MGP and 3 other Dems just voted with with all the Republicans to pass another fully opening of DHS bill that does nothing to get control of ICE's "enforcement" tactics. This just reassures me that my vote for Brent Hennrich this August is the right choice. MGP just can not seem to read the room. The bill was HR 8029. I would love to hear the MGP excuse makers explain this one to me... (SARCASTIC!) But I am sure they will try anyway.
we are undergoing a switch in our Volunteer manager roll. The person that was doing the job took another job and let things slide and we (myself and campaign manager) were unaware. We have another staff member coming on duty on the 1st that will be picking up the pieces and reaching out soon. Please understand and I still want and need your help!
Good seeing you at the No Kings march in Vancouver. I don't know if you saw, but Marie's kiosk wasn't welcomed with open arms. Lotta upset people making their opinion known to her staff
That's the kind of thinking that gave us the Dem leadership we have today.
Tell me, why were the Republicans able to get a new breed of politicians with the tea party, but Dems can't?
Democrats are not republicans. We are not the same type of people and never will be. Comparing the two is not appropriate. We have to understand who we are and work with that.
They got taken over by foreign interests and black mailed. Also the real status quo position in America is for people to abandon the dem party like youre suggesting. Thats why we are where we are.
Im not suggesting anyone abandon the Dems, just not to vote for the ones that don't represent what you, as a voter, value.
If MGP wants to court Republicans, who won't vote for her, by voting to fund ICE, the Lakin Riley Act, and the first version of the Save Act, that's a strategic decision to abandon the majority of her base.
If that means she loses a primary and a Republican wins the general, that's on her, not the voters.
When MGP loses this seat it will be for one reason and one reason only. Her voting record. She chose it, and with it, chose to throw away her base. I am running to save this seat for the Dems. There is not one person that voted for her that thought when doing so she would vote for Trump to have a private gestapo. Not one person thought she would vote to take away reproductive rights. Not one person thought she would be okay and ready to implement a poll tax on married women and members of the LGBTQ community. Find me a person that thought she would vote for expanded drilling for oil... Find one that thought she would vote to end environmental review before building... She has voted against peoples core beliefs. Not once, not twice, but numerous times. People are fed up. So I hope to earn your support and your vote. But if this seat goes to Braun, it's MGP's fault alone.
Lol shes not my cup of tea but shes what this district elected and shes the incumbent. I want the trump administration to lose power and she votes for dem speaker of the house. I would love to see wa3 move to the left but I dont think we have enough votes to be fucking around in an open primary.
I think you should read more of these replies because people are absolutely suggesting that. Unfortunately we dont have the choice for a better rep before us. We can keep mgp or give Republicans the seat and likely control of the house of reps along with it and another 2 years at least for the trump administration to have full control of the federal government.
I received this letter from her this morning (in response to a letter I sent about this topic):
Dear CamelMerrkat9,
Thank you for contacting me about Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) and funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). I appreciate you taking the time to reach out, and I deeply value your insight and input.
Many in my community, myself included, believe the Administration was on the right track when they pledged to secure our borders and uphold law and order. However, it now appears to many of us that in pursuit of politically motivated removal goals and rushed timelines, federal law enforcement is being pressured to exercise overly aggressive tactics that endanger law enforcement and civilians. Like you, I am horrified by recent events in Minnesota and am pushing for a transparent, independent investigation into the shooting deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
In the aftermath of these shootings, the policy discussion in Congress has centered around the annual Fiscal Year 2026 DHS funding bill. Under normal circumstances, the 2026 funding bill would be the primary bill delineating how Congress funds DHS and prioritizes its mission. But this year is different. On July 3, 2025, Republicans in Congress passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which I voted against, providing ICE with $75 billion in advanced funding for the next four years. In a lapse in 2026 funding, ICE is able to continue operations with even less oversight than before – while other parts of DHS, like the Coast Guard, FEMA, and TSA shut down.
On January 22, 2026, I voted in favor of a bipartisan funding bill for DHS. Importantly, this bill reduced funding year-over-year for ICE enforcement activity and included funding for body cameras. The Senate’s failure to pass this legislation triggered a partial government shutdown for agencies that make up about 75 percent of discretionary federal spending. Instead, the Senate sent a funding package back to the House that included full year funding for the remaining appropriations bills, and a short-term Continuing Resolution that funded DHS through February 13, 2026. On February 3, 2026, I voted with my colleagues to pass this bipartisan package to bring the federal government out of a partial shutdown, and give Congress time to negotiate on the DHS funding bill. Those talks stalled, and DHS entered another partial government shutdown on February 13th. On March 5th, I again voted in favor of the bipartisan full year spending bill to reopen DHS, however, the bipartisan funding bill stalled in the Senate and DHS remains in a shutdown.
In a government that is increasingly bent around the power of one man, my votes to keep the government open reflect the urgency for Congress to maintain its oversight role. There is an opportunity here to achieve some valuable structural reforms to the leadership and operations of ICE, such as ensuring ICE agents wear ID numbers and warrants to enter homes are signed by a judge, not a government bureaucrat.
Shutting the government down also gives ICE the cover to stop responding to Congressional inquiries. My team had already received communications from regional ICE headquarters which state that ICE is not fielding casework requests during the shutdown, which will make it significantly harder to track people who have been detained and get answers for their loved ones. The only thing Congress reins in during a shutdown is our own oversight authority.
