In my very red Virginia district, Republican heads are exploding.

[phylny]

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Many progressives are posting on our congressman's page protesting his Facebook page meeting instead of meeting his constituents face to face. The Republicans are calling us whiners, babies, complainers, and of course, that Soros is paying us. They are flummoxed - they can't wrap their heads around it. "He - edited to add Congressman Tom Garrett - won by a landslide!" (True, he did, but of course, we're gerrymandered).

Keep demanding, keep asking, keep resisting. It's working.

[msongs]

1. he did not win by a landslide as you claim. nt

[pkdu]

3. I think they mean his/her own congress-critter. nt

[Amimnoch]

46. Actually, as it applies to the 2016 election, that's not right either.

While they did maintain majority in both chambers, they Republicans actually lost 2 seats in the Senate, and lost 6 seats in the House.

When you consider that the last 8 years saw a Democratic Party President, and consider that not since FDR has the Democratic Party held that office for more than 2 consecutive terms, and Reagan/Bush Sr. Has been the ONLY republicans to break that trend in the same timeframe, this should have been an EASY year for them.

That they lost seats in both chambers, and only won the Presidency by electoral college with a huge loss in popular vote after an 8 year Democratic Party President in office.. not really something to be proud of imo.

[pkdu]

47. Nope - I will highlight the OP for the relevant parts

In my very red Virginia district, Republican heads are exploding. [View all]

Many progressives are posting on our congressman's page protesting his Facebook page meeting instead of meeting his constituents face to face. The Republicans are calling us whiners, babies, complainers, and of course, that Soros is paying us. They are flummoxed - they can't wrap their heads around it. "He won by a landslide!" (True, he did, but of course, we're gerrymandered).

Keep demanding, keep asking, keep resisting. It's working.

[Amimnoch]

48. Ahh, I got you now.

My mistake.

[Alice11111]

52. Good points!

[Wounded Bear]

4. Probably talking about the local Rep, not Trump...

[Cha]

22. Yeah, since the OP mentioned "Gerrymandering"

[vlyons]

5. she means trump won by a landslide in her district

Same for me. I'm in a rural district in Texas, where Trump, Cruz, Cornyn, and anyone with an "R" by their name wins by a landslide.

[tenorly]

68. Ah, the memories.

I lived in Colleyville, TX, for part of the Bush regime. We Democrats used to meet in a small room with glazed windows in the local activity center. It was as much a support group as a political meeting, you might say.

Qué será.

[phylny]

10. Our congressman won by a landslide.

Sorry I wasn't clear.

[Cha]

23. I got it with the "Gerrymandering"..

Thanks for your OP, phylny

[lastlib]

36. More like a MUD-SLIDE!

it was FILTHY!!

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[uponit7771]

2. The gerrymandering is what really ticks me off, now the courts are scaling them back

[Susan Calvin]

30. It's somewhat heartening,

The things that are finally getting noticed.

[Alice11111]

53. So much for one person one vote...same with electoral college

It was politically necessary at the time to get the rural areas to agree. Both are so outdated and contrary to the spirit of the Constitution.

[nikibatts]

6. Is it possible to run a candidate against him who could win with the GOP label behind her/his name?

We have got to stick it to the gerrymanders as best we can.

[phylny]

11. I don't know. I think this area is so Republican, it'll be difficult to make any changes

until the gerrymandering is solved. Tom Perriello did win years ago against Virgil Goode, so it's possible. I will probably always be "represented" by a Republican, but perhaps Charlottesville and Danville can break free.

[Rhiannon12866]

28. We got "redistricted" here in New York too

Kirsten Gillibrand won here in 2006, as did her successor. Now we're stuck with a Paul Ryan clone who is finally upsetting voters because nobody knows where she is or what she's doing until after the fact...

[Big_K]

66. I'm stuck with the REAL Paul Ryan

Sigh.....

[Rhiannon12866]

73. Yikes! I am so very sorry!

You do have my deepest sympathies...

