I called every U.S. Senator in the country. Here were the responses I got.
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Of the 101 offices I called, 53 didn’t pick up, so I left 53 voicemails. In every single voicemail I left, I briefly mentioned the bill, issue, or policy I wanted the Senator to know about, as well as my contact information. Oh yeah, I also tried to remember to thank them for their service. Sucking up never hurts, after all.
48 staffers DID answer.
At first, I told staffers that they’re call was being recorded and they didn’t like that too much. So I stopped telling them after that. By the way, the District of Columbia has a “one-party consent” law, which means it’s not a crime to record a phone call as long as one party knows.
Yep, I ended up calling every member of the U.S. House of Representatives, too: ruclips.net/video/v7CFo0XKLmo/видео.html
Good lord that would take like 16 hours
Maybe to help make that more manageable you can group calling all reps in 1 state together & combining some of the smaller states together too?
Yes, including the delegates from the territories.
@@owencouchman5746 I think even that is too short. I'd wager closer to an entire day or 24 hours to call the entire House of Representatives
*googles*
435 voting representatives and 5 non-voting delegates and a non-voting "resident commissioner"?
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Knock yourself out, I guess.
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Drink plenty of water, I don't want you to actually fall unconscious from calling 441 offices. It's just an expression.
Booker's response is crazy personal, I'm frankly impressed. great work illustrating this aspect of our democracy
Well, he is still running for president after all. And the response didn't require him to attempt any more of his Spanish…
@@realtijuana5998 He's not running for president right now and he's not running for 2024. WTF RU talking about? And so you'd rather he just ignored Spanish speakers instead of attempting to relate to them in their native language? Do you just dislike the guy???
@@realtijuana5998 Most Senators have at least an eye on running for President. And 100% of them are motivated by their careers. It still matters if they do good things or not. And it says something that he was smart enough (and cared enough) to realize that making this video would demonstrate he cares about the issue. No other Senator did that. So yeah, you aren't wrong that Booker is always a bit running for President, but it's not really a criticism of when he does something good as a Senator.
@@realtijuana5998 found the republican lol
He's obviously taking the opportunity to self promote knowing its a famous youtuber that contacted him.
It's cool how Senators like Merkley and Booker actually decided to reach out to him with proper responses when they didn't have to, yet disappointing that the Kansas Senators, who he would be a legitimate constituent to, didn't even bother to contact him.
Booker is known for digging in and reaching out for stuff like this due to how badly it went for him when he didn’t. Trust me, I remember that time he thought he’d be President.
Merkley is one of my state's US senators, I really like him.
To be fair, I think one Kansas senator is way too tied up with sedition and meaningless culture war battles to respond to his constituents. I mean, give the guy a break!
@@NekoinaBox2000 still better than nothing
I was a firefighter for 5 years I got to meet Merkley during one of our worst fire seasons. He was on the front lines with us while we were fighting fires, he took everything we were telling him to heart, and has absolutely slammed Congress about it more than once. That dude is the real deal, ill vote for him any day.
I was interning in Romney’s office when you did this and I gotta say, us interns were stoked 😂 You were the talk of the town among the Romney (and Lee lol) interns for two days and we kept tuning into your streams to see how close you were getting to us, and we all stopped to listen when you did call hahaha. You’re doing great work here man, keep it up!
Damn, I wish the actual Senators had y’all’s spirit. What’s it like being a congressional intern?
I wish I could do that.. how did you become an intern? What qualitication did you did?
I hope you interns actually get paid
Hello! Like other comments have asked, what is the experience of being a congressional intern, and how do you become one? What process is involved, specifically? Keep up the great work you do!
i’m using every ounce of self control in my heart to not get political in the replies
Booker’s response was amazing. Way above and beyond anything I would have expected. Good for him. The guy from Oregon also deserves credit for writing a reply. I think you did very well.
Maybe more states should outlaw pumping one’s own gas because it seems to produce more responsive politicians. 😉
@@miz_logo_lee Hahaha!
Please don't be impressed. He does this stuff because he knows it will get shared and give him free press. I wish I wasn't jaded, but he was AOC before AOC.
@@universalsoldier2293 At that point no matter what he does you'd view it as a negative. He was 1 out of 100 that decided to do this, if it really was easy free press, I believe you'd have seen more actual grifters doing it. (Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Republican XYZ)
Booker is my man & I love him! #NewJerseyProud
A few things I noticed:
1. Sen. Booker wasn't wearing a suit while recording his video, meaning he may have done it on his free time.
2. All 6 senators who responded, belonged to one political party party.
3. Mr. Beat would make an infinitely better politician , than almost every single one who is currently there. Seriously, I salute you, man.
