{"id":31925,"date":"2018-03-26T13:00:21","date_gmt":"2018-03-26T20:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=31925"},"modified":"2018-03-26T13:00:21","modified_gmt":"2018-03-26T20:00:21","slug":"a-blueprint-for-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/03\/26\/a-blueprint-for-success\/","title":{"rendered":"A Blueprint for Success"},"content":{"rendered":"

I trust the mere mention of Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) is enough to make you cringe.  He is, after all, the author of infamous Nunes Memo.  In addition, he is the sphincter that shut down the investigation into Trump’s crimes by the House Intelligence committee with the finding that Trump is innocent of any wrongdoing.  The Democrats on that committee learned of this when Nunes released the results, making the relationship between Putin,Trump, and the Republican Reich self-evident.  He has, however, shown us a blueprint for success.<\/font><\/p>\n

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On a balmy February evening, nearly 150 volunteers gathered in a small office park in California\u2019s Central Valley, home to the North Fresno field office of Democratic congressional candidate Andrew Janz. Most have never been actively involved in politics, but they believe the 34-year-old Fresno County Deputy District Attorney has what it takes to unseat their congressman, Republican Rep. Devin Nunes, and turn California\u2019s 22nd congressional district from red-to-blue. While projections show that Nunes is still safe<\/a> in the upcoming 2018 elections, momentum against the incumbent has been building.<\/p>\n

Nunes is widely perceived to be no more than a surrogate for President Donald Trump thanks to his mismanagement of, and subsequent recusal from, the House Intelligence Committee\u2019s investigation into Russian meddling during the 2016 election. So much so, that the district\u2019s leading newspaper, The Fresno Bee, which had previously endorsed Nunes, labelled him \u201cTrump\u2019s stooge<\/a>\u201d in January. Nunes now refers to the paper as a \u201cleft-wing rag<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Then, there\u2019s the infamous \u201cNunes Memo<\/a>.\u201d Reaction to the memo among Janz\u2019s supporters is visceral; its contents, a source of derision. Their congressman\u2019s staunch support of the president is not, however, the sole factor that has brought these activists together. <\/p>\n

Nancy Gilmore, a retired engineer and lifelong Democrat from nearby Clovis said there are people in desperate need of help and Nunes has been unresponsive to their needs. \u201cHe\u2019s voted against<\/a> air quality, EPA regulations, clean drinking water. Very baseline health issues. There\u2019s the whole Russia thing, but what\u2019s most concerning is his complete and utter disregard for this district<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gilmore believes Janz has a fighting chance. \u201cWhen Pennsylvania happened, it was like, wow, this could happen here,\u201d she told ThinkProgress, referring to Democrat Conor Lamb\u2019s recent surprising victory<\/a> in Pennsylvania\u2019s 18th congressional district… [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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There can be no doubt that the Reich loves Nunes,and we support Andrew Janz<\/a>.<\/font><\/p>\n

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But consider this.  In spite of all the horrid things Nunes has done, the thing that was most concerning to the people willing to work to support Janz is that Nunes showed complete and utter disregard for their district.  Focusing on the issues that are important to the residents of each district, and not on what we think should be important to them, is out blueprint for success.  That’s what Conor Lamb did.  There are dozens of federal elected offices and far more state and local offices, where Republicans are disregarding the needs of their constituents.  Helping local activists position themselves to meet those needs is our best plan to…<\/font><\/p>\n

RESIST THE REPUBLICAN REICH!!<\/font><\/font><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I trust the mere mention of Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) is enough to make you cringe.  He is, after all, the author of infamous Nunes Memo.  In addition, he is the sphincter that shut down the investigation into Trump’s crimes by the House Intelligence committee with the finding that Trump is innocent of any wrongdoing.  […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31925\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}