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Former Congressional staffer here. I sometimes hear from people who say they don't see the point of calling their Senators anymore - either because they're reliable Democrats or they're consistently Trump-appeasing Republicans. Here's why that's wrong.
First, let's talk about "good" Democrats. Just because a Dem is taking the right position today on the shutdown doesn't mean they *feel* like they're on strong ground. You call because they might be nervous. You call because they rarely hear from people who are happy with them.
Even when Dems are unwavering on an issue - and Dems are holding up really well on the shutdown right now - they're still tracking the ratio of pro/anti-calls on that issue. They use that as a metric of whether they're winning the public opinion fight.
Right now, we KNOW that pro-Trump nativist groups like Numbers USA are driving floods of paid pro-wall calls to Senate offices. That makes wobbly Dem Senators - even the ones in pretty safe blue states - freak out. So we have to keep calling to counterbalance that.
Now on the other side: there are a lot of Republican Senators who will never publicly break with Trump in any meaningful way. Because they're cowards. But Republicans didn't want this fight AT ALL and privately, they are very worried that they'll be blamed.
And they, too, are watching the ratio of calls coming into their offices. Calls are how they figure out exactly how much trouble they're in, and whether they need to shift their strategy.
What R's do in private matters a lot right now. We need as many Republican Senators as possible begging Mitch McConnell to end this standoff and reopen the government. We won't see those conversations. We'll only see the end result.
In conclusion: CALL YOUR SENATORS. Every day. 1-844-236-2373. And join our National Call-In Day, coming up 1/23.
Your calls matter, whether you're in a red, purple, or blue state. You might not see it, but they do.
Your calls matter, whether you're in a red, purple, or blue state. You might not see it, but they do.
and because I work for @IndivisibleTeam I am contractually obligated to end with: call ONLY your Senators. They are the ones who work for you. Senators in other states do not work for you and do not care what you have to say. Here's why: indivisible.org/resource/not-c…
