Just called Adam Shiff's office. Left message - never ask for another donation from me again.

[we can do it]

We need unity now, Biden is OUR candidate that WE voted for.

We need to fight fascism/trump, not ourselves.

[Doc Sportello]

1. He needs to come out with a full endorsement of Biden

Or shut his fucking mouth.

[kacekwl]

101. Exactly

I just saw Elizabeth Warren on the View. This is what EVERY democratic should be doing. Show me what you are doing to win the presidency and congress not doom and gloom behind closed doors.

[Emile]

2. K & R

[Johonny]

3. Big man comes out after the primary

A lot of us wouldn't have voted for him if we knew he wasn't going to support Biden.

[Zilli]

19. I didn't vote for him

I voted for Katie and if this is true I will write in Katie Porter for Senator from California. Presenting a false front and behind the scenes talking trash, not an admirable trait, if true.

[Polly Hennessey]

30. I voted for Katie, too. Glad I did. Trusting my instincts again.

[58Sunliner]

99. If it means having a majority, I wouldn't hesitate to vote for Schiff.

Otherwise it's a vote for republicans. Revenge voting will not get us a majority.

[mamajudi]

92. Big man...

I agree...He's the last person I thought would turn against our Joe. I'm pretty disgusted... I'll vote for him just to get senate majority, but I'm not donating to his campaign..

[we can do it]

4. I've decided to do this to anyone every single time I hear that crap.

We must all hang together, or we will certainly hang separately.

[JohnSJ]

5. Yup, I did a very similar thing.

[fmdaddio]

6. Post his number, I'll call too.

[Emile]

9. Here you go!

BURBANK
245 E. Olive Avenue, #200
Burbank, California 91502
P: [phone]
P: [phone]
F: [phone]
WASHINGTON, DC
2309 Rayburn House
Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
P: [phone]
F: [phone]

[wryter2000]

16. Thanks

Calling

[BlueSky3]

60. Thank you -

will call.

[quaint]

62. Just called grrrr

[Trueblue Texan]

96. As I sat here reading these posts,

I found myself envying the fact that you guys have a Democratic senator you can call and complain to. I just have that sorry assed Ted Cruz and John Cornyn who I stopped writing and calling years ago because it’s just a complete waste of time and effort. Then it occurred to me that this is why Dems so often are shooting themselves in the foot—because we stand up for what we believe in a put our money where our mouth is. But how else are we going to take our country back if we don’t put pressure on our elected leaders and teach them not to take our support for granted. It’s classic Catch-22. One that Republicans never have to wrestle with.

[Takket]

7. I love my party so it sometimes I with they would take a lesson from the rethugs

People will believe whatever you tell him. Just come out and say Biden is our guy and he’s fine and we’re all behind him. That’s all. But it’s awfully hard for voters to be confident in a candidate if WE are not confident in that candidate.

[somaticexperiencing]

8. just called both his offices as well. now that I think of it, he has the smug expression of someone

who think he is a brainiac. Mind you, he is plenty smart. That doesn't mean you have all the answers. That doesn't mean you can brainiac your way out of everything.

Joe Biden is the nominee. To even get someone else in there you need to convince him or create a messy fight and hostile extraction. Good luck with that one. Talk about de-motivating even the base.

The base is with Joe Biden. The people who voted for him are with Joe Biden. Anyone with a lick of sense should be for Joe Biden. So many people are aligned against Trump and what he stands for and who he is. Kamala Harris is the excellent person who would take charge if and when necessary. Joe Biden has made a series of formidable excellent appearances, including the rally last week in Detroit which spells out blueprints and formulas and positive schticks to win.

What is the problem?

Polls and media and public opinion skewed by the media. Do you even realize how firmly the media is not centered on truth these days but only that which gets them ratings. And that means Trump. The media truly is not our friend.

Those of us who are true Democrats will long remember those who fought alongside us and those who stab us in the back.

Tread very carefully, Mr. Schiiff and those like you.

