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To DC Democratic Electeds: Bernie and AOC put you all to shame! [1]
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Date: 2025-04-16
Two days ago, on Monday, I wrote the following email to my Senators, Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff, and a similar one to John Garamendi, my representative. In the email, rallies in Idaho and California were yet to happen. Now they have and Bernie Sanders and AOC drew 12,000 in Nampa, Idaho; 4000+ in Bakersfield, CA; and 26,000(!!) in Folsom, CA. The email text is italicized:
It was not well covered by national media, but on Sunday Bernie Sanders and AOC drew 20,000 people for a rally in conservative Salt Lake City. He has now had rallies in California, Utah, Iowa, Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, and Michigan. Idaho, Montana, and two more stops in rural California happen in the next few days. AOC was at the majority of them.
With the sole exception of Corey Booker's 25 hour speech, the two of them are doing more to oppose the Musk-Trump coup than all the rest of DC Democrats combined. Bernie is hiring organizers in the locations where they have visited and compiled a huge list of potential volunteers. He calls his tour Stop Oligarchy, which is what we need to do.
There is a coup going on. Most of you are still acting as if what is going on is business as usual, which it is absolutely NOT.
I have sent four previous emails to you with the titles of
"I Like Al Green"
"Filibuster Everything"
"Schumer Must Go"
"Bernie Sanders is Right, We Live in a Pseudo-Democracy"
I have not gotten an intelligent or engaged response to any of them.
My question to you and your colleagues is: does it matter to you that Trump could soon be a dictator with no checks on his power? Stopping that will not be easy, but it certainly requires loud, vigorous opposition every day from the elected members of the opposition party. I see almost none of that from you nor from most other Democratic officials in Washington,
Be creative. Be profane. Get arrested. Do a sit-in. "Get into Good Trouble" as John Lewis used to say. Buzz near the White House with a plane with a banner saying Trump has dementia. Anytime Trump speaks in word salads and the mainstream media sane washes it, call them out for their deception. Keep a running count on a large electronic scoreboard in a prominent place in Washington of the number of lies by Trump. Smash up a discarded Tesla with sledgehammers in a public place near Congress. Think up even more outrageous ideas and implement them.
The ideas for actions are just off the top of my head. Perhaps other actions would be better. IMO, almost anything that vigorously, loudly, and publicly registers opposition to Musk-Trump coup would be an improvement over what is happening now.
There was an article in February in the New Republic titled “Primary Every Democrat.” With a few notable exceptions, I heartily agree!
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