To: Rep. John Larson (CT-1)
Democrats: Stand strong against Tea Party Republicans
From the government shutdown to the refusal to pay our debts unless we change democratically achieved laws, Tea Party Republicans are assaulting our democratic form of government. Capitulating in any way would set a dangerous precedent. Democrats must make clear that the stakes are our very way of life.
Why is this important?
The Republican shutdown is a serious assault to our democratic form of government. For a small group of extremists to blackmail us to change a law, or to achieve some minority political objective, is not democracy. Republican extremism has impacted us all in this way.