#republican majority

[tomorrowusa]

Moscow Mitch was able to steal that seat because Republicans had a majority in the Senate at the time.

If you don’t want any more stolen seats then do everything to make sure Republicans remain a minority.

It’s not sufficient to fight Republicans, it’s necessary to fight smart. Petitions, demonstrations, and boycotts are all very nice. But the only thing that counts is your vote. Voting AND giving a high priority to getting friends and family to vote are how you get Republicans out of the way.

It does no good to sit around and whine about Republicans in some states are making it difficult to vote. Start planning now to work around those barriers.

[intelligentchristianlady]

THIS is why impeachment is a bad idea--it would allow the Republican-majority Senate to decide that trump is innocent. Wait until he’s out of office, then put him in jail.

[lettersisent]

Letter I sent to Speaker Vos, April 6, 2020

Dear Speaker Vos,

Thank you for all that you've done to stop Governor Evers's efforts to alter election day in response to Covid -- expanding absentee balloting, extending the deadline for absentee returns, and outright delaying the election.  As you know, the more that Wisconsinites are able to participate on this election, the less likely it is that we'll retain an important seat on the Supreme Court.

The way I look at it, we win either way.  First, turnout is depressed enough in densely populated areas (more likely to be Democrat Party strongholds!) because they don't want to risk infection, and we retain the Supreme Court seat.  Or, they turn out heavily, they win the seat, and enough get infected and pass on that we are able to win elections for a decade or more!

That's grim I know, but I think if we're able to frame it that way to the public, we have a winning argument.  "Look, you can have your life or a Republican-led government."  A little long for a bumper sticker I guess but it would work well on a in a soundbite or an ad!

Thank you again for your leadership.

[mystlnewsonline]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. | Paul to the people: Tell McConnell to allow sentencing vote

LOUISVILLE, Ky. | Paul to the people: Tell McConnell to allow sentencing vote

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Seeking to stir support for a federal criminal justice bill, Sen. Rand Paul on Monday called on voters in the hometown of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to prod him to hold a vote on the measure.

Paul said during an appearance at the Louisville Urban League that the measure would pass overwhelmingly if it received a Senate vote during Congress’ lame-duck session. But…

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[lettersisent]

Letter I sent to Sen. Risch, March 19, 2018

Dear Sen. Risch,

I am writing in favor of your recent vote to roll back many of the regulations passed under the Dodd-Frank legislation.  I know you may have been criticized for giving major banks a big giveaway while they earn record profits, but they just don't see that this is a long-term plan to get Republicans back into power after probable swing elections in 2018 and 2020.

As you know, President Trump's administration thus far has been very shaky and his approval ratings are at record lows.  At this point, his reelection is very unlikely and and worse, that many Republican members like you of Congress will probably be voted out too.

As such, I am happy to see the Republican long game: pull back banking regulations to such an extent that it makes another severe recession more likely, but not too soon -- in a few years, after 2020 perhaps!

It is brilliant for you and the other Republicans to vote to create the kind of environment where a deep recession is likely just as a new Democrat president comes into office!  We'd be able to blame him for all the problems, come back into Congress in 2022, and retake the presidency in 2024!

All the damage President Trump is doing will last only four years because we made sure a new recession would hit just at the right time!  I love it.

Thank you again for your support of the Dodd-Frank reforms.

[lettersisent]

Letter I sent to Rep. Pearce, October 29, 2017

Dear Rep, Pearce,

I am writing in regard to the Puerto Rico recovery, which is making President Trump and the Republican Party look very bad.  I am thinking that we can approach this problem the way we approach many other problems:  change the country's laws to support our viewpoint. 

It's obvious that we don't care about this island, so why don't we officially cut them off from the US and and its status as a territory?   If that were to happen, we'd no longer have any obligation to help aid in their recovery!  It's not like we're feeling it now, but if they weren't a territory we wouldn't have to face uncomfortable questions about it.

Please consider this option for dealing with Puerto Rico.  One way to answer the inevitable criticism from liberals is to say that we should be focusing our resources on the country's problem areas, like the inner cities.  USA first!

[lettersisent]

Letter I sent to Rep. Wagner, July 7, 2017

Dear Rep. Wagner,

I am writing about the State's preemption of St. Louis's minimum wage law.  Although I was pleased when it passed, I'm happy to see that it has gotten a fair amount of mainstream attention lately, and hope it becomes the model for the rest of the country to minimize local control of Democrat-led municipal governments.

As you know, a number of liberal enclaves throughout the country have elected Democrat mayors and city councilmen, and voted to approve left-leaning legislation like the minimum wage increase here in St. Louis.

Wresting local control from the municipalities and transferring it to the State government is key to implementing our conservative agenda nationwide.  

Claiming "State's Rights!" when the Democrat Party is in control is effective, but while we have control we need to make as much of an impact as we can.  Please consider introducing similar bills in Congress because it would be more effective if preemption bills were nationwide, rather than State specific. 

[lettersisent]

Letter I sent to Rep. Mitchell, May 8, 2017

Dear Rep. Mitchell,

Thank you for your vote to get rid of Obamacare and help improve health insurance coverage for Americans. Most Americans don't seem to understand just how terrible that law was, and so I know that vote may put many members at risk in 2018.  

I've been trying to think of ways to ensure the GOP maintains its majority in that election and thereafter, and think that the "voter fraud" angle may be the best to pursue since we've been able to convince great numbers of Americans that this is real, and that it's the Democrat Party that does it.

Things some jurisdictions have done to hinder the ways those people tend to vote are good to continue, like reducing the number of early voting days.  One thing that hasn't been tried enough though is just limiting polling places in, ahem, "inner cities."  The fewer places there are, the longer the lines, and the fewer votes that will be cast.

Thank you for your attention.