House Democratic lawmakers reportedly used a closed-door meeting earlier this week to vent their frustrations with progressive advocacy groups that have been driving constituent calls and pressuring the party to act like a genuine opposition force in the face of the Trump administration’s authoritarian assault on federal agencies and key programs.
Do you have any data that calls, emails, letters have any consistent effectiveness? I think a lot of us feel like we are handed these mechanisms as a way for us to feel catharsis (AKA shut us up) and an illusion of participation while our inputs are promptly tossed into the trash.
Its an unpaid intern receiving these messages in whatever way they are sent, right. And how do I compete with a check being sent from a corporation or AIPAC? Lobbying is bribing. We’re sending emails and making phone calls.