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DownriverDem

(6,973 posts)
Fri Mar 7, 2025, 10:49 AM Mar 2025

Dems are fighting back

by having town halls in red states/districts so repubs can voice their disgust. This is a great way to get folks to realize repubs need to be voted out.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/veterans-farm-groups-slam-trump-cuts-democrat-run-arizona-town-hall-2025-03-06/

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Dems are fighting back (Original Post) DownriverDem Mar 2025 OP
Great SuzyandPuffpuff Mar 2025 #1
Excellent. Passages Mar 2025 #2
Also do town halls in areas where Dems didn't show up for Harris leftstreet Mar 2025 #3
In ONE red state. Reuters doesn't name any other states. ancianita Mar 2025 #4
Yes. Every Democratic rep should have one in a red area. Scrivener7 Mar 2025 #14
If you host a town hall in your district, the government pays for it. If you host a townhall out of your district, LeftInTX Mar 2025 #18
Our local VFW hall costs $100 for an event. Nice big place. Scrivener7 Mar 2025 #19
In Texas, the rural Democratic parties are inviting the Democratic Reps into their red districts for town halls. LeftInTX Mar 2025 #21
Well, 100 miles and back is 4 hours, voting is one hour. So a five hour day. It's a lot, but worth it. Scrivener7 Mar 2025 #23
Well, they've already planned for this weekend. But some of us are judges and clerks. I don't do anything except LeftInTX Mar 2025 #24
I guess town halls in republican districts will never happen in your area, then. Scrivener7 Mar 2025 #25
Will they happen in your area??? LeftInTX Mar 2025 #26
I don't know if there will be one here. I'm calling my rep daily to ask him when he will be doing one Scrivener7 Mar 2025 #28
It's about time LS0999 Mar 2025 #5
There were ten dems that voted to censure rep. Al Green Glamrock Mar 2025 #6
The ping pong paddles...lamest "protest" I have ever seen. GoYouPackersGo Mar 2025 #10
Name & shame those f*ckers NotHardly Mar 2025 #13
You got it! Glamrock Mar 2025 #15
This message was self-deleted by its author ShazzieB Mar 2025 #16
Republicans have abandoned the power of town halls, so it's logical and wise for Democrats to fill those vacuums. Uncle Joe Mar 2025 #7
I have a lot, or had , lol I should had said of MAGAT relatives. I don't think they will believe anything that Autumn Mar 2025 #12
If they are doing this, then they should be identifying good candidates in those districts Wiz Imp Mar 2025 #8
The Dems need to really hit the farming regions. for some reason dugog55 Mar 2025 #9
Big rec wryter2000 Mar 2025 #11
That is what they should be doing Dem4life1234 Mar 2025 #17
This a great idea 💡 MustLoveBeagles Mar 2025 #20
This is awesome! clevergrrrl Mar 2025 #22
Awesome Eliot Rosewater Mar 2025 #27
It is a great idea. yellow dahlia Mar 2025 #29

Passages

(3,986 posts)
2. Excellent.
Fri Mar 7, 2025, 10:55 AM
Mar 2025

More, more and more.

Mayes said on Wednesday that the attorneys general could also launch a lawsuit against mass firings this week.
"The federal firings situation is completely out of control, and we're working on it," she said.

leftstreet

(38,876 posts)
3. Also do town halls in areas where Dems didn't show up for Harris
Fri Mar 7, 2025, 11:01 AM
Mar 2025

That's how Trump won. Might be important to find out why

LeftInTX

(34,015 posts)
18. If you host a town hall in your district, the government pays for it. If you host a townhall out of your district,
Fri Mar 7, 2025, 04:53 PM
Mar 2025

you or someone else pays for it. Blue districts tend to be small. Red districts tend to be large. Blue districts tend to be so gerrymandered, that they don't have "red areas".

Scrivener7

(58,401 posts)
19. Our local VFW hall costs $100 for an event. Nice big place.
Fri Mar 7, 2025, 04:56 PM
Mar 2025

And wouldn't that visual be great if they had an overflow crowd?

LeftInTX

(34,015 posts)
21. In Texas, the rural Democratic parties are inviting the Democratic Reps into their red districts for town halls.
Fri Mar 7, 2025, 05:01 PM
Mar 2025

The problem we're having: The Democrats are having their own townhalls this weekend.

The next recess is during early voting for our May elections. They want us blue county dems to travel to their townhall (about 100 miles) while we're having a historical mayoral election. They're afraid that enough people won't show up without us there.

