Contributing money to the oppositional nominee of the 24 vulnerable Republican representatives out of the 217 who approved this travesty is a way to get them good and scared now, so they won't try any more shenanigans.
This is so incredibly important, because they'll be looking at fundraising, and so will the Senate.
Those 217 House Republicans didn't just tie themselves to a cruel and vindictive bill. They did it to prop up the most widely-despised president in the history of the country. They deserve to be completely and utterly destroyed, and they must be an example to anyone else who would take the same cruel and harmful actions in the future.
It's so early in the election cycle that we don't yet know who every GOP incumbent's Democratic opponent will be. In many cases, no challengers have emerged yet. In others, we can expect primaries. But at some point next year, we'll have our candidates—and we already have a way to make sure they hit the ground well-funded, even if we don't even know their names just yet.
The fantastic folks at ActBlue have created something called "nominee funds" that you can donate to immediately. These funds are organized on a district-by-district basis: You contribute now, and all money is held in escrow until after each state's primary. At that point, the cash is transferred in one fell swoop to the Democratic nominee, who can then start using the money for his or her general election campaign pronto.
The following 24 "yes" votes are among the most endangered Republicans up for re-election next year, so we're adding all of these districts to ActBlue's new slate of nominee funds:
DISTRICT | REPUBLICAN | DISTRICT | REPUBLICAN | |
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AZ-02 | McSally, Martha | IL-06 | Roskam, Peter | |
CA-10 | Denham, Jeff | IL-13 | Davis, Rodney | |
CA-21 | Valadao, David | IL-14 | Hultgren, Randy | |
CA-25 | Knight, Steve | KS-03 | Yoder, Kevin | |
CA-39 | Royce, Ed | MI-11 | Trott, Dave | |
CA-45 | Walters, Mimi | MN-02 | Lewis, Jason | |
CA-48 | Rohrabacher, Dana | MN-03 | Paulsen, Erik | |
CA-49 | Issa, Darrell | NE-02 | Bacon, Don | |
FL-25 | Diaz-Balart, Mario | NJ-11 | Frelinghuysen, Rodney | |
FL-26 | Curbelo, Carlos | TX-07 | Culberson, John | |
IA-01 | Blum, Rod | TX-32 | Sessions, Pete | |
IA-03 | Young, David | VA-02 | Taylor, Scott |
A big surge in donations now would have huge salutary effects right away: It would both terrify Republicans and boost Democratic efforts to recruit good candidates. Of course, it would also help us defeat these Republicans next year. And as it happens, 24 is exactly the number of seats we need to take back the House.
my D rep voted NAY on this shit; I sent him a thank you note yesterday!