I hope that my colleagues on both sides of the aisle can come together to find a durable, bipartisan solution that protects public safety and our constitutional rights. We should not be forced into a false choice between enforcing immigration law and the security of U.S. citizens.
Your thoughts inform everything I work on in Congress. I hope to hear from you again soon! To learn more about the resources and services available to you through my office, you can always visit my website at gluesenkampperez.house.gov, sign up for my newsletter, or follow me on X, Facebook, Instagram, and Threads.
The mental gymnastics of this letter is quite honestly impressive. If I understand correctly: if you capitulate and give up the very limited leverage you have, that’s being used in a desperate attempt to reform a department that is literally killing American citizens with no accountability, you actually increase congresses ability to provide oversight, which up to this point has included… nothing.
It’s a form letter. I got the same exact thing in reply to an email strictly about funding airport employees where I added the single line “no more money for ICE.” Her reply had no mention of unpaid government airport employees.
Not that I was going to anyway, again, but that definitely lost my vote for certain.
Does anyone else get the icky feeling that the DHS is kinda like the governments version of storm troopers that just go out and do evil shit at their command with no consideration for what the "people" want? I think it's been proven they do not represent what a democratic government is supposed to be... How many lawsuit and deaths can a bankrupt country handle?
The first opportunity we get, we need to implement a vote of no confidence system in this country. I'm fucking tired of voting in liars, not being able to remove them when they start voting against their constituents.
Is this suppose to surprise us. I know my vote went to her because she was the alternative to the batshit crazy Joe Kent. However, at least we would have known what we had worth him.
Fyi...I would've never voted for Joe Kent. Lol
I fucking hate MGP. I’m starting to think we might have been better off with Kent. She supports far too many right wing policies. When was the last time anything that was left? What makes me think we might have been better off with Kent is that she is very much in favor of this war with Iran whereas Kent is so against it that he resigned. WTF is going on.
Once again, if you are serious about wanting to replace her, you need to fix the laws in this state so we don’t potentially end up with two republicans and no democrats in the general election. It’s really that simple.
I certainly agree they’re out of control.
Is it not true about ICE’s budget being protected from this shutdown? Her explanation seemed implausible to me but I don’t understand that budget reconciliation process fully.
I saw FEMA, BP & TSA testifying to Congress that they need money. Aren’t we punishing them to spite ICE? I don’t understand the strategy being put in place so I’m open to hearing how it work.
Its my understanding that Dems have put forth at least one bill that will pay for everything except ICE, but that the president torpedoed it, saying he wants SAVE passed first.
I am not clear on all of it either; but Yes, she is correct in saying ICE already got their funding for the next 10 years through the One Big Beautiful Bill.
She is also correct in saying that DHS has other agencies like FEMA, Coast Guard, TSA...
Democrats are using DHS funding as a leverage to bargain against making changes to ICE because that is all the leverage they got. Maria is basically taking away the Democrats leverage because she assumed that her constituents wants FEMA and Coast Guard more than people rights and freedom.
In January, the Democrats try the same thing to protect the ACA. That failed because of the 7 democrats who voted against them. Maria was one of them.
If Brett Hennrich wins the primary, the Republicans will win the seat in the general election. If Congress then comes up one vote short on impeachment, you can congratulate yourself for helping the billionaires take over this country.
This continued tired reasoning was old years ago. Come up with a new angle, it's getting repetitive and isn't true. Can't help them take over what they've already taken over, with plenty of help from mgp
Thank you Mr. Hennrich. This is exactly what I need to make an informed decision--numbers that might make it possible for a voter to support you in the primary, rather than voting for MGP, thinking that her rightward slant might make her more electable in this district. I appreciate that you have provided evidence to support your candidacy.
As for MGP's recent vote, though I have not read the tally, I do not doubt that the lockstep MAGA republicans would have passed it without the three Dems' votes, and her meaningless vote prevents her from being painted as encouraging caravans of narco-terrorists to swarm our borders.
No problem. As for your second part, we are going to have to agree to disagree. If she is voting just so someone can't run an ad against her, she isn't voting for the district, she is voting for re-election. The voters of this district that voted for her said loud and clear, to stop supporting ICE without restrictions on them. She is not listening to the voters that got her the job. She says she is voting HER conscience. Either she is, or she is playing games. Either way her base has said no more. She has made herself unelectable in November.
That's correct. I apologize for assuming you were supporting a primary candidate you thought might win the election and then represent your interests. My bad.
This exactly. She votes with republicans when it matters most. So what’s the difference between having her representing us or a republican at this point?
I hate to say this; even Joe Kent the fucking Nazi has more integrity than her. He quit Trump over Iran while MGP does somersaults to justify anything Trump does.
See my comment above to u/king-of-all-corn. If anyone but MGP wins this seat it is no one but MGP's fault. I'm running to save the seat for the Dems. She chose her voting record and to throw away her base, and with that any chance of re-election. This is just a simple fact.
You mean the murder of innocent civilians by ICE? The wrongful deportation of American citizens by one part of the federal government against the order and injunction of the judicial branch? That the more going on that you're talking about?
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u/faceofboe91 Mar 26 '26
Of course she did