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Those were blue dogs and Republicans getting trashed. Look at the tweets Trill is posting. Solidly red districts that just voted for Trump but now love Obamacare, Elizabeth Warren, and OMG muh Russia. It doesn't add up.
Get out of my , bum.
Those were blue dogs and Republicans getting trashed. Look at the tweets Trill is posting. Solidly red districts that just voted for Trump but now love Obamacare, Elizabeth Warren, and OMG muh Russia. It doesn't add up.
So you think those old people are professional protesters?
Some could be, more likely they are just die hard Democrats living in red districts trying to copy the TEA Party movement. Numbers don't add up though.
If you look at Obama's approval rating on RCP you see a massive drop for him as he pushed for the ACA. Meanwhile Trump's approval is pretty static and the Direction of the Country polls are trending up. Doesn't look like a liberal Tea Party wave to me.
#notMyCongressman
And those weren't die hard Republicans ing in 2009? I don't buy that they're all die-hard Dems, Grassley seemed to know that guy who said to improve instead of repeal Obamacare. There was also a lot of money put into advertising against Obamacare in 2009 so that drop makes sense.
Yeah I knew the Chaffetz one had to be a fake organized thing. Dude just won reelection with 74% of the vote.
You mean the old man on Obamacare? So there are some democrats in Grassley's district big deal it ain't turning blue.
Why the Tea Party wins and the anti-Trump resistance will fail
Left-of-center pundits and activists across the nation are upset about November's election results. However, as they continue grasping for answers, they are mistakenly trying to draw parallels between today's anti-Trump protests and the Tea Party movement in the false hope that political salvation is just around the corner.
When people think of the Tea Party, they often remember the national protests. However, the movement's legacy was not cemented by rallies. Instead, it is being realized through continuous waves of victories at the ballot box.
Most importantly for the conservative activists, those election victories are likely to continue because there is a strong Tea Party presence in the very essence of the conservative, Republican political infrastructure.
The Tea Party's coming-of-age can be traced back to January 2010 in a special election to replace the late Sen. Ted Kennedy in dark blue Massachusetts.
It was no surprise that the media reported we had no chance, as the state had not elected a Republican senator to that seat in more than 50 years -- not to mention the fact that 62 percent of the state's voters had just cast ballots in support of Barack Obama. However, the Tea Party shocked both the media and the world by winning handily and sending Scott Brown to Washington.
Through this victory, in which the Tea Party Express played the most significant role in helping to nationalize the election, we were able to prove that support for the Tea Party message was as broad as it was deep.
That victory in Massachusetts proved that conservatives could win anywhere, and that electoral message was carried on to purple states like Florida, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Wisconsin, where each of those senate candidates who won in November of 2010 won again in 2016.
At the gubernatorial level, we've seen the number of conservative chief executives swell to 33, complemented by conservative majorities in 69 of the 99 state legislative bodies. And, except for Tom Corbett in Pennsylvania, every governor elected through the 2010 Tea Party-wave was re-elected in 2014.
The key to the Tea Party support was the inclusiveness of the movement. The only litmus test was a commitment to opposing the increasing size, cost and intrusive of the federal government and supporting fewer taxes and regulatory burdens so the economy could grow and expand opportunities for all Americans.
But unlike the Tea Party, that broad support is not evident in today's anti-Trump protests. Many of these rallies were busy excluding people they disagreed with instead of trying to broaden their base.
An honest look at what's happening today also reveals a significant lack of geographic diversity, which is exactly what propelled the Tea Party.
Statistician Nate Silver, editor-in-chief of ESPN's FiveThirtyEight and a special correspondent for ABC News, published an in-depth analysis of the anti-Trump Woman's March. In his report, Silver finds that "80 percent of march attendance came in states that Clinton won." By comparison, 58 percent of the Tea Party protests were in states that Obama won in 2008.
RealClearPolitics Analyst Sean Trende also explored the Democrats' base problems in a series of articles led "How Trump Won," by pointing to the party's heavy, yet limited representation in mega-cities, like San Francisco and Los Angeles. Moreover, Trende's piece explored the Democrats' inability to succeed in small towns. In fact, Trump won historic landslides throughout rural and small town America.
The result of those two realities is that even though states like California, New York and Illinois may turn out a lot of anti-Trump protests, those protestors' voices are already being heard and represented by their democratically-elected presidential electors, senators and Congresspeople.
So, unlike the Tea Party, which proved able to win compe ive races, where can this anti-Trump "movement" go?
Five members of Congress have been chosen to serve in Trump's cabinet, and their offices will have to be filled in upcoming elections. There will be openings in Montana, Alabama, Kansas, Georgia, and South Carolina. Does anyone think an anti-Trump candidate will be viable, like Scott Brown was in blue Massachusetts?
Will these protestors dare test just how "populist" their message is by seriously supporting candidates in any of these races? Or will they take a page from Occupy Wall Street and the recent University of California protests and allow their movement to be preempted by those seeking violence and destruction instead of rational debate?
My bet is these anti-Trump protestors will go the way of Bernie Sanders and seek political purity rather than political victory. Thus, the Tea Party that will continue serving as the most consequential political movement in modern American politics.
http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/co...ence-will-fail
Obama won Iowa both times man. That's Grassley's district since he's a senator. If no one in Iowa wanted Obamacare why did they vote twice for Obama?
