The reason empty townhalls work is because it is direct action toward your local lawmaker. You aren’t a random protester. You aren’t a random person calling their office. You are a constituent demanding action. Demand your local lawmaker do better, or shame them in their own district. - ThreadSky

piperformissouri.bsky.social • 3 days ago

The reason empty townhalls work is because it is direct action toward your local lawmaker. You aren’t a random protester. You aren’t a random person calling their office. You are a constituent demanding action.

Demand your local lawmaker do better, or shame them in their own district.

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spg1999.bsky.social•2 days ago

I want to see every damn democrat in one town hall in a part of America people often overlook. I’m sick of the major and super cities having all the action. Bring ‘em to FLYOVER COUNTRY!!!

phoebe1313.bsky.social•3 days ago

👍👏

alandval.bsky.social•2 days ago

Have a full sized cardboard cutout made, display it and let folks come up and yell at it, punch it, whatever. Post videos everywhere.

stargazer400.bsky.social•2 days ago

👏

mark512.bsky.social•3 days ago

Jess why should a lefty like me support Democrats when they burn me like this every damn time?

BREAKING: Gretchen Whitmer just announced she supports President Trump’s tariffs.

"I understand the motivation behind the tariffs...We do need to make more stuff in America...We do need fair trade!"

ledrapeaunoir.bsky.social•3 days ago

Showing up to town halls also shows Dems they need to change. Join an indivisible chapter. Hold your Dem officials accountable that way.

kassandraseven.bsky.social•3 days ago

She didn’t say she supported his tariffs.

No need to lie about it.

mark512.bsky.social•3 days ago

They just insist on screwing the real left and losing our support.

mark512.bsky.social•3 days ago

Four Democrats voted for this? 🤷‍♂️

thankyoublackwomen.bsky.social•3 days ago

Ed Case (Hawaii)
202-225-2726 and/or 808-650-6688

Henry Cuellar (Texas)
202-225-1640 and/or 210-271-2851

Jared Golden (Maine)
202-225-6306 and/or 207-249-7400

Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (Washington)
202-225-3536 and/or 360-695-6292

renegadebeelady.bsky.social•3 days ago

I called @gluesenkampperez.house.gov
's office and let her know that I donated to her campaign when she was running against magat Joe Kent and was very disappointed/angry about this. Shame on her (202) 225-3536 (360) 695-6292

kassandraseven.bsky.social•3 days ago

Nobody needs the support of somebody who lies about what people said.

bluekraig.bsky.social•3 days ago

Jess, I'm starting to lose faith. Everyone is bending the knee.

andrewlevesque.bsky.social•2 days ago

Sen Susan Collins is holding "empty town halls" over the state of Maine...

massdisillusion.bsky.social•2 days ago

fuck her

elizabethdarby9.bsky.social•2 days ago

& Demand local media cover the empty chair town hall & request they ask Missing Rep
To answer questions posed
Plus why they didnt bother to come.

Questiins fm constituents
Are* topics local media *should be getting answers to/covering.

Responsive media=better ratings.
Accountability is point.

nuttincowboy.bsky.social•3 days ago

Never forget who’s writing the cheque
Elected official are our employees
If we don’t show up we get fired
Let’s level the playing field 💙

kansasdiaspora.bsky.social•3 days ago

Getting a Democrat from another district to speak at the town hall would only help. It shows willingness on the part of Democrats to meet with constituents and familiarizes red district voters with the real D agenda.

guillotinewit.bsky.social•2 days ago

Elected officials keep forgetting they're not our bosses.

cozybooksonly.bsky.social•3 days ago

Yeah!
https://democrats.org/peoples-town-halls/

cindyruiz10.bsky.social•2 days ago

Peaceful Protest APRIL 19!
Please repost

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190513-it-only-takes-35-of-people-to-change-the-world

cindyruiz10.bsky.social•2 days ago

We’re so grateful to all Law Firms AND Judges standing up to this administration and for our democracy! We NEED YOU!

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/11/law-firms-trump-law-student-recruiting-00007900

https://www.brennancenter.org/issues

subhoney.bsky.social•2 days ago

Protest en masse outside their local congressional offices

humanunfiltered.bsky.social•3 days ago

Direct action at town halls is how real change starts. When we confront power face-to-face — not with hatred, but with righteous conviction — we remind them they work for us. Show up, speak truth, and never let them forget who holds the power in a democracy.

iamrudytomjanovich.bsky.social•3 days ago

I don't doubt that town halls work but turning Missouri blue, or hell Texas, is a tall task, the bubbas and dubyas have successfully brainwashed half those states.

stonefeathers.bsky.social•3 days ago

We are trying, but Mike Lawler refuses to have one in fact he’s having one on town hall on CNN but not in his district

and my money is on CNN gives him softball questions

cozybooksonly.bsky.social•3 days ago

@electdemocrats.bsky.social @democrats.org Can yall do a Town Halli in Mike Lawler's district? Since you have him as vulnerable? @timwalzparody.bsky.social Wanna go to NY?

gardenmonster.bsky.social•3 days ago

Set up the space. Broadcast the date and time. Invite him. Y'all show up and dare him not to. Ask the closest leaders to your venue to come and speak. Ask the most influential people in your community to share the news.
He can refuse all he wants and y'all can do it without him. 💚

stonefeathers.bsky.social•3 days ago

Good idea !!!!!!

nickthehoneybadger.bsky.social•3 days ago

Can't shame the shameless

karencaulk.bsky.social•3 days ago

Remind them that we are the employer and they are OUR employee. Town halls serve as performance evaluations. Lawmakers skipping town halls should be considered insubordination.

n3rv.bsky.social•3 days ago

Rolla just flipped its city console! Next up is state seats and beyond.

