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Dems Target Va Republican In Week-Long Protests

Phillip Stucky, TheDCNF

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Democratic activists will launch a week-long assault on Virginia Republican Rep. Barbara Comstock, according to a release published Sunday.

The movement, which the group is calling #ReclaimRecess, is a week of action designed to confront Comstock on issues like President Donald Trump’s proposed border wall, cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency, as well as the Republican replacement of the Affordable Care Act.

“While Comstock is in the district, members of the Working Families Party, Indivisible, and Virginians will host daily demonstrations outside of her office demanding a town hall and asking her pledge to vote against Trump’s racist and destructive policies,” the press release asserts.

The group plans to host demonstrations twice a day at Comstock’s office, one in the morning, and the other at night.

Protesters will invite Comstock to a town hall-style meeting during the Monday protests, and each following day will be themed around a core issue Democrats hope to address with the representative.

Comstock is no stranger to Democratic protests. Democratic demonstrators have targeted her multiple times in January and February, event going so far as to host a town hall-style event planned by the protesters in February.

The group continues to cite concerns with Trump’s policies, and Comstock’s refusal to rebut those policies as the core causes for the movement.

The group’s activities are loosely connected to the national “indivisible” movement, created on the basis of pressuring lawmakers using Tea Party tactics.

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