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Maybe they should call their representatives and tell them to stop supporting such dumbfuckery.

Apparently, some of the Republican representatives are facing physical threats from Trump supporters, which is sort of keeping them in line.

However, I have to wonder: aren't they armed? They've been touting self-defense since Reagan and now they have the chance to demonstrate its efficacy.

calling representatives these days works just as well as when I tell my wife to calm down

Nah, representatives left and right see the dumbfuckery now. They just need to know their constituents see it too.

Capitol Switchboard: (202) 224-3121

Oh. You tried nothing and it’s over ?

Out of curiosity what works to obtain results beside voting every now and then ?

in this day and age with America the way it is not sure anything works other than voting every two years (though the ruling party is working HARD to take that away).

both parties live by “party over country” mantra so your phone calls won’t do jackshit. you can go look up votes by congressman/senator and see how many can you find where a congressman/senator voted for the good of his constituents and not rubberstamped it along the party lines. ballparking this is 0.0076% of all votes (say in the last decade)

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