Here's A Radical Suggestion For Congressional Democrats

[gab13by13]

Bring back town halls. Start holding town halls in your districts to inform your constituents what Trump is doing.

Hey Senators, you're not too high up the totem pole to hold town halls. You can hold them in districts that have Magat reps.

Calling our Representatives is a must, but actually speaking to people in person can do wonders.

Project 2025 is on track to be implemented in 180 days. Schedule those town halls now.

[Walleye]

1. It's a good idea, but Maga will show up to loudly disrupt any town hall we hold

[gab13by13]

3. Never mind then,

We are doomed. They are too big, mean, and scary to fight.

[Walleye]

5. No, but the politician should be prepared to fight back against this. So far, I haven't seen it.

[jmbar2]

13. During the Obama era, there was a brief time when the Coffee Party was holding meetings to counter the Tea Party

Bullies would come to try to disrupt. We always welcomed them, and served them cookies. Most left without a peep.

In another meeting held by Sheila Jackson Lee in Houston to support Obamacare, they arrived en masse to disrupt. I prepared name tags for participants that said "I am uninsurable" - the problem that ACA was working to solve.

Pretty much the whole room wore them to show the need for ACA.

[gab13by13]

15. Excellent example, thank you,

People who tell the truth have an advantage over liars.

[Walleye]

17. Excellent good job, that's the way to deal with them

[Evolve Dammit]

16. security

[AverageOldGuy]

18. So what?

So you are saying, well, it's a good idea but we should be afraid of MAGAts showing up to attack our Congressional representatives?

It's that attitude of taking a pillow to a gunfight that has put us in the fix we are in.

To hell with reaching across the aisle, listening to their opinions, don't speak out because they may be mean to us.

This is a war.

Lead, follow, or get out of the way.

[hadEnuf]

32. The MAGATs thrive on our fear.

That's why they pull what they pull. There is nary a repercussion for them nor any accountability for them at all actually.

They terrorize us at will and that's never going to stop on its own. It has to be stopped head on.

[louis-t]

24. They will, but this time Senators can point and say

"This is what he brings. Disruption and chaos. People acting like wild animals. People that can't control themselves. People that worship a human being."

[Walleye]

26. Yes, that's it exactly. We need to call these people who they are.

[ReRe]

39. Well maybe they will show up, Walleye, but

this time, there will be more of us than of them! This is a different time. Obama is not President anymore. Trump the dictator occupies the WH now. Dems are in no mood to suffer any Magas in the crowd. If these Town Halls come to your territory, I advise you take part in one. I think you will find the mood much different than the ones you remember from yore.

[Cirsium]

41. So what?

We should be intimidated? Just cave in?

MAGA won't let us???? All the more reason to go forward.

Stand up. Speak out. Don't back down.

[ariadne0614]

2. Last night Rachel said Indivisible is holding packed town halls all over the country. n/t

[gab13by13]

6. Are they being disrupted by Magats?

Good on Indivisible.

My thread still stands. Are our elected Congressional officials contracting out what they could/should be doing?

[summer_in_TX]

40. I doubt if the Trumpists even know about the Indivisible meetings.

As far as I know they aren't being disrupted.

Any news after today's emergency meeting of Dems?

[JT99]

23. Thank you for the reminder

about Indivisible. I just signed up for notifications on their web page. Here's a link for anyone who wants to get involved.

https://indivisible.org/

I find it hard to watch anything political like Rachel on TV since my wife is a Trumper and we still manage to have a peaceful coexistence, but I take action where I can.

[bsiebs]

31. You are a better person than I am...

… there is absolutely no way I could live with a MAGA..

[HUAJIAO]

33. Me neither.

[JT99]

35. It's a challenge at times

She is a one issue voter: so called "pro-life" (anti choice). We just avoid political discussions. Wish I had been more aware of the whole story before we got married 5 yrs ago. Probably would have made a different decision then. Divorce seems a little extreme but I do think about it, especially now.

[bsiebs]

36. Well, I guess it can be true... "love conquers all"

[dutch777]

4. Worth a try. But will only the faithful show up? How do we reach the rest?

[gab13by13]

7. Once these town halls start happening across the country

they will get coverage from the MSM. I believe these town halls would be significant and draw significant crowds of all persuasions.

These town halls should draw Democrats, Magats, Independents, and people who didn't vote.

[dutch777]

12. It might be good to hold them in districts not Dem held. I would target swing districts that Repugs barely carried.

And nothing to say we can't take out TV and other ads to bullet point the stupidity and the harm it is or will do

[Cirsium]

42. Oh for God's sake

People are hurting out there. They are desperate. Talk to them.

What has happened to the Democratic party?

[magicarpet]

8. Excellent idea,...

.... get infront of the messaging,... create the messaging narrative.

Assume the posture of proactive offensive messaging as opposed to habitual defensive responses or worst yet - utter radio, television, and social media silence.

Now is not a good time for the Democratic Party to play dead and/or fading into non-existence.

[Omnipresent]

9. My wish is that they learn how to message the American people.

Otherwise, we can all look forward to more disappointing returns, on future election nights!

[gab13by13]

10. My countdown

170 days left until Project 2025 is scheduled to be implemented.

[Sanity Claws]

11. Combine it with YouTube channel

The old media is not covering the Democratic view. They can get around that by your town hall suggestion but also by having a YouTube channel. The videos would be spread further by MeidasTouch and similar channels.
We need to get our message out there without it being changed by the propaganda channels!

