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DeminPennswoods

(15,246 posts)
Mon Jan 27, 2020, 07:53 PM Jan 2020

Public pressure is getting to Toomey re: witnesses

Just heard on MSNBC that Toomey's floating a 1 for 1 witness exchange. Up to now, Toomey's been totally silent on the matter. Toomey's infamous for keeping his finger to the wind, so we know which way his constituents are moving now.

If you can, call any of Toomey's offices and express your views. Today, I called every office until I got a live person on the line (in Philadelphia!) to whom I could pass along my comments. If you've already called, thanks and don't be shy about calling again.

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Public pressure is getting to Toomey re: witnesses (Original Post) DeminPennswoods Jan 2020 OP
Called and faxed (via Resist bot) this morning. I've livetohike Jan 2020 #1
I called his Harrisburg office and told the guy who answered that Toomey was a coward for voting... JoeOtterbein Jan 2020 #2
I hadn't gotten anything but voicemail DeminPennswoods Jan 2020 #3
I'm sure you gave him... JoeOtterbein Jan 2020 #4
I called all 53 GOP senators last Tues and Wed. BigmanPigman Jan 2020 #5
Thanks, Big. nt. Mc Mike Jan 2020 #9
I hope it did some good. BigmanPigman Jan 2020 #10
It hammers home the point that the repugs know what the public wants and what is right. Mc Mike Jan 2020 #11
Dozens of calls to Pgh and DC offices over 2 days, finally got a live one in DC. Mc Mike Jan 2020 #6
Have had the same experience DeminPennswoods Jan 2020 #7
Like CO Corey not seeing his constituents for 700 days. Mc Mike Jan 2020 #8

livetohike

(22,084 posts)
1. Called and faxed (via Resist bot) this morning. I've
Mon Jan 27, 2020, 08:00 PM
Jan 2020

been calling every day since the trial began. He better be feeling the heat. 2022 isn’t that far away.

JoeOtterbein

(7,698 posts)
2. I called his Harrisburg office and told the guy who answered that Toomey was a coward for voting...
Mon Jan 27, 2020, 08:12 PM
Jan 2020

...against witnesses. And that he was corrupt.

DeminPennswoods

(15,246 posts)
3. I hadn't gotten anything but voicemail
Mon Jan 27, 2020, 08:54 PM
Jan 2020

in the offices near me or his DC office until today when I connected to a staffer in Philly.

BigmanPigman

(51,432 posts)
5. I called all 53 GOP senators last Tues and Wed.
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 01:57 AM
Jan 2020

I live in Blue state so I googled Zillow addresses for legit places in case I was asked if I lived in a specific senator's state. PA was the only one that I already had an address for since I grew up there.

Mc Mike

(9,107 posts)
11. It hammers home the point that the repugs know what the public wants and what is right.
Thu Jan 30, 2020, 06:32 AM
Jan 2020

It lets them know how out of step they are with America, with what we want, with the law and consititution.

Mc Mike

(9,107 posts)
6. Dozens of calls to Pgh and DC offices over 2 days, finally got a live one in DC.
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 07:04 PM
Jan 2020

You know what's funny, after a few dozen calls yesterday to Toomey, I called Bob Casey's office, got through to an actual person on the 3rd ring.

Toomey's hiding from the public, Casey isn't. No full mailbox, no automated answering machine for the Dem. No doubt there are repug callers to Casey, but the staff is there to get input from the constituency.

If people were telling Toomey what he wanted to hear, he'd be letting them talk to him. He's getting swamped by people who are telling him to do the right thing.

DeminPennswoods

(15,246 posts)
7. Have had the same experience
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 07:17 PM
Jan 2020

I haven't been able to get through to Toomey's Pgh or DC office until I finally got a live staffer by calling his Philadelphia office. Contrast that to Sen Casey where, except for once, I spoke to actual staffers no matter what office I call.

Toomey's been hiding for awhile by not only not answering the phone, but not holding in person town halls either. What a coward!

Mc Mike

(9,107 posts)
8. Like CO Corey not seeing his constituents for 700 days.
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 07:34 PM
Jan 2020

Sen Casey's people listen to input, and that's despite the fact that the people on their side are so much less pleasant, so often, in what they say and how they say things, to people they disagree with.

I bit and left toomey one message, in addition to the live call, but also encountered 'mailbox full' quite a few times.

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