“If people are sincerely upset and really feel the need to “do something”, they need to be burning up the phone lines to their congress critters, like right now.”
You’re assuming that isn’t happening - it is.
In addition, the fact is many in Congress and the President himself read and consider FreeRepublic when gauging conservative sentiment. You can bet they’ve taken note that “people are sincerely upset”.
Try not to project your own inadequacies so much; it’s not helpful.