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2. Are you not in contact with your Senator and member of Congress?

Reply to Doodley (Original post)

Mon Mar 13, 2017, 07:18 AM

Mar 2017

All of mine have expressed outrage publicly and have responded to my concerns when I write to them about these issues.

Short of that, what are you expecting? The Democratic Party is the minority party and is doing what they can with the tools they have. They can't just take over the government--that's why we have elections.

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Our nation is being destroyed from within. Where is the outrage? [View all] Doodley Mar 2017 OP

Outrage winetourdriver01 Mar 2017 #1

Late night TV comedians show more passion and communicate better about Trump than elected lawmakers Doodley Mar 2017 #5

Are you not in contact with your Senator and member of Congress? Starry Messenger Mar 2017 #2

I expect to see vocal opposition every time I see a newspaper or turn on the TV. I expect the people Doodley Mar 2017 #3

THIS winetourdriver01 Mar 2017 #6

Then contact your representatives and let them know your positions Sherman A1 Mar 2017 #9

I don't want my lawmakers to spend time reading letters and replying to me. I want them to fight Doodley Mar 2017 #11

Then you take your voice out of the equation Sherman A1 Mar 2017 #17

Then you aren't doing anything to help. Electeds rely on feedback from voters. Starry Messenger Mar 2017 #24

Precisely Sherman A1 Mar 2017 #26

I see both mcar Mar 2017 #19

Precisely Sherman A1 Mar 2017 #8

Please don't spend time wondering what other posters do or don't do. It is very offensive. Doodley Mar 2017 #13

Well? Sherman A1 Mar 2017 #16

Trumpsky supporters don't care. Their guy won. Atman Mar 2017 #4

Agree winetourdriver01 Mar 2017 #7

they will care bdamomma Mar 2017 #14

They'll just blame it on Obama. Atman Mar 2017 #15

Agreed, but a few will be swayed. Doodley Mar 2017 #20

After years of dumbing down America, the RW with their brain-dead evangelicals and extreme racists nikibatts Mar 2017 #10

Yes, we should have headed the warning of how dumb they are when they embraced Sarah Palin Doodley Mar 2017 #21

I have just posted this Raw Story article bdamomma Mar 2017 #12

Agreed bdamomma. This is not the time to be passive. Doodley Mar 2017 #22

Again with this? mcar Mar 2017 #18

No, I am not saying Democrats aren't doing anything. I am saying where is the outrage? Doodley Mar 2017 #23

A quarter of the voting population has no problem with it DemocraticSocialist8 Mar 2017 #25