The censure only happened because voters made it clear to local elected officials that we are pissed off. Angry emails/phone calls, threats to primary them and loss of donations are the leverage we have right now. No politician wants to lose their very comfortable gig. They don't like confrontation or having to justify their votes to us rabble either. Censure isn't a magic bullet, obviously, but they want desperately to forget the election fraud and "get back to normal". We can't let that happen. .This is why I believe censure, albeit toothless, is a good start. Besides, making them uncomfortable is its own reward.
Angry emails/phone calls, threats to primary them and loss of donations are the leverage we have right now.
We had those, and used them to try and force them to stop the steal, and the state and federal GOP dragged their feet and avoided the fight long enough to make it impossible for Trump to win.
I agree with the overall point of your post, but I don't want people getting comfortable thinking the GOP are the good guys because they throw out some toothless public gesture that amounts to almost nothing tangible.
When Lindsay Graham was confronted by angry voters in the airport, he immediately did a 180. Loud people voicing their frustration actually change minds because politicians correctly assume they are a small but representative number of a larger angry voter base.
A 180? No, he did a 360 with a short pause in the middle. Lindsey did not change his stripes, or his mind. I'm not saying they should or shouldn't do it, I'm saying it's just a tool in their political theater to control and contain their constituents.
Does it? It's a toothless measure with absolutely zero consequence, so what pressure is there, exactly?
The censure only happened because voters made it clear to local elected officials that we are pissed off. Angry emails/phone calls, threats to primary them and loss of donations are the leverage we have right now. No politician wants to lose their very comfortable gig. They don't like confrontation or having to justify their votes to us rabble either. Censure isn't a magic bullet, obviously, but they want desperately to forget the election fraud and "get back to normal". We can't let that happen. .This is why I believe censure, albeit toothless, is a good start. Besides, making them uncomfortable is its own reward.
We had those, and used them to try and force them to stop the steal, and the state and federal GOP dragged their feet and avoided the fight long enough to make it impossible for Trump to win.
I agree with the overall point of your post, but I don't want people getting comfortable thinking the GOP are the good guys because they throw out some toothless public gesture that amounts to almost nothing tangible.
When Lindsay Graham was confronted by angry voters in the airport, he immediately did a 180. Loud people voicing their frustration actually change minds because politicians correctly assume they are a small but representative number of a larger angry voter base.
A 180? No, he did a 360 with a short pause in the middle. Lindsey did not change his stripes, or his mind. I'm not saying they should or shouldn't do it, I'm saying it's just a tool in their political theater to control and contain their constituents.