Indivisible Arkansas Claims Victory. For What?

The Indivisible Movement has chapters all over the country. Even in deep red states they are raising their outcries, going after their elected officials. At this time, Arkansas has turned into a Ruby Red GOP trifecta. This is the same state in which Bill Clinton (and his horrid wife Crooked Hillary) had their political power in full force.

Now, the Democratic Party's political power has all but disappeared.

Yet the Indivisible Arkansas Movement is claiming some form of political victory because they halted the full repeal of Obamacare. Two votes failed, but they act as they their pressure on Tom Cotton made the difference.

What? Cotton voted every time to repeal Obamacare in full and in part. He supported the skinny repeal as well as the full repeal. If they were paying attention, they would have noted that the tax reform package has repealed the corrupt, officious individual mandate.

I can't wait for the employer mandate, the taxes, the fees, and the overburdening regulatory structures are repealed next. Repeal the whole thing!

Indivisible Arkansas is fluffing their victories about getting town halls ready. Really?

Tom Cotton should be praised for his willingness to host a town hall with his most vocal critics! I would defy anyone to find evidence of a Democratic throwing a town hall following vocal outrage from conservatives and anti-liberal Republicans in their districts or their states.

The latest eblast is the latest iteration of the left-wing delusion which has overtaken the Indivisible Movement:

As 2017 comes to a close, we’re sharing four of our favorite, movement-defining moments from the past year. We’re also asking for your support to keep more moments like these coming in 2018. We’re just shy of hitting our fundraising goals for the year — can you donate to support this movement and leaders like Caitlynn? Dear Indivisibles, My name is Caitlynn, and I’m a group leader of Ozark Indivisible in Arkansas. Like a lot of others after the 2016 election, I thought, “What the hell. What are we going to do?” I work at a furniture store, and in the aftermath of the election, many customers and I shared a mutual sadness. But one day last December, a customer came into the store and tipped me off about a Google doc that was posted online. It was called The Indivisible Guide. After I left the store that evening, got on a computer, read the guide, told a friend about it, and we formed a group. Through word of mouth and connections alone, we quickly had 300 members. This year has given me and so many others hope. It’s hard to be a progressive in such a conservative state. A lot of time you feel alone and helpless and Indivisible has changed that for me. Can you make an end of year donation to Indivisible today to support more groups like mine in 2018? Republicans seemed to be on the fast-track to repealing the Affordable Care Act before Trump even came into office. For many of our group members, the fight for healthcare became more personal when a co-leader’s young daughter was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer out of the blue. Never did the importance of having health coverage without a lifetime cap seem so dire. We combined with another Indivisible group to form Ozark Indivisible. We thought of what we could do to stop the repeal of the ACA and followed the Guide’s advice. Our first goal: get a town hall with Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR), talk face-to-face with him about the Affordable Care Act, and his plans to vote to repeal it. Our first step towards that goal was trying to get a meeting with the Senator’s Springdale, Arkansas office, and we got one… until they canceled last minute. Next, we staged a protest right after President Trump’s inauguration. 150 Arkansans came out and demonstrated in front of Sen. Cotton’s district office to demand a town hall. Surprisingly, the Senator called me and said, “let’s have a town hall.” Protesting outside Senator Cotton’s district office and demanding he hold a town hall! The night of the town hall, 2,200 Arkansans came out in force. We had no idea the town hall would draw that many people or that much media. We saw footage of our town hall everywhere, with constituents shouting over the senator demanding he protect the Affordable Care Act, protect refugees, and demand more accountability of Trump. Combined with other Indivisible groups and organizations across the country showing up at town halls, we sent a message: our representatives cannot hide from their constituents. And eventually, our constituent power beat the repeal of the ACA twice. Two months ago, our co-leader’s daughter passed away after battle with cancer. Her memory gives us something more to fight for and we’ve kept up the pressure. Recently a number of Ozark Indivisibles flew to DC and were arrested protesting against the tax bill and the repeal of the ACA’s individual mandate Republicans snuck into the bill. Being in Ozark Indivisible and meeting so many others has helped me get through 2017 and changed my life. If you can, chip in with a donation to Indivisible so they can meet their end-of-year goal and continue providing crucial resources to groups like ours. DONATE NOW >> Thank you, Caitlynn Moses Ozark Indivisible

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