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Snackshack
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February 17, 2018
This is a fantastic idea. If you still have a checkbook and a stamp to spare. If Congress members started seeing their re-election funds diminish because the check had Thoughts & Prayers in the denomination line it might get their attention.
Woman Mails 'Thoughts And Prayers' Check To Congressman
Source: Crooks & Liars
Dear Rep. Bergman, she wrote. Since you and your colleagues in Congress seem to feel that this is the solution to mass murder, please accept this contribution.
With the short letter, which she posted on her Facebook page, she sent a check to the congressman with the popular refrain instead of a dollar amount.
"I did it because I'm hearing the same arguments after each and every time this happens," Malila explained to Newsweek on Friday. "Each and every news media person says contact your congressman, and Congress doesn't do anything."
Read more: https://crooksandliars.com/2018/02/woman-mails-thoughts-and-prayers-check
This is a fantastic idea. If you still have a checkbook and a stamp to spare. If Congress members started seeing their re-election funds diminish because the check had Thoughts & Prayers in the denomination line it might get their attention.
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