I’m ready to go on the road in California and start hosting town halls - in Republican districts. If GOP House members won’t hold town halls in their districts, we will.
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Excellent. All of you should be doing this and make it common practice from now on. Try getting on spaces that Republicans have dominated. People from both sides need to be heard. Maybe some will have the trump spell broken.
Yes! Yes! Yes! I've been calling politicians all week! Most of our country is inhabited by very good people who have no idea of the BS that is going on! A Townhall will educate them to exactly the mayhem that is following us and I guarantee you they will not sit out the next election! Go Robert!
Host them in democrat districts too. There’s too much focus on trying to curb Trump voters and not enough on growing your own base enthusiasm. A lot of Trump voters actually like what he’s doing or are being fed propaganda to justify his actions.
Please coordinate with other dems to divide and conquer other repub districts all over the country that aren't holding townhalls.
Trust is a lot more easily built face to face, so people aren't just listening to a 20sec out of context soundbite.
Thank you so much for your work, you are appreciated!
DO IT NOW!!! Follow @sanders.senate.gov lead on this!
All of the @housedemocrats.bsky.social and @democrats.senate.gov should be doing town halls in GOP districts TODAY!!! Video everything of course!!!! They deserve to see how pissed their constituents are instead of hiding from them.
I love this idea. Please encourage other Democrats to do the same. I can't convince Grassley or Ernst to show their faces in my district in Iowa. COWARDS!
My Democratic rep is having a town hall tomorrow. I signed up the second I got the email and was waitlisted because they were at capacity at 650 people. Clearly people are pissed and want to speak to their reps.
Come to FL district 1!! We need you, there are double the amount of registered Rs down here and an important house race in April!! Need to win back the seat once occupied by someone who paid to have sex with children (and is talking about running for Gov). Help us!
Absolutely do it. Embarrass the hell out of them and those Dem members who need to be doing the same thing. The Dems need to come up with an adopt a GOP district and have open constituent meetings. You are almost 1 for 1 in coverage ability.
Dems need to get in there and have conversations they normally may not hear.. fox has not mentioned the order to stop cyber checking Russia.. elections will be compromised..putin is the dictator not Zelenskyy
After seeing a headline that Darrell Issa wants to nominate 47 for a Nobel Peace Prize, I’d start in his district (48). Side note, he’s also a total POS.
Congressman Garcia, can you please explain to people that Putin is the NUMBER ONE COMMUNIST in the world. Trump loves Putin. Ergo, Trump loves communism. HE’s the commie. They’re also Socialists. (Also, Tulsi Gabbard, Senator Johnson, etc.) Leave liberals alone.
@robertgarcia.bsky.social I just read your fundraising email that mentioned your road tour of red districts. I think that's a great idea. Thanks for doing it. I'm not a constituent, but I have donated to your campaign in the past and I will again, if Social Security isn't canceled this month.
Yes this!
This is a huge gift.
Every Democratic congress person should be doing this so often the people at these Townhalls start calling you by your first name.
Get out there in the rural areas. Listen and help them.
No more giving up districts without a fight.
Do Kansas! Roger Marshall believes we are paid libs and that 70% of the country likes the current administrations policies. Cannot leave any messages on their voicemails.
Please come to District 41!!!! We need you. Ken Calvert is a chickenshit and puts out mealy mouthed press releases but won’t have a conversation with us. We have tried. Crickets in D41.
Not in your state, but when a lot of us called our (r) rep asking for a town hall, we were told by his staffers "he would hold one when/if it was convenient." Get out there and show them what a true representative is! 💪
Rep. Garcia, we in California's 23rd Congressional District would love to have you speak about our DOGE Committee MAGA Representative, Jay Obernolte. Drop us a line, please!!
I called his office this morning to ask since he’s on vacation for the next two weeks, when his next town halls will be held? The rep told me he just did seven and has none planned. I asked what he’s doing the next two weeks? “We can’t comment on that right now.”