[Alice11111]

57. HaHaHa...like when women authors had to use men's names

[dixiegrrrrl]

7. Happily it is happening all across the country

Twitter is full of reports, and full of meeting places and times.

[babylonsister]

8. So what do they think about protests against him in

Europe, Mexico, worldwide? They are willfully ignorant.

And on January 21, I'm sure someone who is very rich paid almost 5 million people to show their (feigned) disgust. And with signs!

[phylny]

15. I keep talking about HOW MUCH MONEY

we are making, PLUS the free decoder ring.

[progree]

31. And Soros knitted all of their pussy hats

[font color = blue]>>And on January 21, I'm sure someone who is very rich paid almost 5 million people to show their (feigned) disgust. And with signs! <<[/font]

[snort]

38. Soros schmoros

crazycatlady knitted mine and its got huge ears! Highly recommended.

[LisaM]

41. No, they were mass produced in China!

As I was informed. Which would surprise the friend who knitted mine.

[bigbrother05]

61. Think they were confusing it with the "Trump" lines of clothing

[MontanaMama]

69. You mean "GYNA", right??

I'm snickering because I made my own pussy hat.

[LisaM]

72. Ha ha, yes!

or, 'gyna.

[Alice11111]

58. LOL

[Hortensis]

9. Well, obviously they're at least disturbed.

When their faith in their leaders breaks, when they see Trump as a loser and themselves as losers for choosing him, their heads really will be exploding. We can't expect shame for their positions from most, only doubt from a few. But a relative few falling away is what we need.

So, obviously some good stuff is happening there, and thanks for the report from your area.

[gratuitous]

44. When you're explaining, you're losing

And the Republicans are having to do an awful lot of tap-dancing and explaining why so many millions are out there demonstrating against them and their cruel policies.

[kimbutgar]

12. We should go to their meetings with fake money and ask them how much can we pay them to represent

The voters instead of corporate interests. How much can we pay them to put country first instead of party first?

[Sophiegirl]

13. Uhm......

The governor of VA is a Democrat.

Suck on that ya whiners.

[phylny]

14. I kinda love this :) n/t

[williesgirl]

16. Where are you? I too am in a red district in VA.

Front Royal.

[phylny]

17. Bedford County, by the lake. 5th District, Tom Garrett.

[dgibby]

54. I'm in Alleghany Co.(Clifton Forge),

Dist. 9. We've got Morgan Griffith, gawd help us.

[NastyRiffraff]

18. Anything that pisses off Republicans

is fine by me! I think more and more of them will eventually back away from Dump, like they did for Bush. They care only about their Congressional seat.

[Alice11111]

59. !!!

[bucolic_frolic]

19. This "PAID" Line has got to be shouted down

WHO is going to pay us? We can't scrape together campaign finance funds.
Soros throws $10 mil at election time. Unlike the GOP, we don't have time or
deep pockets to pay everyone to skew the dialogue.

And if they're complaining about it, you can bet they're doing it. Projection again!

[Alice11111]

60. Projection is their MO. If they accuse, they are doing it!

[zentrum]

20. It is working!

[Chicago1980]

21. An electoral landslide perhaps,

But not when it comes to counting the people who voted.

[phylny]

24. Yes, I'm sorry I wasn't clear.

Our congressman won in a landslide - this district spans north and south five hours, very gerrymandered

[samnsara]

51. whew! OK glad youre making heads explode!

[MontanaMama]

70. I read you loud and clear phylny!

I'm a little blue dot in a big red state. My sympathies.

[iluvtennis]

25. He won by gerrymandering...now that's what you would call a "rigged" election. LOL nt

[TrekLuver]

26. Soros is paying me just like the Koch Brothers are paying them. We are all winners.

[gwheezie]

27. Dave Brat is being hounded also

I've been trying to find my rep, wittman but he's missing.

[phylny]

29. Good to hear!

On Garrett's page, Republicans are whining because evidently this type of backlash and protest has never happened in the history of the world. It took me two seconds to search for images of protests against Obama and a Youtube video of a raucous town hall meeting in our county with the last Democrat to hold office in this district.