Scrivener7

(58,401 posts)
23. Well, 100 miles and back is 4 hours, voting is one hour. So a five hour day. It's a lot, but worth it.
Fri Mar 7, 2025, 05:08 PM
Mar 2025

OR, there are two days in a weekend. So red districts one day, blue the other.

LeftInTX

(34,015 posts)
24. Well, they've already planned for this weekend. But some of us are judges and clerks. I don't do anything except
Fri Mar 7, 2025, 05:12 PM
Mar 2025

campaign during early voting. I work all day and come home exhausted around 8 pm.
Turnout is already very low in our municipal election and we've got thousands of homes to go to.

Scrivener7

(58,401 posts)
25. I guess town halls in republican districts will never happen in your area, then.
Fri Mar 7, 2025, 06:07 PM
Mar 2025

And the people around you won't change a thing.

LeftInTX

(34,015 posts)
26. Will they happen in your area???
Fri Mar 7, 2025, 06:12 PM
Mar 2025

They might happen here, but my priority is our election. They can have the town hall without us.

We have had mock townhalls in the past and we had similar type events in 2017. The blue town halls in red districts, didn't flip the red seats. It's been done before.
We've also followed red politicians at their own town halls.
It's more important for us to work on things that will make a known impact and that's our election.

Scrivener7

(58,401 posts)
28. I don't know if there will be one here. I'm calling my rep daily to ask him when he will be doing one
Fri Mar 7, 2025, 06:16 PM
Mar 2025

in the nearby red district.

So we'll see.

LS0999

(278 posts)
5. It's about time
Fri Mar 7, 2025, 01:02 PM
Mar 2025

Hopefully the Democratic base can be encouraged, and enough of the maga cult will abandon the cult and come back to their senses. I will believe the latter when I see Elon running back to Pretoria or to Moscow in exile.

Glamrock

(12,003 posts)
6. There were ten dems that voted to censure rep. Al Green
Fri Mar 7, 2025, 01:02 PM
Mar 2025

And holding ping pong paddles at the state of the union. Dems are not fighting back. They’ve been on the receiving end of GOp fighting back. Seems they’ve learned absolutely nothing. Pathetic.

GoYouPackersGo

(233 posts)
10. The ping pong paddles...lamest "protest" I have ever seen.
Fri Mar 7, 2025, 01:21 PM
Mar 2025

And voting to censure Al Green? Wow. I'm out.

Glamrock

(12,003 posts)
15. You got it!
Fri Mar 7, 2025, 01:47 PM
Mar 2025

The 10 Democrats who voted with Republicans to censure Green were: Ami Bera of California, Ed Case of Hawaii, Jim Costa of California, Laura Gillen of New York, Jim Himes of Connecticut, Chrissy Houlahan of Pennsylvania, Marcy Kaptur of Ohio, Jared Moskowitz of Florida, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Washington and Tom Suozzi of New York.

Response to Glamrock (Reply #6)

Uncle Joe

(64,254 posts)
7. Republicans have abandoned the power of town halls, so it's logical and wise for Democrats to fill those vacuums.
Fri Mar 7, 2025, 01:12 PM
Mar 2025

Thanks for the thread DownriverDem

Autumn

(48,763 posts)
12. I have a lot, or had , lol I should had said of MAGAT relatives. I don't think they will believe anything that
Fri Mar 7, 2025, 01:38 PM
Mar 2025

Dems say. If they didn't hear it on Fox or OAN it's not true. I see no way of ever reaching them.

Wiz Imp

(9,021 posts)
8. If they are doing this, then they should be identifying good candidates in those districts
Fri Mar 7, 2025, 01:15 PM
Mar 2025

to challenge the Republican incumbents and have them be part of the town hall. Get a jump on name recognition and favorability with voters.

dugog55

(365 posts)
9. The Dems need to really hit the farming regions. for some reason
Fri Mar 7, 2025, 01:18 PM
Mar 2025

farmers have felt the Democrats have left them behind. Why? The Republicans have never had their backs, the Dems have. I do not understand why, especially after the farm crisis of the 80s caused so many bankruptcies, mostly due to Republican policies. Who helped the farmers then. FarmAid was established with a concert by such well known Conservatives (ha ha), Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp and Neil Young and raised over $7 million for farm families. As this concert series continued, Bob Dylan, Billie Joel, Bonnie Rait, Roy Orbison and B. B. King have performed. It sparked a family farm movement that continues to this day.

The farmers have been taking a beating from factory farming for years. Planting seeds for crops has become complicated and expensive. GMO crop seeds have to be purchased yearly as they can be sued for saving seeds for crops the following year. There are multiple laws and rules farmers have to follow, mostly thanks to Monsanto's meddling years ago.
The so called flyover states should be a prime choice to change some national and local voting practices.

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