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The McConnell Playbook

To: Sen. Gillibrand, Rep. Clarke, Sen. Schumer

From: A constituent in Brooklyn, NY

July 16

It is beyond time to stop with the passive aggressive resistance. Holding signs that say "this is not normal," and renaming the "big ugly bill" may have been decent, but what did that accomplish? We need an active and loud resistance from our Democratic leaders. Trump is unraveling the country and the government, and frankly, the resistance from the Democrats is discouraging. With all of the protests and grass roots resistance from the population, where are our Democratic leaders? Senator Sanders and AOC have been the most vocal and generate a lot of enthusiasm, but I don't see enough from the rest of the field. While I believe you all are acting honorably and I know your votes are in the right place, we need you to be more demonstrative. While I do despise him, and he is largely the reason I left the Republican party, Mitch McConnell has given you a playbook to follow for obstruction and leading a minority resistance. We are in desperate times and this requires more desperate measures I hope to see the party stand on the wall and more aggressively take the fight to Trump and his fascist regime. Failing to do so could spell the end of our Republic. Thank you

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