Messaging and unity are the things Democrats should be concentrating on. Not even Trump or any other dumpster fire of suspicious origin.

[SomedayKindaLove]

47. So far Biden has survived two coup attempts

Dude is tougher than some are giving him credit.

[LakeArenal]

102. Always underestimated. Go Joe.

No one should comment on looks however.

Thanks.

[Sogo]

10. Big dollar Dem doners who want Biden to drop out are calling Congress Critters offering to support their campaigns

if they come out against Biden.

[Walleye]

12. I'm starting to think that Biden is the only one in Washington who's not looking for what's in it for him

[DFW]

81. That was ALWAYS Biden's way

He wasn’t called “the poorest Senator” for decades for nothing. When he was in the Senate, if he wasn’t commuting back and forth from Wilmington to DC, he would often sleep on a couch in his office. Biden was NEVER in this for himself. He sure didn’t own any fancy properties which profited from hundreds of thousands per month in taxpayer-funded travel expense money flowing into their cash registers, like a certain immediate predecessor of his that I could name.

[Walleye]

83. Yes, I know. I have always loved and admired him. He's been my senator for years.

And if I recall correctly, he never even owned stock the whole time he was in the Senate. People who are portraying him as power-hungry don’t know the first thing about him.

[Zilli]

20. People like George Clooney?

[GoreWon2000]

108. Clooney has the least to lose if tRump gets back into the White House

The rest of us have everything to lose and we're standing with Joe because he understands that.

[jmbar2]

54. tech and crypto bros are not our friends in this race

[Tertullian]

68. Such betrayal!

It's infuriating.

[GoreWon2000]

104. Everyone needs to contact these anti democracy dems

and remind them that we the people run the Democratic party and not a few wealthy, mostly privileged white anglo men. I think I've contacted most of the anti democracy Congressional dems and reminded them of this. I've also told them that they're copying the 5 GOP SCOTUS judges who took our votes away in 2000. Now SCOTUS judge Samuel Alito is exhibit A of that disaster.

[we can do it]

116. Got another email just now begging for $ from shiff. He's $15 million in the hole.

I thought him smashing fellow dems in the primary was supposed to prevent this.
More fucking stupidity.

[Walleye]

11. If Adam Schiff is so damn talented why doesn't he go out there and use that talent to support our candidate.

He is being worse than not helpful here

[sdfernando]

13. I will do the same.

and I will let them know that I stopped sending funds to Sen. Feinstein, whom he is replacing, because of her votes to support the Iraq war....so it was quite a long time she didn't get money from me. He needs to support our ticket 100% or he will make me regret supporting him in the primary.

[wryter2000]

14. Do you have the number handy?

Did you call his congressional office or his campaign?

[Emile]

15. Here you go

BURBANK
245 E. Olive Avenue, #200
Burbank, California 91502
P: [phone]
P: [phone]
F: [phone]
WASHINGTON, DC
2309 Rayburn House
Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
P: [phone]
F: [phone]

[wryter2000]

26. Thanks

Done.

[we can do it]

29. Thanks

[Tarzanrock]

17. Just called Schiff's Burbank Office ...

and told the person answering the phone to tell Schiff that one of his constitutients called and left this message: Support President Biden or I will never give him another dime. I was told that my message would be delivered to the Congressman.

[LoisB]

18. I did the same. My message was that "I assume he wants my vote for Senator. If he wants it he needs to

support President Biden. We need to defeat donald trump, not ourselves."

[Goodheart]

21. j...f...c...

Adam Schiff is one of the best, if not THE best, Democrats in this country. He's earned his input. It's your money and it's OK if you don't wish to donate to him, but what are you gaining here by trying to hurt hm?

And to top it all off, he just might prove correct.

[we can do it]

25. Then he needs to step right up and deny it. And no, he does not get to subvert the will of the voters.

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I don’t care how smart he thinks he is.

The devisive shit needs to stop.

[Goodheart]

33. Let's talk about that "will of the voters" argument, shall we?

That's a non-starter for me.

