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Today is a sad day for democracy and our country. But we can’t just look
backwards or wallow about our losses.

While I’m not in office anymore, I served in Congress for two years under
the Trump Administration. Using things like congressional hearings, I
managed to get some of what we wanted, like free COVID testing at the
start of the pandemic. Here are a few pieces of advice I’d give to elected
Democrats as they navigate his second term.

 1. Stand up to the bullying and BS: Just the other day, Trump threatened
to hold California disaster relief funds hostage unless Congress
passes a big bill with all of his pet projects—like tax cuts for
billionaires. California fire victims should not be pawns in his
games.
 2. Stay focused on the real people being harmed by Trump’s policies:
It’s easy for DC politicians to live and work in a DC bubble. But
Members should stay focused on the actual effect of Trump’s policies.
In a Congressional hearing during Trump’s last administration, I
called out his consumer enforcement chief for not being able to
define or calculate (or even estimate!) the cost of a payday loan.
And I called out Ben Carson, his Housing and Urban Development
Secretary, for confusing an REO (a property owned by a bank after
foreclosure), with an OREO, a chocolate sandwich cookie. These
moments weren’t about roasting people to go viral; they were about
making sure we had people who knew enough about their job to be
actually able to do the work. Sadly, in Trump’s last
administration—and it seems his new one too—this was not the norm.
 3. We can work together without compromising our values: Congress is
short on good ideas. If someone–no matter the side of the aisle–has a
good idea, we should act on it. If Republicans are serious about
effectively rooting out waste and fraud in places like our defense
budget, let’s do it.
 4. Speak truth to power: It’s the right thing to do! When Trump does
something abhorrent, we’ve got to call it out, even when it feels
exhausting. I won re-election in my swing district even as I called
out Trump and pushed for bold change, because voters knew I called
out BS and fought for them.

Thanks for reading and for being a part of our movement.

Katie Porter



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