Never in the history of the country have more people contacted their elected representatives than they have this week:
And yet, Republicans stand at 50 votes for Betsy DeVos, with Mike Pence as the tie-breaking vote to shove her through on Monday when Republicans return from their relaxing weekend with big money donors in Palm Beach:
The NRSC’s “Majority Makers” retreat will begin Friday with a 5:30 p.m. reception. Guests will sit down for intimate dinners with individual senators starting at 7 p.m.
On Saturday, guests will have the opportunity to participate in panel discussions with senators starting at 9:30 a.m. An afternoon golf tournament is scheduled for 12:30 p.m. The weather will be perfect for the occasion, 79 degrees and mostly sunny.
Guests will have the opportunity to have dinner with individual senators again on Saturday evening, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. They had the chance to request dinners with particular senators on either Friday or Saturday evening.
La-dee-fucking-da, right? While phones ring off the hook, Republicans have locked up all their offices nationwide and gone off to golf, eat steak, drink high end cocktails with the only people who really matter to them — Jefferson, Grant and Franklin.
Dolla dolla bill, y’all!
Nevertheless, we have to keep at it. Don’t get discouraged they are trying to ignore us, literally locking us out of their offices. Don’t give it, it is time to double down. We aren’t going anywhere. This should only make us feel more emboldened. We are the majority, we have the power and it is high time we start acting like it. Take the way we feel this week and do something every week until our long national nightmare ends. Personally, I'm ready to start registering voters, door-knocking, fundraising and phone-banking for 2018 right now. I hope you are too. That’s how we win in the end.
GREAT JOB, RESISTANCE.