Ball-biter finds that voters are more resistant than hogs (whatever balls she bit off)
Cons uents erupt as Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst flees town hall after only a handful of questions
http://m.dailykos.com/stories/2017/2/21/1636338/-Cons uents-erupt-as-Senator-Joni-Ernst-flees-town-hall-after-only-a-handful-of-questions?detail=email&link_id=1&can_id=4217e8eb10 9c68bd0c2e4143dd2d8c15&source=email-n-hall-after-only-a-handful-of-questions&email_referrer=n-hall-after-only-a-handful-of-questions___171644&email_subject=montana-republican-abruptly-cancels-address-to-legislature-due-to-cons uent-crowd-outside
How's the GOP's suicide pact with Trump playing in Iowa? Not well
Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley, who helped stoke a wave of paranoia over so-called "death panels" back in 2010, got a sense at his town hall Monday of just how well Donald Trump's month-old administration is playing in the Midwest.
"It's like taking a shower in bad news every day," one woman told New York Times video reporter Thomas Kaplan, "it's exhausting."
The woman—who had never before felt compelled to attend a town hall—not only expressed terrible disappointment in how inaccessible Grassley had been, she was also frustrated with Republican lawmakers' total disregard for providing checks on Trump's power. Asked if she thought Sen. Grassley had "stood up" to the administration, she responded:
I don't think he's stood up to the administration at all. It feels to me like he used to be a moderate Republican, but that seems to be over now. He's definitely toeing the party line, which is disturbing.
In fact, the main reason she made the 100-mile trek to the Iowa Falls town hall was to hold Grassley, chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, to account on investigating Trump's ties to Russia—an action the GOP has been stonewalling.http://m.dailykos.com/story/2017/02/...-crowd-outside
The primary interest that I have today is to make sure the senator is on record in supporting an independent investigation into Donald Trump's connection with Russia and the election.
Sen. Steve Daines abruptly cancels address to Montana legislature due to cons uent crowd outside
http://m.dailykos.com/stories/2017/2...-crowd-outside
because trending polls and stuff.
Why did Hillary lose it so badly then?
If the majority wanted to keep it, they'd vote for her. They didn't.
All this whining is annoying. People gotta live with their ty choice they made. And sure, voting for Hillary would have been ty too. But imo, far less ty.
You sure seemed pretty excited to cast your vote for ty Hillary.
He can't make it there—Trump avoids going home and seeing the huge, angry crowds of NYC
The distaste for President Trump in his hometown has convulsed into near daily protests across the city. Summoned by a Facebook post or cellphone alert, New Yorkers have taken to the streets to object to his policies, appointments and executive orders.
“The visual of Trump coming back to New York would be the Fifth Avenue of Manhattan flooded with people angrily protesting just about everything that Donald Trump has done — I don’t think he wants to create that visual,” said Carl Dix ...
City officials would not discuss details of security plans that will be used when Mr. Trump returns to the city or how much protecting him will cost.
Between his election in November and his inauguration in January, the city spent $37 million for the more than 200 police officers on patrol each day in and around Trump Tower. The federal government has reimbursed the city about $30 million.
Large protests would most likely require a bigger police presence.
“A bigger police presence.” That’s an understatement. He wasn’t even in NYC yesterday and the streets were filled with people protesting.
http://m.dailykos.com/story/2017/02/...-crowd-outside
Why is your gity ass avoiding your own thread?
Stupid moron.
Members of Congress no-show at town halls, so voters are holding events with cardboard cutouts
When lawmakers refuse to hold in-person town halls, groups in many districts are taking matters into their own hands.
https://thinkprogress.org/cons uen...4b4#.ustcgn1fh
Crowd At GOPer's Town Hall: Investigate Trump Like You Investigated Benghazi
"You guys just want to investigate everybody. Well, some—" Womack began, as the crowd erupted in jeers.
"What about Benghazi?" one audience member shouted.
"You guys wasted a lot of money on Benghazi, waste a little on Trump!" another added.
House Republicans have been reluctant to probe Trump's potential conflicts of interest, on the other hand. Before Trump's inauguration, House Oversight Committee Chair Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) said that he would not go on a "fishing expedition" into Trump's business dealings.
"I'm not going to go on this fishing expedition that they want me to, that the Democrats want me to," he said. "We'll see how that rolls out."
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewir...+%28TPMNews%29
Protesters Mock GOP Rep. For Complaining Women Are 'In My Grill'
After Rep. David Brat (R-VA) complained in January that "the women are in my grill no matter where I go" now that Republicans are working to repeal Obamacare, protesters showed up in force to mock him at a town hall on Tuesday.
At Brat's event in Blackstone, Virginia, several women brought signs referencing his "in my grill" comment. One attendee held a sign that read “VA 7th district, it’s grilling time,"
Brat's Tuesday night town hall lasted for more than an hour, and CNN reported that "nearly every answer was met with loud rebuke from attendees."
People filled all 200 seats at the event, with people standing outside unable to get in, per CNN.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewir...+%28TPMNews%29
VA tea bagger lickin balls
Arrogant Rep. Dave Brat ignites overflow Virginia crowd with climate change denial, ACA repeal talk
“The problem is Obamacare has just collapsed,” said Brat, who stood at a podium in the Blackstone Herb Cottage, a restaurant and event space.
The crowd shouted in response “No, it has not!”
Blackstone Mayor Billy Coleburn acted as an emcee, reading written questions collected from the crowd.
Asked “Do you deny climate change?”
Brat said “No, the climate changes all the time.”
His apparent attempt at levity angered the crowd, prompting some to yell
“Answer the question!”
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/02/22/1636517/-Arrogant-Rep-Dave-Brat-ignites-overflow-Virginia-crowd-with-climate-change-denial-ACA-repeal-talk?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_cam paign=Feed%3A+dailykos%2Findex+%28Daily+Kos%29
What is a git?Why is your gity ass avoiding your own thread?
Stupid moron.
Anyways, are you referring to my thread that spursforsix and clambake are playing grabass in?
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