'A dark day for our country': Democrats furious over Trump bill’s passage

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez condemned bill’s expansion of immigration enforcement and cuts to social benefits

US president Donald Trump arrives to speak at a rally at the Iowa State Fairgrounds. Picture: Charlie Neibergall/AP

Democrats have erupted in a storm of outrage over the passage of the Donald Trump’s budget bill, delivering scathing critiques that offered signs of the attack lines the party could wield against Republicans in next year’s midterm elections.

Party leaders released a wave of statements after the sweeping tax and spending bill’s passage on Thursday, revealing a fury that could peel paint off a brick outhouse.