All it takes is a few of you to be active!

Get out there and make a difference! Make some noise!

pamballard3.bsky.social•3 days ago

And vote them out.

n-l.bsky.social•3 days ago

https://www.trackaipac.com/

ralphesq.bsky.social•2 days ago

My Republican Rep held a tele town hall last night at 6p and sent the invitations at 6:15p.

graceomalley.bsky.social•2 days ago

Nancy Mace? I believe she did that after a year of not having any. And she allowed 5 questions. Said she was terrified the affluent suburb of Mt Pleasant where she lives would turn on her at the Town Hall held at the actual Town Hall in a courtroom next to the Police Station.

sparklerblue2.bsky.social•3 days ago

rockmegarden.bsky.social•3 days ago

We will be looking to kick Jared's ass up here!

sandradee9999.bsky.social•3 days ago

I have good representatives. NV.

el-intrepido.bsky.social•3 days ago

This is a brilliant, and overdue action
Too old to Show Up and REPRESENT me?!?

Too old to be ELECTED!!
Regardless of PARTY…

wipjenni.bsky.social•3 days ago

Demand all you want, they're not doing anything but talking. #cowards #traitors #liars #OathsMeanNothing

expatsy.bsky.social•2 days ago

All week long!

madman-1.bsky.social•3 days ago

Tough to shame the shameless.

annemthorson.bsky.social•3 days ago

My congressman, Tom Emmer, held a telephone town hall last week with a pre-recorded intro, and all the questions were highly screened.
Next time, I plan to act like a supporter during the screening, then nail him with a real question when they call on me.
But seriously: the man is afraid.

dancingtides.bsky.social•3 days ago

tanyamarienp.bsky.social•3 days ago

Maybe that’s what we need to do. Show up to town halls in the same numbers we showed up to the hands off rally. Now THAT will get their attention.

engrrg.bsky.social•3 days ago

I have written and called my GOP US House Rep. (GA 11th, Loudermilk) no less than 3 dozen times in the past 90 days asking for a town hall. No response whatsoever. Tagged on FB and X. Same result. I wrote my state Dem US House leader in hopes of someone attending an absentee town hall. No reply.

engrrg.bsky.social•3 days ago

Even with recent GOP gerrymandering, this district is winnable by a Dem. in 2026.

iaincaradoc.bsky.social•3 days ago

It remains impossible to shame the shameless.

acunaandrew.bsky.social•3 days ago

We can’t shame them; but we can eternally piss them off and make it unpleasurable to continue existing in the status quo

cozybooksonly.bsky.social•3 days ago

And point their constituents to better options!

iaincaradoc.bsky.social•3 days ago

A nonzero percentage of their constituents will not be swayed, but I'm all for pushing the rest.

cozybooksonly.bsky.social•3 days ago

I'd be fine if they just sat home and didn't vote in the midterms.

acunaandrew.bsky.social•3 days ago

Funnily they haven’t the past several years. GOP got crushed in ‘18 and only barely retook the House in ‘22.

rebeccaamccoy.bsky.social•3 days ago

Show up at their offices too.

khaosan.bsky.social•3 days ago

Unfortunately sociopaths cannot feel shame.

freebrez.bsky.social•3 days ago

Every sign should say:

We will Primary You

james65.bsky.social•3 days ago

Jess, after seeing a 100% republican vote on the voter supression save act I feel they don't care and have no shame. They know as long as they tow the line there will not be a fair vote anymore and they have a job to follow the cult. 🤷

bambinamomma.bsky.social•3 days ago

Ann Wagner (R), MO District 2, has *never* had a town hall in the 12 years she has been in office. We had a town hall without her recently. In our heavily gerrymandered district she doesn’t have to do much to stay in office. Never answers phone calls, emails, or letters. She has wealthy donors.

gardenmonster.bsky.social•3 days ago

Thank you for holding a Town Hall without her. Maybe there's another one but this one's focus is "ok, who is primarying her? Who is volunteering for that campaign?" Etc. Make it a community action gathering and see who steps up? @runforsomething.net can help.

bambinamomma.bsky.social•3 days ago

Democrats are going to hold one in our district, I believe April 19th, but I don’t yet have a time or location.

kellyngrotto.bsky.social•3 days ago

Never say never.. use mcconnel (intentional misspell)'s playbook. That's how that douchebag got elected.

taradanger.bsky.social•3 days ago

Keep that big tent open!
The more they don't show up the more they show us we don't matter the more united we will become.

terryroth.bsky.social•3 days ago

Funny, I just did that with mine, his robocall came in last evening for a “virtual” town hall. I asked him what was the point, nobody will be aloud to ask questions. I won’t be receiving a response, long history of cowardice

kellyngrotto.bsky.social•3 days ago

Demand they fire Mike Johnson and work with the dems on a better speaker even if it is another less annoying and corrupt speaker!!! Do it now!!!

serioustim.bsky.social•3 days ago

Sadly, this has to be done for some Democratic representatives as well, but it does highlight a new initiative to follow that, maybe, we should never have stepped away from 249 years ago.
#WeThePeople #GoodTrouble

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