Retired Congressman Fred Upton is lending his support to gun safety legislation being debated in Lansing. He and former Congressman Dave Trott issued a
policy. it s about him personally. oftentimes, he says something pushing the rhetorical envelope. when you criticize that, then he comes back and blasts you. so it doesn t usually start on policy. it often starts on his personal conduct. a lot of people wish for undying loyalty. how is it that president trump achieves it from republicans? it s amazing. too few members have spoken up since the president took office. and that excellent reporting by jon than and maggie, they focused on dave trott from michigan. but the problem was there weren t enough people like dave trott and myself and others who were speaking up at the time. we could have altered the president s behavior, i believe, if more of us had spoken up and called out some of the outrages. but because most members were afraid as jonathan said, they were concerned about being attacked by the president. and again, this had nothing to
you go beat them. you don t hide under the table and worry that, you know, worry about coming out from under it because somebody s going to attack you. you got to go fight. this is politics. got to be tougher than this. about the republicans that you spoke to that were forced out of congress or forced into early retirement because they dared to speak out against president trump, how are i mean, are they regretful if they spoke out? yeah, no. if anything, the sentiment that you get from talking to folks like mr. dent did and congressman dave trott from michigan who i spent some time with last week is they spoke out more when they were there. some believe they would take a harder look at president trump. some of that courage may not all be there if they re in congress. but the sense is certainly they wish they had done more when they were there and they felt constrained, obviously. but looking back and watching
administration and their agenda. there s 5,000 people in the up to, that s how many people they got to turn out for their first indivisible meeting. that s indivisible morris, minnesota. they will now be part of these visits and protests by local voters to the offices of their lawmakers. we have been watching these evolve over the past three weeks. as you would expect, people are starting to get more resourceful. that one we just showed there, that was in jim risch s office in idaho. indivisible idaho. amazing. people are getting more resourceful over time. in troy, michigan, congressman dave trott s office posted a sign on the door that said we do not accept walk in appointments. that meant the guy in the chicken suit had to wait outside. but inside these constituents from dave trott s district just posted their feedback right on his office door since they wouldn t let them in the door so he ll have notes waiting for him thank you very much. it s kind of an important