That’s EXACTLY what needs to happen. Dems need to meet ALL voters where they are. Listen, get fired up, and tell them the truth! Show everyone that you can stand up to tough questions and will respond the best you can.
Yes! Answer all their constituents questions and then blast it everywhere that you’re doing it! This is awesome! Don’t forget to have your own, too. Everyone has questions now.
I’m going to say it again, Republicans have their strawman of “waste, fraud, and abuse” tag line I think Democrats need one that can be easily understood and spread across all platforms and can be used during every interview and speech. For example, “Taxes, tariffs, and terminations”.
I wish a dem would do this in my district FL-28. It was not that long ago we had a dem woman as our US rep and one dem US senator. People here are pretty pissed off and my rep Carlos Giménez is too busy doing Fox News hits in defense of his lord and savior trumputin to care about his constituents.
This is the way!!! Great chance to introduce Democratic candidates in Republican held districts. @marleneforaz.bsky.social is running for Schweikert’s seat. AZ-1. She just announced and needs all the early support she can get. If you want what’s best for #Arizona, give her a follow. She’s new here.
Please do it!!!
And do not let your democratic colleagues, especially those establishment ones in the senate, vote for a CR! It’s the only leverage yall have. FIGHT!
Please consider California District 20 represented by Vince Fong(R). He was the McCarthy replacement and has shown no signs of doing anything but what he’s told to do. Yes, he’s new to Congress, but that is no excuse!
My question to them: Why even want a job requiring you to sell your country out?
Tap into the fired feds. Have real people tell the audience about their job and how they helped the community. Nat'l Parks, IRS, Social Security offices, FEMA, Firemen, NOA, CDC, NIH, local universities with grants for research cut, etc. Make a human connection to the pain being caused. Follow up.
Wear shirts "Democrats For the People" and tables with job info for fired feds, training opportunities, social services that might apply, counseling to connect people with help. Ask local churches to attend and tell their people. Share info that identify WHAT agencies DO. Have fired people speak.
Since Republicans are refusing to host town halls…dems need to identify their 2026 challengers today! These challengers need to hold town halls now…listen to the people and work with them to bring about meaningful change. And engage locals to watch the polls and make sure elections are fair.
Plenty of Vets in the IE need to know what is going to hit them. Working families with parents in or will soon need long term care- it’s going to be a tsunami of awful.
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Trust is a lot more easily built face to face, so people aren't just listening to a 20sec out of context soundbite.
Thank you so much for your work, you are appreciated!
All of the @housedemocrats.bsky.social and @democrats.senate.gov should be doing town halls in GOP districts TODAY!!! Video everything of course!!!! They deserve to see how pissed their constituents are instead of hiding from them.
I made 2 posts to this effect begging you folks to do this about 2 wks ago... Feb 19th!! Glad to see some of you FINALLY getting on it!!
https://bsky.app/profile/sheriw60.bsky.social/post/3liizdx47hc2f
https://bsky.app/profile/sheriw60.bsky.social/post/3lij2bqacf22f
Be sure to have refreshments!
Pardon my language.
Please 🙏
This is a huge gift.
Every Democratic congress person should be doing this so often the people at these Townhalls start calling you by your first name.
Get out there in the rural areas. Listen and help them.
No more giving up districts without a fight.
You must make them CONTROLLED townhall meetings
The GOP will throw in plants to make you look bad
Recommendation: meet w them first using VIDEO, shake their hands, 1:1, serve food… 50 people max
Then when one acts the fool you have them on video being a different person
Host it as the goper rep’s town hall.
Town hall for (goper rep’s name). Date. Time. Place.
You go!
💙🇺🇸💙
I hope other democrats will follow.
The truth to all.
Trump will
Lie all night
And do not let your democratic colleagues, especially those establishment ones in the senate, vote for a CR! It’s the only leverage yall have. FIGHT!
My question to them: Why even want a job requiring you to sell your country out?