They don't want to get kicked off of the gravy train.
Asking Republican Senators how much activist pressure swayed their caucus' health vote. To my genuine surprise, they've candidly said yes
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"Those voices are heard & yes I think it's made a difference." -- Sen. Portman (R-OH) Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) says "of course" it's mattered
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'genuine surprise' why? you don't think they care about what their constituents think?
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Why surprised? They'd be idiots to say "no, we don't listen to constituents". But mark my words, this same Portman will vote "yes" on BCRA.
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typically GOP views activists as outside agitators when it's convenient, and often will insist that protesters are not true constituency
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Some of them have a tough time facing victims of their policy decisions. Others are too cowardly to face constituents like
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Susan Collins??
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Shows the sad state of our democracy that we are genuinely surprised when reps actually listen to the people they are supposed to serve
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@TVietor08 wherein we learn@nyt reporting could be improved by... Asking relevant person's why they did what they didThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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WTF are they going to say even if it didn't? Not at all, these guys are stupid?
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Given that a lot of GOP primary voters are more interested in "lol librul tears," I dunno if it IS wise to admit they had some rationality.
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