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Former congressional Comms Director here. I cannot overstate how impactful letters to the editor are in the fight to win on a policy or a bill. Here's why. (Thread)
Every morning, someone like me puts together an email to your members of Congress on all the news stories that mention them or are about "live" issues in newspapers within the district. Every. Single. Morning.
Part of this always includes letters to the editor from constituents in hometown papers. Always. In fact, I used to write letters back to people from the congressman I worked for.
In order to win on an issue, it's critical that we shift (or keep) public opinion and take control of the narrative (this is straight out of the Indivisible Guide playbook). An awesome way to do that is to flood papers all over the country with letters to the editor.
If you want to do something important that will get your member of Congress' attention on the fake Trump emergency aside from showing up in person or calling the office, write a letter to the editor. Trust me, they'll read it. And so will your neighbors.
And @IndivisibleTeam has made it super easy. You plug in your info and we'll give you the text of a sample letter (take it or leave it) and let you select the local and regional papers you want to submit it to. act.indivisible.org/lte/letters-ed…