Suppose our beloved Joe, whom I really admire and respect, would have had a stroke on stage. Would we have still been bound by the "will of the voters"?

I am 100% confident that Adam Schiff wants what's best for the Democratic Party and for the future of this country. It doesn't help us to try to hurt him.

[we can do it]

41. Please explain what amassing 3900 plus delegates is if not the will of the voters?

Fetterman had a stroke, Bernie had a heart attack and NONE of this shit was spewed.

I am sick of it.

[relayerbob]

42. But, he hasn't. So, your point is moot

[Hermit-The-Prog]

45. He didn't have a stroke. He won the votes to be the candidate.

[wnylib]

50. Your stroke scenario is irrelevant.

Sounds like fear mongering. Anything could happen to anyone.

Since it didn't happen, the will of the voters still holds.

[ucrdem]

57. Will of the people right here:

[Dan]

100. Interesting comment

“…stroke on stage…”.

And even in the event that he were do die…. Thinking about it.

Regardless of when the “if” event were to occur…. You support the ticket. Do you think that getting someone else on the ballot for the Democratic Party would be easy at this stage? Think of the confusion, the disarray.

All the psych-ops people need are a few non-voters because of indecision or confusion, as someone said elections are won on the margins.

I’m with Joe until the last vote is counted and then some.

The idea of the chaos that result from a Trump presidency damn near makes me crap in my pants.

[wryter2000]

28. Not trying to hurt him

Trying to get him to STOP.

[we can do it]

31. Exactly

[we can do it]

34. Not with the divisive crap he isn't. He was kinda shitty with Katie Porter, to IIRC.

[Goodheart]

35. It's only divisive if you choose to be divided.

As for myself I see it as a highly intelligent, highly loyal, highly respected Democrat voicing an opinion on what should be the future of this Party.

[Doc Sportello]

53. Loyal?

Stabbing Biden in the back is not loyalty. Pulling that shit on Porter did not demonstrate loyalty to another Democrat. He can voice any opinion he wants but when he does it in public and it ends up in the NYT it only hurts Biden. And as for respect, well he has lost a lot of it.

[et tu]

55. agree

i like katie and i'm not in cali~

[Goodheart]

67. Loyal to the cause of democracy and to the Democratic Party agenda

Not to any particular person.

[Doc Sportello]

70. Not when he hurts our party's nominee for President

Biden's the candidate. To say he is loyal to an agenda is ridiculous when he undermines candidates. But he is loyal to one particular person: himself.

[Stuart G]

91. BIDEN vs TRUMP...make a choice.

Adam Shiff is NOT THE ISSUE. FUCK ADAM SHIFF...

TRUMP vs BIDEN...THAT IS THE ISSUE.

[we can do it]

56. It absolutely is divisive-

[travelingthrulife]

69. Where was your candidate during the primaries

You knew Biden was old then.

[Goodheart]

72. I won't answer that question because there are those here

who are itching to expel.

[Emile]

36. Correct about what?

[Goodheart]

93. You know what.

[Emile]

95. No I don't, that's why I asked.

[relayerbob]

43. He can deny it at any time. Still waiting

Meanwhile, if Biden steps away, the odds we lose INCREASES dramatically. Do you think the press will just give it a pass? We'll have four months of "Democrats in crisis" and "Democrats in disarray" and MUCH worse on the person who replaces him ... and it could only be Kamala. Stick a white man in there and you lose the black vote and a good chunk of the women's vote.

[we can do it]

59. All the Biden campaign dollars are gone, too. Enough already.

[relayerbob]

75. All that's required is a single interview

Or, maybe SChiff should accept that he hasn't read history and isn't competent and drop out for Katie Porter.

Meanwhile, I'm giving the dollars that would be going to the coward caucus to Biden and those who support him (AOC, Frost, etc.)

[we can do it]

78. Great idea.

[Skittles]

87. it's getting mighty crowded under that bus

yup

[obamanut2012]

22. I also called his office -- the staffer refused to confirm if he said that

So, that usually means YES.

