Campaign Action
Head. Desk. Head. Desk. Repeat every single day that Democrats hold one branch of government and Politico can run a "Dems in disarray!" story. This day it is "Centrist Dems urge Pelosi to break shutdown stalemate."
Their ask? "A group of House Democrats is drafting a letter to Pelosi asking her to agree to hold a vote on Trump's wall after the government is reopened."
What's Speaker of the House Pelosi's position? Reopen government and then have votes on border security. Congress can't cave to Trump demands "every time he has an objection" and threatens to "hold the employees hostage," she insisted Tuesday, and she's right.
Note that Politico only has a draft of the letter and quotes only one person in this supposed group of lawmakers, Rep. Elaine Luria of Virginia. The article doesn't say if she has any signers on it yet, just that it's circulating "among some lawmakers from red or swing districts" and "illustrates the pressure they are under to end the shutdown."
You know who else is under pressure to end the shutdown? Mitch McConnell, who's the one person right now who could do it with one or two simple votes. That's who's under pressure, and so far just caving to Trump. As usual.
Call your Republican senators at 202-224-3121 and tell them to reopen government. Don't stop until this is over.