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Friday, Feb. 10 Politico article by ELANA SCHOR and RACHAEL BADE.
WHY WE ARE NOT THE TEA PARTY (pg. 10 The Indivisible Guide)Some tactics:
The Tea Party’s ideas were wrong, and their behavior was often horrible. Their members:
- Ignored reality and made up their own facts
- Threatened anyone they considered an enemy
- Physically assaulted and spat on staff
- Shouted obscenities and burned people in effigy
We are better than this. We are the majority, and we don’t need petty scare tactics to win.
- Targeted their hate not just at Congress, but also at fellow citizens (especially people of color)
Record everything! Assign someone in the group to use their smart phone or video camera to record other advocates asking questions and the Member of Congress’s response. While written transcripts are nice, unfavorable exchanges caught on video can be devastating for MoCs.
Share everything. Post pictures, video, your own thoughts about the event, etc., to social media afterward. Tag the MoC’s office and encourage others to share widely.From another FB thread about reaching Pat Toomey's office:
2. Letters are the only thing getting through at this point [Note: I've heard that postcards are better because they can impound letters for five weeks to check for contaminants]. Regional offices are a much better mail destination because the compile, sort, and send everything. DC mail is so backed up right now it takes twice as long to send things there.