I can only shake my head in wonder.

[spooky3]

33. I'm in VA's 8th. You have my sympathy. I went to wiki to

See your map and it's outrageous. Is there still a court case challenging the VA gerrymandering on racial grounds? Although Dems receive more votes statewide than do Repubs, 7 out of 11 districts are Repub (used to be 8 out of 11).

[phylny]

39. I honestly can't make heads or tails out of what's happening.

I've tried to read and keep up, but it's unfortunately too confusing to me.

[spooky3]

55. This website appears to have the latest updates (it's before the SCOTUS):

http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/bethune-hill-v-virginia-state-board-of-elections/

And people can sign up for emailed updates.

[phylny]

63. This is a great resource - thank you! n/t

[rpannier]

32. Still Waiting on My Soros Money

I think I'll put in an Olympic sized pool this year, with sauna and a large jacuzzi
I mean, with the money I got from him to vote 11 times in 20 different states I was able to buy that mansion but sadly it was the scaled-down economy size: small pool and eight person jacuzzi

[spooky3]

34. LOL! And here I got only enough to replace my 10 year old

Car with a new Beemer. How can I upgrade to your standard?

[rpannier]

37. You should have bought that Star Trek transporter like I did in 2012

I zip from state-to-state and get my voting done in a few hours

[snort]

42. During one protest, I got paid by both Soros and the Kochs.

I ended up punching myself in the face.

[Sienna86]

35. Cognitive dissonance

They can't wrap their heads around the fact they are tied to the orange Titanic.

[Kath2]

40. It is working.

Keep up and increase the resistance!

[George II]

43. Meeting with people on Facebook is ridiculous - what about those constituents who don't have...

....computers or don't have Facebook accounts?

And this is the second time this week I've seen comments about Soros from republicans and right wingers. To me that means they're starting to get scared and pulling out the age-old smears.

[phylny]

45. Our district (and my town) has very poor Internet access.

We pay through the nose for metered connections.

[samnsara]

49. well no...

..he didn't win by a landslide, but keep it up! you guys are doing something right to make their heads explode!!!!

[phylny]

50. Our congressman won by a landslide. n/t

[Left-face]

56. Where's my check?

I keep hearing about Soros paying us all which would be great, but where do I sign up to get paid to hate La petite piqûre doigt ? (French for The Tiny Fingered Prick) I didn't volunteer for this you know.

[phylny]

64. Welcome to DU :)

I'm sorry, to get a check, you need to be recommended by three different people who are ALSO already getting checks. After that, there's extreme vetting. Then you get lots of cash.

[MontanaMama]

71. Holy hell...

I HAD to lay a heart on you for the The Tiny Fingered Prick thing. I almost ruined a keyboard over that one, friend. Welcome to DU!

[Blue_Tires]

62. Garrett? I feel for you...

[phylny]

65. Oh my goodness, it's true!

People are writing, "Seriously - I'll edit your posts and statements for grammar and spelling."

[anarch]

67. Republicans need to get something straight...there's more of us than there are of them

The only way they stay in power is by gaming the system (aka: cheating). Gerrymandering, voter suppression, intimidation of minorities.

Sure, there are plenty of places where everyone votes Republican...but they are the minority, if you look at the bigger picture, and we cannot let them forget it. Moreover, their white nationalist/Xtian-fundamentalist agenda is rejected by the vast majority of U.S. citizens, whether they vote or not.

People clearly became too complacent under Obama's presidency, but this current clusterfuck is waking people up. Standing up for human rights is not "whining;" they're damn right we're complaining though, which is the right thing to do when there's something seriously wrong.

They can't wrap their heads around it because they mistakenly believe that all white people agree with them, and that people of color can be coerced into accepting disenfranchisement--they want to go back to the overtly racist policies of the mid-twentieth century, as if the whole civil rights movement never happened. Thing is, it did happen, and at the end of the day the people will stand up and fight for what's right.