Showed up early to do some reporting in Glens Falls, NY—an Adirondack town in Trump territory—at en “empty chair” town hall for their GOP Rep Elise Stefanik, and it’s already standing room only with more people on the street.
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We have been accepting the very least from our reps for so long. We need to understand two things. 1. We must have representation of the people, not of monied interests. 2. We as citizens must take our civic responsibility more seriously. Our democracy rests with us.
I'm willing to bet Trump will try and say he has the power to just appoint the DC Reps. from each state and therefore there is no need for elections as the current DC Reps. will be threatened into voting Trump should remain in the WH for 12yrs. etc. And the DEMS will just roll over and be silent.
If a gathering is for Elise Stefanik, it shouldn't just be for an "empty chair." It should also be for an empty conscience, empty values, and an empty ability for shame. What a manipulative, lying opportunist.
“Do you hear the people sing, singing a song of angry men, it is the music of a people who will not be slaves again. When the beating of your heart echoes the beating of the drums, there is a fight about to start when tomorrow comes.” Les Miserables
An anthem for our times! 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦 https://youtu.be/1q82twrdr0U
Also I was there. I can't remember specifics of any particular nightmares but I have had them since Doge started taking over the federal agencies thinking this is happening. We are now a dictatorship. I have fairly often woken up in the middle of the night and can't get back to sleep. One cold sweat
I would love to read your reports on this. Wondering much if these gatherings in Trump country are including not just Dem voters there but some of his base and what those people are saying.
I think you misunderstood the reason for my question. The reason is to gauge whether support for Trump is dropping among his base and therefore the potential for the resistance to grow more powerful and win is growing and spreading.
“Dems Fill Stadiums” is headline news,
GOP are empty chairs to avoid the boos.
Pissed off America knows things aren’t right.
Fuck the GOP’s oligarchy bias. Let’s fight!
Who’s in the audience? Please, please, please tell me it’s a significant number of Stefanik voters. Because until these “empty chair”town halls have a large number of unhappy *Republican* voters, I don’t know how much they’re accomplishing, especially if they’re not getting media coverage.
When President Trumusk's most loyal congressional defender can't be bothered to face her own constituents, they show up anyway filling seats, lining streets, and creating the peculiar spectacle of citizens debating the empty chair that was supposed to represent them in Washington.
Really? You were there? I only heard from about 30 people, none of whom voted Republican, but you managed to canvass the whole room & found a lot of GOP voters? Amazing! You put my reporting to shame.
Reporters covering these things and Democrats speaking need to be much more direct. They need to say to people, "You are being attacked." On all fronts.
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An anthem for our times! 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦
https://youtu.be/1q82twrdr0U
“Dems Fill Stadiums” is headline news,
GOP are empty chairs to avoid the boos.
Pissed off America knows things aren’t right.
Fuck the GOP’s oligarchy bias. Let’s fight!
Here's the full video
...even when she's there
But the oligarchs know that all they have to do is point and yell “TRANS PERSON!”, snd they’ll all fall right back into line.