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Write to and call your representative. That’s how politicians know you’re upset.

Has anyone here done either of those things?

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My rep is a maga chud, thanks to the party pulling funding from her opponent because they would rather have a maga chud than a progressive in any given seat.

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So your answer is no then? Representatives don’t get as much contact as you think. Apply pressure wherever and whenever you can, even if that legislator does nothing in the years to come, every person applying pressure moves the needle. Doing nothing does nothing. Legislators like to keep their jobs and will suddenly have a change of heart if they feel their job is threatened. That takes hundreds of people in each district making their dissatisfaction known. Be the change you wish to see.

Parties pull funding when it’s clear there is no path to victory, so they can ensure victory elsewhere. That’s not them “rather have a maga chud” that’s strategic. You would be just as angry if they wasted money on a loss. I’ve seen your views all over lemmy, whatever narrative says the party did wrong, that’s the narrative you’ll take. Volunteer for the next candidate that runs, prove to the party that they have support and maybe funding will actually stick around. You’re an open book, no action, all anger.

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So your answer is no then?

You want me to waste my time telling a MAGA chud to stop supporting genocide?

Well, it’s about as likely as convincing a lemmy centrist to stop supporting genocide, and I already try to do that. Gonna call today.

Parties pull funding when it’s clear there is no path to victory, so they can ensure victory elsewhere. That’s not them “rather have a maga chud” that’s strategic.

That would be convincing if they hadn’t spent money buying ads for maga candidates during that same election cycle.

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I can’t provide the millions in campaign dollars that CUFI and AIPAC give to my reps. Money controls politics and most of the money is pro-genocide

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So, no you haven’t done anything. Thumbs up.

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Have you let your reps know that you are angry about the genocide of Gaza?

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