher in a new generation.”

The fight over Trump’s deportation policy is a major source of strife. Trump has long used immigration as a wedge issue to animate conservatives and other voters who find appeal in his tough-enforcement........

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