Posted on 02/13/2017 8:20:36 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
BALTIMORE – They may be the minority party, but House Democrats are feeling energized these days – and for good reason. They point to the grassroots protests, marches and town-hall disruptions of recent weeks as a sign that President Trump has already sparked involvement by their base at historic levels.
The high-profile protests so far have been organic, not organized by any party apparatus – from the women’s march on inauguration weekend to the thousands who showed up at airports following Trump’s executive order temporarily banning refugees and immigrants from seven majority-Muslim countries. Dozens of lawmakers joined in the events at the National Mall and airports, eager to encourage such activism and take part in it.
But for lawmakers reinvigorated after feeling shell-shocked following the election, the critical question is how to turn opposition outrage into an electoral movement, and how to make sure the energy is still palpable 20 months from now at Trump’s first midterm election....
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Ditto.
OWS & BLM have backfired & probably helped to get Trump elected.
Sane people want nothing to do with that crap.
They believe their own astroturf. What a bunch of maroons.
I’ll keep stating - don’t sleep on these people. Don’t ignore them. Take it seriously. These people will vote and might influence fence sitters. The left mocked the Tea Party. We should be counter strategizing.
Exactly the right way to be thinking. It is NEVER time to relax.
Sort of like going to the beach, slapping at the ocean with a pool noodle, and trying to ride the wave you make all the way to Hawaii. :)
Yet we see conservatives doing it - taking it easy like it’s all over. It’s not over. We just got started.
They don’t relax, they never do. We should stay vigilant
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