You mean call their officers get a voicemail prompt and then be told the inbox is full.
I feel very represented.
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I found out about this app last week and I, my wife, and mother in law have all made calls. It works. I mean, I can't know if anyone listened to the messages or took any action, but the app does help you make calls
o yeah nothing wrong with calling. I call all the time, its just my reps are 100% trump allies and grifters they dont listen to their messages they just bulk delete them. emails and letters just get me added to mailing lists and they dont even take the time to say how or why they disagree. So much fun!
Yeah, as I said, think very carefully about if you want to call republican reps.
The website has instructions for if that happens as well!
What do you expect Democrats to do without a Constitutional majority in either House of Congress, and in none of the 3 Branches? They have no power. Young Democrats didn't vote. Young Republicans, and more Arab and Latino Americans voted for Donald Trump than have ever voted for any Republican candidate before in history. Do you think they can chant some incantations over sage? What job you do imaging Democrats in government can perform without the Constitutional power to perform them?
What do you expect Democrats to do without a Constitutional majority in either House of Congress, and in none of the 3 Branches?
Show any semblance of desire to help their countrymen? Not vote in favor of confirming right-wing extremists to the administration and judiciary?
They've so far refused to do anything but capitulate when they have a majority or a minority.
They can actually do a significant amount, like force a recorded vote. That means that everyone has to stand by and admit, on the record, what they're voting for, which becomes voting fodder later. It also significantly slows down the passage of bad bills and allows them to potentially be tied up.
They can also make frequent quorum calls, which also allow things to be tied up. Remember, these people are not working 40 hours a week, 50 weeks a year- if you stall things enough they fall off the agenda entirely and suddenly republicans have to start prioritizing what shit they're trying to ram down our throats.
Additionally they can not do repugnant shit like agree to a unanimous consent time agreement, which speeds republicans atrocities through the senate- which Democrats literally just now did to fast track Gabbard through confirmation as the Director of National Intelligence.
The minority party can ABSOLUTELY gum things up- there's all KINDS of dilatory motions the minority party can do, but right now democrats seem wholly uninterested in actually being an opposition party. In fact, top Democrats are actually mad that progressives are calling for them to be an opposition group in a meeting on tuesday!