Indivisible: A practical guide for resisting Trump

[EdEarl]

 

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Donald Trump is the biggest popular vote loser in history to ever call himself President-Elect. In spite of the fact that he has no mandate, he will attempt to use his congressional majority to reshape America in his own racist, authoritarian, and corrupt image. If progressives are going to stop this, we must stand indivisibly opposed to Trump and the members of Congress (MoCs) who would do his bidding. Together, we have the power to resist — and we have the power to win.

 

We know this because we’ve seen it before. The authors of this guide are former congressional staffers who witnessed the rise of the Tea Party. We saw these activists take on a popular president with a mandate for change and a supermajority in Congress. We saw them organize locally and convince their own MoCs to reject President Obama’s agenda. Their ideas were wrong, cruel, and tinged with racism — and they won.

 

We believe that protecting our values, our neighbors, and ourselves will require mounting a similar resistance to the Trump agenda — but a resistance built on the values of inclusion, tolerance, and fairness. Trump is not popular. He does not have a mandate. He does not have large congressional majorities. If a small minority in the Tea Party can stop President Obama, then we the majority can stop a petty tyrant named Trump.

 

see: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5855a354cd0f68bab2089b40/t/5867cd26be65940ffdeeac1e/1483197741124/IndivisibleGuide_2016-12-31_v1.pdf

This document is four chapters.

1. is about grassroots advocacy.

2. is about how your members of congress think

3. is about identifying or organizing your local group

4. is about local tactics that the Tea Party used to block Obama. We can use them on Trump.

[Ten oz]

Democrats do not have the vote in Congress (either house) to stop Trump. Unfortunately 2018 midterms don't look promising as more Democratic seats are up than Republican ones. The Democrats will be lucky not to lose more seats.

 

In my opinion to combat Trump Democrats need to focus on individual states. There are several key gubernatorial races in 2018 that would greatly empower Democrats against Trump. Two of the most critical are AZ and TX. If Democrats can win one or both of those states, in combination with CA (an almost guaranteed win) Democrats could easily blunt Trump immigration plan. With Democratic Governors incharge of the border states they could sue and fight policy without needing to rely on Congressional support. Other key states gubernatorial races in 2018 are WI, OH, GA, and FL. All are swing states. Some combination of them will be needed in 2020. Winning govenorships in those states would help Democrats blunt voter supression in those states. More people being able to vote almost always help Democrats.

[EdEarl]

The senate democrats only need three republican votes for a majority vote. However, Indivisible focuses on local constituents visiting their congressman's and senators' office to lobby for or against legislation that affects the constituents, whether the office holder is a Dem or Rep. This lobbying can sway a few votes in the congress or senate to give the democrats some republican support.

[Ten oz]

The senate democrats only need three republican votes for a majority vote. However, Indivisible focuses on local constituents visiting their congressman's and senators' office to lobby for or against legislation that affects the constituents, whether the office holder is a Dem or Rep. This lobbying can sway a few votes in the congress or senate to give the democrats some republican support.

They can't get one Republican vote, muchless three.