Ezra G. Levin

You have to be local. You have to focus on your local members of Congress.

— Ezra G. Levin

Another crucial thing the tea party did really well is to focus in on the folks who are more or less on…

— Ezra G. Levin

If people don't get as engaged as the tea party was, we're going to lose.

— Ezra G. Levin

It is really crucial that folks focus on their own representatives. If you call or write a member who does not represent…

— Ezra G. Levin

Stiffening the spine of progressive members of Congress is crucial.

— Ezra G. Levin

Members of Congress care about reelection most of all. And that means they care about their constituents. So you have to be…

— Ezra G. Levin

I really do not think there is a serious split between Republicans and Democrats in Congress in how responsive they are to…

— Ezra G. Levin

The bottom line is that every single member of Congress has to get voted into office every two or six years. That…

— Ezra G. Levin

Obama had a mandate for change and Trump clearly does not.

— Ezra G. Levin

When someone is running for reelection in Texas, they're not looking for votes in California or New York.

— Ezra G. Levin

The tea party had a lot of nasty tactics that were needlessly aggressive and petty and scary. But they proved it is…

— Ezra G. Levin

To the extent that we can shine a light on the bad things being done, that's going to have a positive impact.

— Ezra G. Levin

Progressives are the majority; we won the popular vote by a long shot and Donald Trump and the congressional Republicans representing mainly…

— Ezra G. Levin

One strategy that the tea party smartly embraced was one of being almost entirely defensive. They consciously decided not to figure out…

— Ezra G. Levin

A lot of people are worried that many of our rights and privileges we've come to expect as part of the American…

— Ezra G. Levin