.@SpeakerPelosi— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) August 15, 2020
Wasn't one of the MAJOR points of winning back the House in 2018 that Democrats would have the power to do the right thing when it needed to be done?
You don't need Senate or White House approval to do ANY of the things listed below.
You can do them RIGHT NOW! https://t.co/H1pDOLEuLD
The internet is still primarily an outrage generator.
a) everyone knows about it.
b) USPS is backing down.
c) U.S. Senators are involved in their states.
d) shit, in other words, is hitting the fan.
e) Committee hearings and subpoenas do not work like they do on TeeVee, where everything happens in an hour, the crisis is resolved in 45 minutes, and the good guys win before the next show starts.
f) The struggle to get people to appear would be long and tedious. Court battles would ensue. Even dragging people before the Committees by the power of the Sargeant at Arms would not be as simple and clean as you imagine.
g) and what happens? They refuse to testify, or bluster, or bafflegab?
h) Do you understand nothing about Congressional power? They don't get to take over government agencies.
ALL we have gotten from @SpeakerPelosi and @SenSchumer to save the @USPS is a JOINT STATEMENT on Fri.— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) August 15, 2020
How does a joint statement stop the flatbed trucks from collecting mailboxes in key states?
How does a joint statement stop what the @USPS has warned will happen in 40+ states! pic.twitter.com/yS4cNw1jhk
This has already stopped, by announcement of USPS. Try to keep up.
Maybe you slept through the impeachment of Trump, but it didn't leave much of a mark on D.C. or, apparently, the people. The outrage over what Trump is doing to USPS has, and will. At this point, all the House can do is grandstand. Even this, which you think is so clever, is day-old fish by now. It's stale bread.
You don't have to listen to me.— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) August 15, 2020
But please consider listening to @davidplouffe, the man (and his team) who played a HUGE role in @BarackObama being elected President and serving this great country for eight terrific years! https://t.co/VWIDvnWnYg
Everybody knows about it. Did you miss the viral news report out of Montanta what forced USPS to quit removing boxes? Did you miss the protests outside DeJoy's home this morning? Have you missed the coverage in the NYTimes and WaPo and almost every small paper in the country? The stories of people not getting their mail in D.C., of people not getting their prescriptions, old people not getting their SS checks because they don't have bank accounts for auto-deposit? EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON!
And "Trump is laughing at us"? What is this, a "let's you and him fight" argument? Trump is too stupid to laugh. He's too stupid to pay attention to. This is not about punching Trump in his laughing face. If you're argument depends on a "laughing Trump," you don't have a serious argument. This isn't about Trump (though he'd like it to be). This is about the nation. Nancy Pelosi can play it up for the cameras and illustrate how impotent Congress is (how much of any of what you or Plouffe propose would actually change what USPS is doing?), or they can let the people do the job. Which, frankly, seems to be working.
I agree the situation is bad. "Run in circles, scream and shout!" is not the optimal solution.
Every single congressional Democratic incumbent and candidate should be doing this, in every single state and district across the country. https://t.co/5R5d9mWJwT— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) August 15, 2020
Why isn't Joe Manchin in D.C. demanding hearings and that Congress pass his POST Act NOW???!!!????
Right?
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