Congressional staffers are already complaining about being flooded with calls--tens of thousands have gone to the US Senate in just the past few days!! GOP staffers are admitting this is having an effect.
Keep this up! If you haven't done so, take a minute out of your day and call.
Over the next five days, I'm outlining an action plan to resist the incoming, tantrum-throwing orange tyrant.
Today is #5, and it’s the most important.
Nothing affects the course of what’s coming more than you communicating directly to your representative. It’s important to do an actual phonecall: a former Congressional staffer for Rep. Chaffetz said calls to the district (state) offices are the most effective way to influence a member of Congress outside of personally visiting him or her.
Also, do not bother going to their Facebook page or sent them a tweet—they are ignored. (Staffers are often instructed to delete overtly negative posts, so they are rarely seen.)
I don't know if you've noticed, but all of these GOP members who were gung-ho on rolling back ethics reforms, gutting Social Security and Medicare, fast-tracking Trump crazies, and quickly repealing the ACA, have not been acting as gung-ho as they did a month ago. People are angry, and are letting them know it.
If your representative is a Democrat—even better. I called my own representative to let her know I was none too pleased when she stupidly said she would try to work with Trump. On what? Taking our rights away? There's no middle ground here. You fight for us ... or I'll find someone next time who will. (And credit where due, she has since quit the kumbaya bullcrap.)
If you are a Democratic rep, then you’d better be throwing sand in the gears. Fight. Obstruct. If the GOP can win after obstructing Obama's plans to help people after he won a popular mandate, then the Dems can damn sure win for obstructing Twitler's plans to hurt people after he lost by millions of votes.
I don't expect to win every fight on every nominee or on every issue, but I expect Democratic politicians to fight like hell to not roll back the clock.
Call. If you do nothing else this year, make the damn call.
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Tell your Senator and/or Rep. to fight for us, or we'll find someone who will. (Heck, that person might even be you. There’s never been a better time to run for office than right now!)
After you call, make plans to visit when they are back in town, but at least call.
It will be the most meaningful thing you’ve done to stop Trump’s agenda.
Action Plan:
#5 Contact Your Representative!
#4 Take Over DNC!
#3 Make the Resistance Visible
#2 Donate to those who will suffer
#1 (D-Day) Vote in the midterms dammit