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yurbud

(39,405 posts)
Tue Mar 7, 2017, 09:56 AM Mar 2017

Republican Senator Sends Cease-and-Desist Letter to Constituent for Calling Too Much

What a change one election has made.

If more politicians had this problem more of the time, we would have a better country.

WISCONSIN GOP SENATOR RON JOHNSON has been avoiding his constituents lately. Last week, a group of constituents even held a town hall about health care without him, after he declined to attend. (He held a telephone town hall instead).

Now one of Johnson’s constituents has received a cease-and-desist letter from the senator’s office, demanding that he stop calling the senator and stop trying to meet with his staff. The letter to Earl Good of Milwaukee instructs him to only contact the office in writing from now on.

Good is a Vietnam veteran and attentive constituent who, in an interview with his local CBS station, acknowledged that he has been very persistent in his attempts to get through to the office and talk to the senator’s staff about issues that concern him, including the possible privatization of the Veterans Administration.

He acknowledged that he once called 83 times before someone picked up the phone.

https://theintercept.com/2017/03/02/wisconsin-republican-senator-sends-cease-and-desist-letter-to-constituent-for-calling-too-much/
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Republican Senator Sends Cease-and-Desist Letter to Constituent for Calling Too Much (Original Post) yurbud Mar 2017 OP
Johnson thinks this makes him look good? lol BeckyDem Mar 2017 #1
while lobbyists have him on speed dial. Bill USA Mar 2017 #2
Bingo! BeckyDem Mar 2017 #3

BeckyDem

(8,361 posts)
1. Johnson thinks this makes him look good? lol
Tue Mar 7, 2017, 01:09 PM
Mar 2017

Democrats have a bundle of ready made ads from jerks like him. EIGHTY THREE TIMES before anyone even answers the phone, yea, he can't wait to help you!

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