So about that "contact your senator" stuff

[Cyrano]

I live in Florida, but I tried to write an email to Senator Chuck Schumer, the new minority leader of the Senate. I googled his email, and the choices are endless. How do I get to tell him something? How do I say anything to the new head of the Democrats in the senate? Maybe it's just my own ignorance. Or perhaps i googled the wrong pile of irrelevant stuff.

Anyhow, here's what I wanted to send to the Senator. There are probably many here who are smarter and more computer savvy than me (I?). If you can figure out how to get this to him, I'd appreciate it. (I signed my real name and where I live, but I deleted it from this post.)

Cyrano

Dear Senator Schumer:

You are probably more aware than the rest of us Democrats, how close we are to the tyranny descending upon us.

You, and the entire Democratic Party, are in a minority in the Senate, the House, the state legislatures and the governorships, not to mention the horror of Trump's SCOTUS appointments.

I know that your ability to block the instability/incompetence/unfitness of Trump, and the Republican agenda, is severely limited.

Nonetheless, you hold a position of power that none of the rest of us do. And I understand the limits of the power you hold.

But here's my request:

Fight these people as hard as you can. Use every parliamentary procedure available. Get onto every TV "news" show (and blog) you can, and call out the danger we are facing. Speak out at every single opportunity. Do everything you can to help Americans understand what is happening.

And be as eloquent as you can in order to reach those who "don't get it."

None of the rest of us have the platform that you hold. And it's very possible that the horrors that many of us fear can come about.

But here's my point. You are in a position to oppose, and perhaps turn back,
the impending fascism. None of the rest of us are in that position. Time to examine your values.

Respectfully,

[Raster]

1. I recommend SNAIL MAIL whenever contacting a Congressperson...

...the use of formal written communication ALWAYS gets more eye-time than does email.

[Warpy]

8. Seconding. If you care enough to spend a stamp, it has more of an effect

than phone calls, email, or Twitter. One of his staffers will generally read snailmail, while they barely scan the other mail options.

[BeeBee]

9. Keep in mind that letters are delayed because they screen for anthrax.

It's better to send a postcard.

[TreasonousBastard]

2. Try this one, but understand that he probably won't see it...

https://www.schumer.senate.gov/contact/email-chuck

Emails, if read at all, are read by staffers or machine and sorted off into categories. Maybe yours will strike a nerve and get further up the line, maybe it will add to the supportive numbers.

Anyway, Schumer's a Senator for New York, which is a lot bigger and has more constituents that Rhode Island. One of the curses of being a big state is your Senator doesn't often read your mail.

(Unless it comes with a big check)

[Quackers]

4. You have to use keywords like, terrorist, bomb, or airplane.

Kidding! Yeah, don't do that.......

[Trekologer]

3. If you can, call the district office

Someone will take your call and listen to you.

[JimBeard]

5. Usually congressional members answer their own constitutants. If not a constitutant ....

They are forwarded to your own Senator.

[mythology]

6. Generally speaking, hyperbole isn't conducive to being taken seriously

We aren't on the brink of tyranny. Trump will be a crappy President but we will have elections in the future. Demanding everybody run around as if our hair is on fire is silly.

[Cyrano]

7. I really don't know how to answer you

without getting deleted.

But I can say this. Yes, we ARE on the brink of tyranny.

My guess is that you will see this only when you are herded to the "showers."