1. United States
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I long for the day where I no longer need to email or call my Senators daily because we no longer have a presidential administration that wants to harm, kill, and terrorize our people and destroy our country. How I long for that day.... But in the meantime, what I've learned in the last year is that the American people refuse to obey in advance. We refuse to back down and allow the Trump administration to destroy our country. We refuse to allow the Trump administration to try and make us believe something that isn't true. We refuse to allow the Trump administration to ignore facts and proof. We refuse to believe the Trump administration's lies and gaslighting and propaganda. I can't say the same for the Republican legislators. You all backed down and obeyed in advance. On day one, you all abandoned us, your constituents. You all abandoned your oaths to the Constitution. On day one, you all obeyed in advance. But not us voters. We have called, emailed, written, gone to your offices, begged for town halls where we could make our voices heard, protested, marched, and boycotted. We have stood up to ICE, despite their violence. We showed up at the polls and voted blue in the elections that have been held since Trump was sworn in, even in red districts. We the people will not obey in advance. That's what authoritarians in the making want us to do. That's how they gain power. We won't do that. We, the people, will save our country. And that includes people who voted for Trump in 2024. They learned. It's a shame the Republicans in Congress won't learn. It's a shame you all obeyed in advance. It's a shame you can't learn from your voters and represent what WE want. But no, you all chose to obey in advance. And in the next election cycle you will be shown by the voters that obeying in advance gets you nowhere.