So, old astroturf original FreedomWorks is getting back in the action. According to The Hill, the conservative funded group plans to try to fight back against the massive resistance to Trump and the Republican agenda that they have witnessed at the recent legislative town halls.
They plan a “day of action” on March 15th, with a rally and call to repeal the Affordable Care Act, which they refer to, of course, as Obamacare. After that they plan to descend on lawmakers Washington offices to urge the repeal and they back the replacement bill authored by Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky.
According to “The Hill”,
“There will be more grassroots hand-to-hand combat than we’ve seen in Washington for a long time,” FreedomWorks President and CEO Adam Brandon said Monday during an interview in his office near the Capitol.
“The conservative [lawmakers], they need to see us out there pushing. And if they see that, they’ll be bold,” he continued. “If they don’t see grassroots there on the ground, they’ll start slipping.”
And after that “day of action”, the members intend to get conservative voters to follow up with phone calls to their legislators.
What the left has been doing is scaring them, and they are afraid that we might win. According to Rep. Kevin Cramer, a Republican from North Dakota and who sits on the Energy and Commerce committee, Republicans in congress are welcoming this action.
Rep. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), a member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, which will soon begin marking up repeal legislation, said it’s welcome news that GOP lawmakers will soon be getting reinforcements back home in their districts.
“Members need two things from activists: one, to be held to account, and two, to have their backs,” Cramer said.
What we are doing, thru “Indivisible” and other organizations is working. This is why they are organizing pushback. They know that congress does listen to those that actually turn out and make their voices heard the most often and the loudest. FreedomWorks President and CEO Adam Brandon had this to say about it.
“A politician is probably going to go with who they fear the most. If they see that their town halls are completely filled and all they’re hearing back in their district is, ‘Don’t do something,’ they might find a way not to do it,” Brandon explained.
Yep. Which is why we need to keep up the pressure even more now. We should actually have a day of “counteraction” on the SAME DAY, March 15th. Hand to hand combat. Nothing less. I think we would have the overwhelming numbers and that would make an impression on these Republican legislators who still want to carry out their agenda even though a majority are against it.
Also, we need to take the 4 (thanks VClib) or so seats that will be left vacant after Trump’s cabinet is confirmed. Winning those would send an even stronger message...that we are turning out to vote those who don’t listen to us out of office.
So let’s do both. Turn out in Washington March 15th, and completely overwhelm their “day of action” and let’s put Democrats in office.
