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ms liberty

(10,919 posts)
Wed Jul 17, 2024, 07:03 AM Jul 2024

Dear Rep. Kim: you say that it's about the strategy, well here's a tip for you

The strategy is simple.
You talk about abortion, and how they want to make women carry even already dead babies to term, even if it kills them. No abortions, even for incest, rape, life of the mother.
You talk about how they want to track women - where we go, when we have our periods, and more.
You talk about the end of no fault divorce, and the desire for women to stay in even violent marriages.
You talk about the end of contraception, even for families who have kids but don't want more.
You talk about everything in Project 2025, particularly the bits that pertain to YOUR electorate and their beliefs. There's lots in it for everyone.
Then you ask them how they can say they stand for freedom, and talk about getting the government out of our lives.

Get out there, support our President, and go on offense against the GOP and their awful policies. Joe should not have to tell you that, and that's no excuse for an answer about why you want him to step down.

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Dear Rep. Kim: you say that it's about the strategy, well here's a tip for you (Original Post) ms liberty Jul 2024 OP
I don't think he reads DU, does he? I mean, call his office, write a letter, tell him on social media. n/t CousinIT Jul 2024 #1
I have no idea. Does it make my points invalid, to him or any Democrat? ms liberty Jul 2024 #4
c'mon bigtree Jul 2024 #8
Thanks, and you're right. And I have also been calling Reps and Senators ms liberty Jul 2024 #12
No - but he can and will listen to me JustAnotherGen Jul 2024 #14
Thank you! You rock! ms liberty Jul 2024 #19
Phone numbers to call Andy Emile Jul 2024 #17
Thanks! ms liberty Jul 2024 #20
LOL HUAJIAO Jul 2024 #28
no sex before marriage is coming lapfog_1 Jul 2024 #2
Exactly. Women, particularly young women (and many young men) need to know ms liberty Jul 2024 #5
This message was self-deleted by its author ms liberty Jul 2024 #3
There's other issues, you know. nt Tommy Carcetti Jul 2024 #6
As a woman, the foremost issue is my freedom and liberty ms liberty Jul 2024 #9
I saw that crappy interview. MOMFUDSKI Jul 2024 #7
It helps that Joe and Mika are agreeing with me, lol! ms liberty Jul 2024 #10
You listed about everything that Rep. Kim (R-CA) supports. quaint Jul 2024 #11
It was Rep Andy Kim, a Democrat from NJ ms liberty Jul 2024 #13
What is he out there JustAnotherGen Jul 2024 #15
He doesn't think Biden should step down, he's "concerned about the strategy" ms liberty Jul 2024 #22
I think you just outlined about an hour's worth of a good campaign rally speech, if they can add a little fire. Hermit-The-Prog Jul 2024 #16
Thanks. I'm irritated that all the material is lying there, waiting for them to run with it ms liberty Jul 2024 #25
Exactly! Hermit-The-Prog Jul 2024 #29
So blind, unquestioning fealty is the only acceptable behavior? johnnyplankton Jul 2024 #18
What is the point of Rep. Kim airing his concerns mcar Jul 2024 #24
No, but the time for having this discussion has passed ms liberty Jul 2024 #26
omg -- is this the guy who was cleaning up in the capitol when the dust started to settle on 1/6? orleans Jul 2024 #21
Yea, he's concerned. ms liberty Jul 2024 #27
This message was self-deleted by its author 58Sunliner Jul 2024 #23

CousinIT

(12,142 posts)
1. I don't think he reads DU, does he? I mean, call his office, write a letter, tell him on social media. n/t
Wed Jul 17, 2024, 07:07 AM
Jul 2024

bigtree

(93,307 posts)
8. c'mon
Wed Jul 17, 2024, 07:26 AM
Jul 2024

...we don't know if he reads DU.

He's a Democrat and he may well look to social media for cues, or one of his aides might and bring this to him. Let's not denigrate our advocacy here.

A call to his office will be a more direct approach, but calling him out here can be a way of rallying more opposition among activists and others in this Democratic space.

ms liberty

(10,919 posts)
12. Thanks, and you're right. And I have also been calling Reps and Senators
Wed Jul 17, 2024, 07:40 AM
Jul 2024

Ever since this Biden dropping out business started. I did quit watching teevee news and only kept up through reading news and occasional clips for about a week. I was relieved that the you-know-what story happened and took the Biden story off the front page. The stress was getting to me!

JustAnotherGen

(37,474 posts)
14. No - but he can and will listen to me
Wed Jul 17, 2024, 08:05 AM
Jul 2024

Just like Mikie Sherrill caught an earful last night.

