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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGOP power grabs pour gas on 'resistance' in key Midwest states
legislators in Wisconsin and Michigan have reignited Democratic energy since the midterms in two narrow Trump states.
By DANIEL STRAUSS 12/08/2018 06:42 AM EST
Republican efforts to weaken incoming Democratic governors in Michigan and Wisconsin have reignited the grass-roots fervor that flipped both states in November, turning the typically sleepy post-election period into a key organizing moment ahead of the 2020 presidential election.
Liberal groups in both states are organizing demonstrations filling the capitols in both states to oppose GOP legislators stripping power from the governors offices before new Democratic governors take their posts. Local chapters of Indivisible, the national resistance group founded after President Donald Trumps 2016 win, reactivated their members weeks after the election to protest the legislation, while MoveOn.org has texted members in key Wisconsin state Senate districts urging them to contact Republican politicians to complain. And Wisconsin Gov.-elect Tony Evers and the Wisconsin Democratic Party have raked in money with online fundraising appeals highlighting the fight over the past two weeks.
The burst of activity comes as most political groups and activists around the country enjoy a hibernation period after November victories. But liberal leaders in Wisconsin noted that the renewed energy could carry Democrats into important off-year elections in 2019 and set the stage for efforts to win both states in the 2020 presidential election, after Trump picked off both longtime Democratic states two years ago.
The furor is a great bridge for the energy from the midterm into Trump reelect, said Tom Russell, a veteran Democratic strategist in Wisconsin. I think its going to be a very good tool for Democrats to keep the energy up, keep people focused, keep people engaged.
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https://www.politico.com/story/2018/12/08/wisconsin-michigan-lame-duck-sessions-democrats-1052221
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GOP power grabs pour gas on 'resistance' in key Midwest states (Original Post)
DonViejo
Dec 2018
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Blue_true
(31,261 posts)1. Useless acts that will be undone in Court.
Everytime it has been tried, that has been the result. Even republican judges voted against them.
dalton99a
(81,570 posts)2. Republicans are shitting on democracy itself.
Paladin
(28,271 posts)3. I hope those demonstrations are "lively." (nt)