I stated the same thing -- no donations for Senate from me going forward.

[Polybius]

23. Has it been proven that he said it?

Has he publicly commented?

[we can do it]

27. If not he needs to step right up and deny it.

[ucrdem]

48. He publicly "expressed concern" on July 7.

https://www.npr.org/2024/07/05/g-s1-8551/biden-support-tracker

[Native]

97. the article i read said his comments had been recorded

[obamanut2012]

98. His staffer would neither confirm nor deny it to me when I called

They did know I am a Californian and voted in the Democratic Primary.

[we can do it]

109. Yup

https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2024-07-17/schiff-calls-on-biden-to-drop-out-citing-serious-concerns-that-he-can-win

[BadgerMom]

24. California doesn't need Kyrsten Sinema.

[GoreWon2000]

105. Being in AZ., Sinema was a case of buyer's remorse if ever there was one

She'll probably land herself a high paying job with Big Pharma. Schiff should be focused on keeping the Senate seat for the dems instead of trying to disenfranchise 14 million dem party primary voters.

[Turbineguy]

32. I unsubscribed from his mailing list last week.

They said they were sorry to see me go. I was too. I used to have a very high regard for Adam Schiff.

[bigtree]

37. does he think someone's going to nominate him at the convention?

...I wonder if these people intend to keep bashing our nominee after it's made official?

[Tarzanrock]

38. It's past time for Schiff to step up to the plate ...

and fully and unequivocally support President Joe Biden. It's also past time for every Democrat politician to step up to the plate and support our President. You don't defeat Nazis with quisling Democrats who bizarrely think or believe that a Vichy government with the Nazis is acceptable.

[relayerbob]

40. Yep, same here

Told them it's easy to fix the problem. Find the nearest camera and tell them he supports our President 100% and the NY Times is lying. If he can't do that, then they aren't.

[Joinfortmill]

44. Biden is my guy! The end.

[Hekate]

49. Sorry I don't even know what fresh hell this is, tho I am sure the pile-on will let me know

I am committed to Adam Schiff. I have donated to him and will again. I have watched his career in the House and want him to be my Senator.

Have any in this pile-on actually donated, or is this one of those hollow promises made so frequently here in fits of pique? Have you thought of calling or writing with a well-reasoned retort?

Never mind. Just, never mind.

[we can do it]

115. The fresh hell of A S backstabbing the president, and the primary voters.

[ucrdem]

51. K 'n' R

[hlthe2b]

52. I have seen nothing that confirms this "anonymously-sourced" story is true or involves Schiff....

So, I will remain cautious and hopeful that others will too.

[we can do it]

61. He can uniquivically deny saying it and that he backs Biden our nominee 100% and I will both donate and delete this.

[hlthe2b]

71. People (and media, especially RW) accuse public figures of various statements/acts 24/7.

To suggest that they are absolutely obligated to become aware, respond, and deny everything said about them or else you are free and justified to conclude it is true sounds a bit like a QAnon approach to "truth." Surely we Dems can do better than that.

[we can do it]

79. Do you support our presidential candidate? Yes or No. should be a no brainer.

[hlthe2b]

82. How dare you. As one who has been here since 2001, you are beyond off base.

Just because I asked you to provide proof of your assertion that an anonymous article is truthfully implicating one of our most loyal Congressmen (soon to be Senator) as going after Biden behind the scenes... If he is you should be able to provide evidence for those accusations. Instead you prefer to attack me. Attacking Schiff without proof, given he is our Senatorial candidate is no better (nor more permissable on DU-- after the primaries) than doing so against our candidate, President Biden.

[we can do it]

84. Oh dear you're not the only person who's been here that long..... normal humans deny horrible falsehoods.

Neither he nor his office deny saying it. This is not an attack- the “paper of record” NYT reported it. Not a middle school paper in Wasilla. Why would his campaign/ office allow this to slide if not true? Most campaigns have had rapid response teams for over a decade.


We are still waiting.

