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In reply to the discussion: We Are Following Chuck Schumer's Plan To Defeat Republicans [View all]gab13by13
(32,798 posts)I have been donating to Indivisible and the ACLU who have been fighting.
Every House Democrat except one, voted to take a stand and not pass the CR.
Every Senate democrat but 10 voted to take a stand and not pass the CR.
The excuse that Chuck Schumer used was that Democrats would be blamed for the shutdown, my response was that Democrats should have done town halls to counter that narrative, that statement was made if there was a shutdown. I know that town halls took place but there was no shutdown.
If there was a shutdown to counter the belief that Democrats were responsible that's when Schumer and Jeffries could have organized town halls, specific types of town halls that put faces to the harm that would come to the average American.
I wanted Democrats to win something from a shutdown, such as guarantees that the social safety net would not be touched. Democrats gave the CR and got nothing and then Magats gutted the safety net. The only strategy that Democrats have left is to hold town halls and GOTV. Political strategies.