Edited to add: Excerpts from the YouTube videos can be posted on Bluesky, TicToc and any new social media that is neutral and not Maga-centric. This would spread our message further.

We have to get out of the traditional media and its propaganda.

[Alliepoo]

29. Really good idea!

And especially since lots of young people watch YouTube. They should get young folks to set up panels that attract their peers like the maga morons do.

[NoMoreRepugs]

14. If the initial dismantling of Democracy has met zero opposition at this point its

naive to think the “180 day strategy of Project 2025” isn’t going to be accelerated DRAMATICALLY.

[orangecrush]

19. Excellent

[LiberalArkie]

20. Just how many of these members are common folk, looking at their net worth?

Source: OpenSecrets (2018 and 2019)[4][5]
Rank Name Party State Chamber Serving in the 118th Congress? Net worth ($ million)
1 Kevin Hern Republican Oklahoma House Yes 361.0*
2 Rick Scott Republican Florida Senate Yes 259.7
3 Mark Warner Democratic Virginia Senate Yes 214.1
4 Greg Gianforte Republican Montana House No 189.3
5 Paul Mitchell Republican Michigan House No 179.6
6 Mitt Romney Republican Utah Senate Yes 174.5
7 Vernon Buchanan Republican Florida House Yes 157.2
8 Mike Braun Republican Indiana Senate Yes 136.8
9 Don Beyer Democratic Virginia House Yes 124.9
10 Dean Phillips Democratic Minnesota House Yes 123.8
11 Nancy Pelosi Democratic California House Yes 114.7
12 John Hoeven Republican North Dakota Senate Yes 93.4
13 Suzan DelBene Democratic Washington House Yes 79.4
14 Fred Upton Republican Michigan House No 79.0
15 Ron Johnson Republican Wisconsin Senate Yes 78.5
16 Roger Williams Republican Texas House Yes 67.0
17 Buddy Carter Republican Georgia House Yes 66.5
18 Jim Risch Republican Idaho Senate Yes 41.8
19 Mitch McConnell Republican Kentucky Senate Yes 34.1
20 Steve Daines Republican Montana Senate Yes 32.9
21 Scott Peters Democratic California House Yes 60.5*
22 Rick W. Allen Republican Georgia House Yes 52.1*
23 Joe Kennedy III Democratic Massachusetts House No 46.5*
24 Ralph Norman Republican South Carolina House Yes 43.4*
25 Kenny Marchant Republican Texas House No 33.7*
26 Lloyd Doggett Democratic Texas House Yes 29.7*
27 Brad Schneider Democratic Illinois House Yes 27.2*
28 Nita Lowey Democratic New York House No 24.8*
29 Jim Sensenbrenner Republican Wisconsin House No 21.8*
30 Phil Roe Republican Tennessee House No 20.2*
31 Richard Shelby Republican Alabama Senate No 19.1*
32 John Yarmuth Democratic Kentucky House No 17.1*
33 Jim Cooper Democratic Tennessee House No 16.3*
34 Michael Bennet Democratic Colorado Senate Yes 15.7*
36 Tom Rice Republican South Carolina House No 14.6*
37 Bill Foster Democratic Illinois House Yes 14.1*
38 Dan Newhouse Republican Washington House Yes 13.8*
39 Carolyn Maloney Democratic New York House No 13.0*
40 Earl Blumenauer Democratic Oregon House Yes 12.6*
41 Mike Kelly Republican Pennsylvania House Yes 12.4*
42 Mike Conaway Republican Texas House No 12.4*
43 Ralph Abraham Republican Louisiana House No 12.4*
44 Markwayne Mullin Republican Oklahoma Senate[a] Yes 11.4*
45 Ann Wagner Republican Missouri House Yes 11.1*
46 Jackie Speier Democratic California House No 11.0*
47 Thom Tillis Republican North Carolina Senate Yes 11.0*
48 Rob Portman Republican Ohio Senate No 10.8*
49 Lisa Blunt Rochester Democratic Delaware House Yes 10.7*

[jalan48]

28. +1

And herein lies a big part of the problem.

[Puppyjive]

21. This last election

I got no phone calls. No one came to my county during the past election cycle. The other thing that really makes me mad is that when they do come, it's during the day when most people are at work. I live in Oregon, and live in a very red area. These people want to join the state of Idaho.

[Amaryllis]

22. Wyden has town hall in every county in Oregon every year.

[MurrayDelph]

37. Merkley, too

I've had the opportunity to meet and chat with them several times each.

[Rendville]

25. Big YES On Town Hall Idea

Oh Yeah! Town Hall over and over again. Televise. Podcast. Facebook them to death with Town Halls. View on X, BlueSky…..wherever the technology takes you. Empower citizens with facts to illuminate the EVIL machinations.

[rainy]

27. Here's another radical suggestion for Congressional Democrats:

DO SOMETHING!

[talking-liberally]

30. and go on faux

[jalan48]

34. Great idea. It will give our elected representatives an idea of what the citizens actually care about,

without the filters of wealthy donors and corporations.

[calimary]

38. I like it!

We NEED them now, more than EVER before! Our reps need to face us in real time, and FREQUENTLY, too.

[Figarosmom]

43. Good suggestion

Republicans have monthly meet ups at diners and halls and bars.

I always wonder where are the Dems.