I'm a Dem Committe Member in NJ and high dollar donor. If he wants one cent out of me - he's going to have to get up Biden's ass so far he pops out of his ear.

Emile

(40,237 posts)
17. Phone numbers to call Andy
Wed Jul 17, 2024, 08:14 AM
Jul 2024

Washington, D.C. Office
2444 Rayburn HOB
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-4765
Fax: (202) 225-0778
Directions

Freehold Office
30 Mechanic Street
Freehold, NJ 07728
Phone: (732) 504-0490
Directions



Hamilton Office
4573 S. Broad Street
Hamilton, NJ 08620
Phone: (609) 438-6290
Directions

Willingboro Office
429 John F. Kennedy Way
Box 9
Willingboro, NJ 08046
Phone: (856) 703-2700
Fax: (856) 369-8988

lapfog_1

(31,561 posts)
2. no sex before marriage is coming
Wed Jul 17, 2024, 07:09 AM
Jul 2024

lower the age ( for girls ) to be married to 14, tradwife training in middle school, etc

Handmaid's Tale wasn't a dystopian future, it is a blueprint for these Incels like Trump and Vance.

ms liberty

(10,919 posts)
5. Exactly. Women, particularly young women (and many young men) need to know
Wed Jul 17, 2024, 07:14 AM
Jul 2024

Staying home is not an option this year, and voting third party also.

Response to ms liberty (Original post)

ms liberty

(10,919 posts)
9. As a woman, the foremost issue is my freedom and liberty
Wed Jul 17, 2024, 07:29 AM
Jul 2024

If this regime were to take power, I and every woman would be on the fast track to becoming Property of the State. The only factor in my favor is that I'm beyond child bearing age, but that would be small comfort

Yes, there are plenty of other factors, but more than half the population in the country is women. It's a good place to start and reproductive rights are REALLY important to young women.

quaint

(4,558 posts)
11. You listed about everything that Rep. Kim (R-CA) supports.
Wed Jul 17, 2024, 07:36 AM
Jul 2024

Had me confused. We need help defeating her. Joe Kerr is her Democratic opponent. Good guy.

ms liberty

(10,919 posts)
22. He doesn't think Biden should step down, he's "concerned about the strategy"
Wed Jul 17, 2024, 08:54 AM
Jul 2024

But don't call him a Susan.

Hermit-The-Prog

(36,631 posts)
16. I think you just outlined about an hour's worth of a good campaign rally speech, if they can add a little fire.
Wed Jul 17, 2024, 08:12 AM
Jul 2024

ms liberty

(10,919 posts)
25. Thanks. I'm irritated that all the material is lying there, waiting for them to run with it
Wed Jul 17, 2024, 09:02 AM
Jul 2024

And instead they're wringing their hands because it doesn't look like a landslide right now. It's a recipe for disaster, because they're demoralizing the very people they need most.

It's freakin' July. After the Olympics, we go hard on offense against all of these things. That's when other people, the ones not like us, who have lives that don't embrace politics -that's when they will start paying attention. Then we'll win.

johnnyplankton

(592 posts)
18. So blind, unquestioning fealty is the only acceptable behavior?
Wed Jul 17, 2024, 08:43 AM
Jul 2024

Isn't that what cults do? I'll support, donate and volunteer for whoever is at the top of the ticket, but the fate of the world is on the line, not Joe's ego. I think we have to talk with people out of our own bubble, especially young ones, to get an honest perspective.

mcar

(45,593 posts)
24. What is the point of Rep. Kim airing his concerns
Wed Jul 17, 2024, 09:00 AM
Jul 2024

to media that want nothing more than to continue fomenting chaos among Democrats?

Is that going to get Joe to drop out? No, it is not.

Kim has every right to be concerned but he should be airing those concerns in private.

ms liberty

(10,919 posts)
26. No, but the time for having this discussion has passed
Wed Jul 17, 2024, 09:13 AM
Jul 2024

Joe won the primaries overwhelmingly. We knew he was old when we voted for him to be our nominee a second time. No one was prevented from running, and that Dean Philips guy pointed out Joe's age every chance he got. We still voted for Joe.
If these other people have decided now that we need a different candidate, then they should have thought of that when the process called for it.
They want to overturn the will of the primary voters, the base of the Democratic Party. If they do this, it's January 6th without the mob violence. They will destroy the party, right at the time we should be winning it all.

orleans

(36,626 posts)
21. omg -- is this the guy who was cleaning up in the capitol when the dust started to settle on 1/6?
Wed Jul 17, 2024, 08:52 AM
Jul 2024

and he wants biden to "step aside?"

if so, what a disappointment

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