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Joe Biden may be known as "Sleepy Joe," but the former vice president had a busy week of insulting U.S. allies, forgetting the names of prominent figures, recommending faulty gun practices, and, ironically, questioning voters' memory.
CNN Town Halls 4.22.19
Sen. Amy Klobuchar: Unapologetic-ally moderate, with no direct plans really thrown out there - but gave a good answer concerning the ability/timing of doing impeachment and criminality being investigated for Trump. Will never gain traction on her own without policy proposals and not platitudes about her home state. Sen. Elizabeth Warren: FIRE! Pure fucking fire from the gate, and it's clear that she's one of the few candidates with actual policy in their minds and on the page. Only candidate willing to straight up say our prison and judicial system is racist with a capital R (Bernie kinda slid one in during an answer). Firmly walked out there and just REALLY needs to gain traction of free press that the other candidates have; she should higher in the polling all around except for not as good of a social media presence. Someone during TYT made a suggestion that maybe they should try to get AOC to link up with her to control her narrative better. Sen. Bernie Sanders: Great. Nothing real different than what we knew, also not a bad thing and we also just got a town hall with him recently and thus we are sussing out stuff we already know. Also always believe the person willing to give a proper side eye when confronted with an unfair structure of questioning. Sanders is playing it smart by keeping his face in your face, in that I know what the fuck I'm saying "do you" way. Which parlays to... Sen. Kamala Harris: Strong answering and defensiveness is only going to go so far. She was massively defensive about her prosecution career while she should have actually gone with the "soft eyes" strategy. For instance indicating, "would we really delve this hard into any other ones prosecuting career like this; my focus was on the students" (cut.) Instead she lied about no one going to prison for her clemency program, which doesn't go well against the opportunism it feels like she works in. She is a fantastic Senator, but I don't want to vote for a candidate with no strong policy positions and just wading in the water for what's popular. Also... why you be lyin' gurl, let it be. You executed a disgusting plan during the 90's War on Crime era in the Los Angeles area -- just say that I was trying my best to cause change and it may not have been the best thing for under served people. Learn from said mistake, stop lyin gurl. Mayor Pete Buttigieg: Oh Mayor Pete.... I'm going to let this analysis roll before I grab the TYT investigates video concerning your clear unwillingness to listen to your own polices obvious racist statements in Indiana. Trying to fiend it off as a wiretapping issue is gross and stupid. As the mayor of your city, you clearly are weighing your political career vs the protection of citizens for either expedience or lack of caring. Either are terrible and highly questionable. Also really, this kind of old brand style of Democratic candidate is really trying to work in "moderates" to the tent and also serve Dems who are not farther left on the spectrum esp. in terms of social programs. He was the ONLY candidate to promote the Constitutional Amendment to get money officially out of politics if Congress is not going to do the work. So he does have that. But ... don't ever trust someone who smiles religiously after every question asked of them.
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Attend a Town Hall
This past week Congress has been on recess, and many representatives have held town halls in their home states. Town halls are public meetings between representatives and their constituents, and are often spaces of open dialogue, debate, and protest. The town halls that took place this week had great turnout - passionate constituents voiced their concerns and there was a lot of press around these events. While the recess is coming to an end, there are still many town hall and office hours events coming up in the next few days. I encourage you to attend a town hall for your representative, or call on them to hold one.
ATTENDING A TOWN HALL
* The first step is to find an event near you. There are lots of tools for this - the most comprehensive one I’ve found is this Google spreadsheet, which lists events across the country, including town halls, office hours, and open conference calls, for the next few months. You can also sign up to get email alerts from your representatives’ websites.
* Prepare your question(s) in advance. Just as when you call your reps, having a script is very helpful. Phrase your questions around actions, e.g. “What will you do legislatively to solve ____?” or around voting decisions, e.g. “Why did you vote against ____ when it would have ____?” Keep questions concise, but include a personal connection or story if you have one and feel comfortable. Personally moving questions are often the ones that make waves in the media.
* To ask your question at the town hall, raise your hand immediately and keep it up, keeping a friendly expression. If you get a chance to speak. don’t let your rep dodge your question - keep hold of the microphone until they answer.
* Applaud when your fellow constituents ask good questions or make good arguments.
* Record the town hall with your phone. Afterward, share it on social media and tweet at reporters with the best clips. Tag your reps in your posts. The Indivisible guide has more advice on attending town halls.
WHEN YOUR REP IS MIA
With news of tense and confrontational town halls, many Republican representatives have been avoiding meeting with constituents. What should you do if your representative does not have any upcoming public events?
* Have one without them. Many groups are organizing town halls and inviting their representatives. When the reps decline the invitation, the event is held without them. The Town Hall Project lists these “empty chair” town halls, or you can try Googling “empty chair town hall [YOUR CITY].” If you can’t find one, consider organizing your own!
* Call on your representatives to hold town halls. We are getting very good at phone calls, so if your representative won’t come to your district, give them a call. Here’s the script I used:
Hello, my name is ____ and I’m a constituent of Rep/Sen. _____ in zip code _____. I’m calling to see if the Senator/Representative has any town halls or other public events scheduled in the near future. [Response: no] I would like to urge the Senator/Representative to hold a town hall here in ____ so their constituents can voice their concerns directly.
"Nobody can call an employer to fire me," Joli said. "What they're doing is calling my employees so they quit."
"They start sending other [messages] saying, 'I can't believe you're working for that person. I thought you were better,'" she added. "I am a fighter, but [my employees] have a private life. They aren't used to this commotion."
Her law firm has also been targeted in online reviews, Fox News reports, with several people leaving one-star reviews without comment.
Joli said the negative attention doesn't bother her and that she'd support President Trump even if no one supported her.
"Somebody's going to see that review, then see the career I've led helping people, so I don't need that client," Joli said.
She said her own experiences as an immigrant inspired her to help others through the naturalization process to become American citizens. Though Trump was elected in 2016 on a platform of cracking down on illegal immigration, Joli says she tells her clients that their problems with immigration aren't the president's fault. She also said that since Trump was elected more illegal immigrants have come to her for help legalizing their immigration status.
"They were coming to me, telling me, 'I want to fix my situation because of Donald Trump.' I told them, 'No, you want to fix your situation because of you.' The fact that Donald Trump is the president means nothing because with or without Donald Trump ... nothing will change. It just prolongs your agony. You have to find a way to fix it, and that's why attorneys are there," she said.
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CNN failed to disclose that the town hall questioner donated thousands to Elizabeth Warren's 2018 Massachusetts Senate campaign.
The lack of disclosure comes after CNN was criticized in February for not disclosing the Democratic Party ties of town hall participants who asked harsh questions of outsider presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.), including identifying the Baltimore County Democratic Party chairwoman as a "former biology professor." A CNN spokesperson admitted in a statement that they "should have more fully identified any political affiliations" in response to the February controversy.
