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The effects of the administration’s firings and freezes don’t stop at the boundaries of Congressional districts, and neither should you. It’s time to talk to your neighbors:
https://docs.google.com/document/u/2/d/e/2PACX-1vTBVLQsxfQCemN0EAJwCJQgDVMas90Fia
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Thanks Dana! We've updated our initial post using some feedback and suggestions:
Important to note: the ask of Dem reps mustbe to JOIN town halls in 🔴 districts, not host them -- see our new pinned thread:
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We will be expanding the spreadsheet too! Suggestions welcome
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...representatives are free to attend events in other districts – especially if they receive an invitation from a local group and attend as a guest in their personal capacity.
(From the @indivisible.org guide shared in @sarahdohl.bsky.social's post above)
indivisible.org/muskorus
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Are representatives allowed to join events in other districs? Yes! House ethics guidelines and other guardrails prevent House members from using their official office, staff, or resources to host a town hall or similar event in a district other than their own. HOWEVER... 👇 3/
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Are you in a red district? check our spreadsheet below to see if you have a neighboring blue district.
Reach out to their Representative, let them know that your Representative isn't listening to the people, and invite them to join an event in your area 2/
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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The folks at Indivisible 💪 have made a full guide on how to organize a town hall on your own 1/
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Pennsylvanians in Rep. Lloyd Smucker’s district did that recently! lancasteronline.com/news/politic...
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Hi! Per our list Smucker's district is near @houlahan.house.gov's district
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Hi Aaron! We made a list of 🔴 districts next to 🔵 districts to help House Dems organize for March recess. Rep. Beyer's district isn't next to any 🔴 districts but it would be great if he were willing to travel to one and listen to constituents abandoned by their GOP reps
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We’ve compiled a list of 🔴 districts next to 🔵 districts to help House Democrats organize for March recess. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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A true public servant, thank you 🙏. We’ve compiled a list of 🔴 districts next to 🔵 districts to help get more of this going around the country. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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We’ve compiled a list of 🔴 districts next to 🔵 districts to help get this going! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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We agree! So we made a list of blue districts who are next to red districts with information for people in red districts to get their closest House Dem to hold a town hall:
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Even better: have the House Democrat closest to the district come and do the job their Republican counterpart refuse to do!
We made a list to help people do this in their districts 👇
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Hi Ezra! We've made a list of pairings of 🔴 districts with nearby 🔵 districts -- so folks on red districts know who is their closest House dem and asks them to hold in their district the town hall their republican representative is too scared to hold:
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Yes, we’ve got a Guide for that: indivisible.org/muskorus
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Hi Sarah, we think its time for democrats to cross their districts' boundaries and hold town halls in red districts -we made a list of red districts next to blue districts!
Click here 👇 and find out who is next to your district. Time to reach out to our neighbors!
docs.google.com/document/u/2...