[we can do it]

110. He did say it- don't expect you to say you were wrong.

https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2024-07-17/schiff-calls-on-biden-to-drop-out-citing-serious-concerns-that-he-can-win

[hlthe2b]

112. Not before you posted this screed. I don't agree with Schiff now that he's come out, but I don't accuse without evidence

[we can do it]

113. Neither he nor his office would not deny it. I stand by what I said. A couple sentences is hardly a screed.

[Deek1935]

58. Good! Spread the word to as many others as you can to do the same. Newsom needs to get on his ass too.

[quaint]

65. Newsom has been out campaigning for President Biden for months.

[stollen]

63. Adam id on the menu if Trump wins

Everyone on the J6 Committe is.

[demgrrrll]

64. I called his office in California

I told them I had donated in the past but would not donate again until he is completely behind Joe Biden.

[quaint]

66. I called Schiff and then called Katy Porter's office to ask her to register as a write-in candidate.

Katy 949-668-6600

[brooklynite]

73. Your message wasn't forwarded...

...it you're going to talk about not donating, you need to call his campaign office.

[druidity33]

74. Huh. My daughter worked in a Congressional office...

so i asked her this question. She absolutely would have forwarded the message to the appropriate staffer. She would have logged the response (like all other responses and calls)... and her boss at the end of the day would ask her about calls. So i don't really know what you're talking about.

[BigmanPigman]

76. My niece worked as a staffer

in DC for our local Dem Scott Peters (who is now NOT standing with Biden). She said the same thing as you. That is one reason I use the telephone instead of writing. Schiff makes my current total of House Dems is 22 and the Senate Dems is 5.

[Hekate]

77. Trash thread

[we can do it]

85. Don't forget to ignore- bye now

[Emile]

88. +1

[Emile]

80. K & R Great Post

BURBANK
245 E. Olive Avenue, #200
Burbank, California 91502
P: [phone]
P: [phone]
F: [phone]
WASHINGTON, DC
2309 Rayburn House
Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
P: [phone]
F: [phone]

[Buttoneer]

86. "Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not

stand"

[XRubicon]

89. yeah - wait a few weeks before jumpimg off the ledge

I am trying to stay neutral now. In a few weeks we will all need to rally around the nominee. I will join you in trashing anyone who is not on board then.

[AntiFascist]

90. OMG, why is this so difficult?

Dems need to throw all of our support behind Biden/Harris as a united front. Biden and Harris need to be (and mostly have been) presenting their positions as a seamless platform. When and if it is ever time for Biden to step down, it will be his decision, and the transition should then be seamless.

Those calling for Biden to step down seem to have an ulterior motive to nominate someone other than Harris. This might be a good idea to position the nominee for 2028, but it is too late for 2024 and we will have to suffer through Trump/Vance in the meantime.

[renthalwinston]

94. Shiff is a traitor

Shiff is a traitor to our president . He has a duty to stand with the current leadership.. scoundrel he is..

[Maru Kitteh]

107. Let's don't with the "traitor" and "loyalty" bull excrement okay? Let's let Trump be a cult.

I am ridin' with Biden - but I will NOT hate natural allies for having a different opinion when WE ALL JUST WANT TO WIN because of what looms ahead.

Trump is a cult. We are not.

[usonian]

103. Is that virtual nomination today? Let's nail it.

I WANT WINNERS.
Joe and Kamala.

Not a freakin Bach Cantata.

Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt
Menschlich Natur und Wesen

Through Adam’s fall human nature
and character is completely corrupted

[Mz Pip]

106. Good idea.

I expected more of Schiff. Biden isn’t quitting. He’s our nominee. Division at this point, isn’t helpful.

[we can do it]

111. Well here's his LA times interview saying just that. I'd like to add, he solicited $$$ from me.

https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2024-07-17/schiff-calls-on-biden-to-drop-out-citing-serious-concerns-that-he-can-win

[we can do it]

114. And just like clockwork another request for donation from backstabber Adam.😡

Never again not a cent.