Town Hall meetings are the best — and, really, the only — way for
constituents to advocate change to members of Congress face to face.
Telephoning Congresspeople’s offices, while certainly effective in its
own ways, will either lead you to a voicemail service, or to an office
assistant or intern who’ll then take your concerns down as part of a
tally. Interestingly, because people have caught on to the directness of
this form of activism, members of Congress are now, as the Washington Post reports,
shying away from holding Town Halls — because instead of listening to
the complaints of constituents they’re supposed to represent, they’d rather claim protestors are being “paid” to be there [Seriously, though, where are our George Soros checks already?! – Accounts Dept.]
so they can thereby ignore concerns in an effort to seemingly play a
continuous game of Don’t Wake Daddy with the Trump administration. (And
then Donald Trump himself has blamed… Barack Obama.)

(via Daily Engagement: Sign Up for Town Hall Project’s Emails – Flavorwire)

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