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To My Democratic Senators [1]
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Date: 2025-02-16
I am deeply disillusioned with the Democratic Party.
As a lifelong liberal Democrat, my journey began with the inspiration of JFK during his campaign in Queens when I was a child. I worked for McCarthy and McGovern before I was even old enough to vote. I was arrested at rallies in New York protesting Dean Rusk at the UN, at the Democratic Convention in Chicago, and in Washington during the Vietnam War. I was proud to be part of those movements, fighting for what I believed in. I supported both Clintons, Obama, and Harris.
But today, as we fight to protect our very democracy—something I never imagined I’d have to say—I look around, and my representatives are conspicuously absent. You’re out there talking a good game, but none of you seem to know how to fight. The rules have changed, and there is no longer any sense of law and order.
The opposition is winning. Our side is a laughingstock, helplessly losing ground.
They have no respect for the courts and will soon start ignoring them outright. What will you do when that happens? Do you even realize we are on the verge of a constitutional crisis? Our democracy is being trampled, and it's as if the Constitution is being used as toilet paper.
If you’re not prepared to fight fire with fire, then it’s time to step aside.
Schumer and Pelosi need to go. Any member of the caucus who votes in favor of Republican proposals should be shunned and primaried. We need leaders who will stand up and fight.
Until change comes, I will not contribute another penny to your campaigns, and I will use whatever platform I have to urge others to do the same. I am beyond exhausted by your fundraising emails while you sit idle and do nothing.
Fight for us, or get out of the way and make room for someone who will. We are in a war, and we are losing.
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