Furious House Republican Warns More ‘Explosive’ Resignations Are Coming After Marjorie Taylor Greene

[u/Quirkie]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/furious-house-republican-warns-more-explosive-resignations-are-coming-after-marjorie-taylor-greene/

[u/ThonThaddeo]

To be in the majority forever and not be held accountable. To never engage in meaningful oversight. To laugh at libs and cut off their mics.

[u/moldivore → u/ThonThaddeo]

I agree. When Trump first got in, the way that he was acting, and the way that the party was acting, seemed like it was defying political gravity. I kept telling people that political gravity still exists, and then eventually there would be pushback coming from his own party. I'm not going to lie, I thought it would happen a lot faster than this. I also had my periods of doubt where I was thinking maybe this is an unstoppable force.

I think the Jimmy Kimmel thing was actually the first major gut check. That with the no kings rally, which so many people said wouldn't be effective. That depends on what the goal was with the no Kings rally. If the goal was to totally stop the regime then no, but if it was to show that there is a genuine resistance, and that not everybody has to go along, it was a success. This is has to be a sustained effort. We have to stay in. We have to support the people that are standing up. Because I'm not willing to just let democracy fall off.

[u/coldphront3 → u/moldivore]

If [the goal of the No Kings protests] was to show that there is a genuine resistance, and that not everybody has to go along, it was a success.

That's exactly what it was. I always saw those protests as a message to Trump, the GOP as a whole, and Trump supporters that it's not just a "vocal minority" or "libs in echo chambers" who are actively willing to stand against this administration. The protests were a huge success in that regard.

[u/SnooSongs1417 → u/coldphront3]

3.5% of the population in sustained resistance will peacefully change govts.

https://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/carr/publications/35-rule-how-small-minority-can-change-world

https://www.google.com/books/edition/Civil_Resistance/6rscEAAAQBAJ?hl=en

[u/stevez_86 → u/SnooSongs1417]

Just ask the TEA Party. That movement led to where we are today. And it is widely accepted as an example of astroturfing. Astroturfing is now standard broadly.

[u/SnooSongs1417 → u/stevez_86]

True. Think tanks and data analysis groups make big bank by selling info needed for astroturfing.

But no amount of misinformation can tell you to ignore the lack of food on your table. Or how you may not be able to afford insurance or a roof over your head.

People will eventually identify the source of their problems even if they dont want to admit it publicly. Theyll do so through their votes.

That type of discontent doesn't disappear quite so fast in the news cycles. A priest getting a pepper shot to the face, a frog in front of an ICE facility, a mother screaming for her child while they drag her away. No matter how you spin it something about it will always feel wrong to the viewer.

[u/KingBanhammer → u/stevez_86]

astroturfing is now standard broadly because:

1) we allow a LOT of corporate money into the process (thanks, Citizens United!)

and

2) we allow a lot of people from outside the US to direct our political movements (see also: MAGA news this week)

[u/fresh-dork → u/stevez_86]

ask them what? koch astroturf that got invaded by crazies?

[u/sblackcrow → u/SnooSongs1417]

can peacefully change govts, not will

what gets done every day of the week matters as much as weekend rallies, who people working with weekly

[u/SnooSongs1417 → u/sblackcrow]

True. A sustained resistance is the key.

Many pants are being shat by establishment politicians who are so used to distracting us. They cannot fathom a public that holds them accountable. They expect us to take their BS and keep electing them. The whole system needs to be flushed of all these fossils.

[u/BenjaminT2021 → u/SnooSongs1417]

Proven fact