You really know that you're representing your constituents, when your bosses tell you not to fucking talk to them.
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GOP Leaders Said Don’t Do Town Halls. This Indiana Republican Did — and Got an Earful.
(theintercept.com)
I'm honestly surprised anyone does them anymore. No one who is happy will show up to those things just to lob soft ball questions so you're guaranteed to get a bunch of negative soundbites.
I would argue it is part of their job to do this but the incentives don't align at all.
They should be required to hold townhalls or resign. It's ridiculous that they can get away with never interacting with their constituents.
The incentive should be "do this or you lose your job"
That reminds me, I have to sharpen my guillotine.
Use a mill bastard file, and finish with a whetstone. Better edge!
Good advice, thanks!
Don't forget to then refresh it with the blood of tyrants.
Remember, sharpening the Guillotine is for the benefit of the guillotinee, not the user.
Being sharper is good for high volume use. It will get dull on cervical vertebrae soon enough.
Dull it. Less humane.
Sharpen it's, it keeps us honest
Serrate it. Chaos is fair.
Their literal, elected, PAID job is to hold town hall meetings and listen to their constituents.
Well, that, and to act as a check/balance to the powers of the presidency and supreme court... Which they are also not doing.
Even if they agree with the insane shit that trump is doing, it is their job to legislate it, rather than sit on their thumbs and let him create law by executive policy.
“The one thing we hope that maybe she takes back with her is that the people are mad.”
Aw that's cute. As if they even pretend to give a shit.
The first Ukrainian-born member of Congress, she supported funding for the Ukrainian war effort before falling in line with Trump to oppose it.
I have excised gendered slurs from my regular vocabulary. But this one gets a rare exception: traitorous cunt.
For real. But that’s a good crash course in maga loyalty and royalty
They have addresses. You can always show up and park on their lawn if they're feeling shy.