Posted on 04/22/2017 10:15:38 AM PDT by Helicondelta
The progressive group that grew out of former President Barack Obama's campaigns is making its first big move since Obama left office, targeting potential swing votes in Congress with digital ads ahead of a government funding fight over President Donald Trump's proposed border wall.
Organizing for Action's digital ad campaign is focusing on heavily Latino districts and states represented by Senate and House Republicans. The aim is to pressure members not to go along with the White House's demand for funding for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, which the administration has said will cost $21 billion. (Senate Democrats estimate the actual cost is closer to $70 billion.)
The Trump White House is pushing for the border wall in a new government funding bill, but Senate Democrats have said they can't support additional cash for one of the administration's biggest priorities. Government funding runs out next Friday, giving both parties little time to find a solution.
The group's ads, which will start appearing on Facebook on Monday, tell users to call their representatives and ask them "not to fund the administration's wall and deportation force." The ads target Nevada Sen. Dean Heller and Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake, the two Senate Republicans considered most vulnerable to Democratic challengers in 2018.
They'll also run in a slew of districts represented by House Republicans: Arizona Rep. Martha McSally; California Reps. Jeff Denham, David Valadao, Devin Nunes, Steve Knight, Ed Royce and Darrell Issa; Colorado Reps. Scott Tipton and Mike Coffman; Florida Reps. Brian Mast, Mario Diaz-Balart, Carlos Curbelo and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen; Pennsylvania Rep. Charlie Dent; and Texas Reps. John Culberson, Will Hurd and Pete Sessions.
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We can do the same to democrats advocating lawlessness.
It’s a matter of National Security and to move, act or lobby against it is un-American.
So I am not at all surprised by who is doing this.
As far as I am concerned the districts of Democrats (or anyone) supporting this should have top priority for deportations.
It would cut into the illegal voting, the support for the “Representative” and make O for A look like fools for advocating anti-American narratives.
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Republicans hold office. Democrats hold power.
I stand by my prediction...there is not going to be a wall. Sadly, the Democrats own the nations heartstrings on this issue. 0bama helps too, somehow he remains very popular
That group can’t “pressure” anyone who doesn’t want to be pressured.
OFA--Obama's Organizing for Action's digital ad campaign is pressuring members not to go along with Trump's popular wall along the US-Mexico border.....the singular item that got Trump elected to office.
REFERENCE----NBC News reported Obama’s presidential campaign has turned over its most valuable asset (besides his voter fraud MO)— consisting of a massive computer database containing personal data on millions of American voters — to OFA---his pressure group created to act as a shadow govt.
Onetime Obama aide, Katie Hogan, spokeswoman for OFA, told NBC News the OFA information will be used to unleash an “army of door knockers” to advance issues and to raise money in crucial congressional districts.
OFA plans to support Obama’s gun control proposals, even offering a sample script of what they should say to Congresspersons. (Excerpt) Read more at investigations.nbcnews.com ...
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MEMO TO THE DOJ---- Organizing For Action (OFA) has already acquired access to the Obama campaign's database under a leasing agreement, OFA's Katie Hogan told NBC News.
DOJ SHOULD NOTE....Obama's supporters voluntarily shared personal data with the campaign ... and have no idea the data has been transferred and is being used for purposes beyond the election....for purposes some consider illegal....
Campaign donors do not yet know, OBAMA leased the info to OFA and is making money off their personal information.
Sounds like a class action suit to me.
Trump is not doing that but the Republicans certainly are. The Republican Party is, in fact if not in name, a subsidiary of the Democrat Party. Republicans have always believed in their bones that the Democrats are the natural rulers of America and Republicans exist only to raise the taxes to pay for the Democrat spending and to occasionally clean up Democrat messes. The second part of that has faded in the last 12 years as Republicans more and more take their direction and even requirements from the Democrats.
“Democrats own the nations heartstrings on this issue”
If that was the case, Hillary would be president.
Bottom line, the democrats can’t stop the wall.
My prediction: They will approve funding for border security without mentioning the wall specifically. Then Trump will use the money for the wall. Democrats save face, Trump gets what he wants. Everybody is happy.
““Democrats own the nations heartstrings on this issue””
Bull.
A LARGE majority of Americans want to reassert control of the borders. Including a LARGE plurality of dims.
But of course most of these Repubtards will just wet their pants and get on their knees....
The way we get the wall will be if Trump is totally committed to it and is willing do whatever it takes to get it. If I had to bet it would be against it. He will say he tried but got blocked by the Rats and half of the GOP.
Government funding runs out next Friday,wet backs lose food stamps ..................
What a pathetic joke. After running up the national debt to double what it was before Obama, they are squawking about chickenfeed needed to support out national security. BUILD THE WALL!
Why post anything from POLITICO its always a lie anyway..
Obama was, is, and will always be for an invasion of America. He wants open borders, pretend deportation/enforcement, and welfare for all comers. Oh yeah... and give ‘em the vote as soon as possible, too.
——We can do the same to democrats advocating lawlessness.——
Sure they can...they just need a spine, some guts and fire in their belly...
O’Wait we are talking feckless, craven Republicans...
Never mind...
Obama is VERY unpopular with a VERY, VERY many people. (He
could not drag HITLER-Y over the finish line to finish his
“agenda”.) . . and that ain’t all. Dhimmicrats do not “own”
my heartstrings on any subject.
These Obama punks/clowns best stay away from my door or get thrown out of the AO.
Maybe a sign stating ——KEEP OUT OFA-—?
“Organizing for Action”
I guess there is a first time for anything?
Of course, they are not actually doing anything that would
really be a action...unless you call confiscating OPM an
action?
organizing for it?
Otherwise, get a real job punks!
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