He's big enough of a voice that he could run for the house seat in Kansas solely from donations from his fans.
People who SHOULD be in office are often too humble to want to hold a position of power like that
My problem about Congress is that they control things that they are not expert at, like NASA. One senator is astronaut, but like why do they have to control it if you know nothing about it.
@@KC-Mitch Yeah, Beat for KS-2 2022.
@@joshdepaola4002 It's unfortunately true, but a push in the right direction can go a long way.
That whole thing with Cory Booker gave me a very early republic vibe, you know, the days when you could just walk into to the White House and stroll right into John Quincey Adams' office or whatever, and say "I don't like how you're doing things." And he'd say, "Oh goodness, I'm terribly sorry, how do you think I could do better? Here, let me clear my schedule. Please sit down. I'll go fetch you some warm cookies and we can talk all about it"
In all seriousness though, his third point was spot on.
One thing about Booker is he is a "street" politician. If you watch the documentary Street Fight you can see how he campaigned for mayor by going to the streets, talking to the people, and addressing their concerns. Crime dropped in Newark during his tenure as mayor, and he had very high approval ratings.
Honestly I thought he would be the next President after Trump, but his campaign petered out. I guess he lacks the charisma?
lol, I mean, I'm sure if you were a male white wealthy landowner you could talk with politicians more easily in the early republic. There has never been a time though that a poor person would get that right
Well you know in the Soviet Union they could do that, you could walk in to the cremlin go up to the leaders desk and say, " Mr. President, I don't like how the current U.S President is running his country."a roughly translated Reagan joke.
Corey Booker is usually very spot on. He’s one of the few reasons it’s okay in parts of Jersey! They can keep Christie
@@peterdenten I know a joke you're talking about, Reagan was hilarious!
I met Cory when he was running for office. Guy is passionate and indefatigable. He met with everyone who had a question after his talk and took many dozens of selfies with people who wanted them. Really an amazing human being.
Speaking as a former intern to a senator, we received approximately 50-150 calls every day, depending on current events. At least 1/5 of those calls were extremely negative and disheartening. Thats not to mention the numerous emails and voicemails we received after hours. Despite this, I know that the senator finished his days with reading the summary of the calls.
We made sure that every caller got a response of some kind, but sometimes it had to be "copy pasta" because of the workload. In an ideal world senators would be able to make video responses to everyone, but thats simply not possible with everything else going. They have to prioritize their main constituents and do their best.
I also know there wasnt a constituent my senator wouldnt meet with if they made the trip to DC.
I work for an MP in the UK and it’s a very similar thing, except with significantly less resource. Hearing Senators have dozens of staff is absolutely mind-boggling, most MPs have teams of about 4 to do the same work. And we work in dingy shoebox-sized cupboards instead of palatial offices lol.
The calls are incredibly disheartening here too, but it comes and goes as your MP rises or falls in prominence. We do the copy-pasta responses as well, but fundamentally if a hundred people write to you expressing a view on one issue it doesn’t make sense to write a hundred bespoke letters. Expecting a bespoke letter from your representative is, frankly, naive unless you have a very specific issue (which they often do, and they do receive specific attention in those cases).
@@MarkHalberstram yeah I worked briefly for an MP on a work experience type gig and there was literally a team of three of us in the loft of a small office building. And this was for someone who was at the time a shadow minister. The other two people I worked with had brilliant enthusiasm and a few times we ended up in the office after hours working on either getting replies done to emails, preparing policy information for constituents or trying to write briefings based issues that people wrote in about. While some of the negative correspondence was disheartening (especially some that were disparaging of the members heritage) I loved working with that team. It really put into perspective the power that representative democracy can have when there is the will from both the constituents and the member to engage.
Which senator (if you can say)?
@@andrewbloom7694 I cannot say, but he was a republican.
The negative calls are the entire point of being able to reach them. Who learns a goddamn thing from sycophants?
While it was mostly a letdown, those 6, especially the New Jersey Senator, show that there can be good people in government to an extent
I sincerely believe that most of them enter politics in good faith. The system is corrupt and it corrupts good people.
@@iammrbeat you're right but the system is only corrupt because complacent self-centered scumbags populate it haha
@@iammrbeat I sincerely believe they are already corrupt and keep corrupting the system even more
@@iammrbeat Justin Amash, Former Representative from MI talks about this with Andrew Yang here. Very candid conversation.
ruclips.net/video/g5aRvUu2daM/видео.html
@@iammrbeat you get unelected a hero or are in office long enough to see yourself become the villain.
The senators from other states not responding makes sense, but the fact that the Kansas Senators didn't respond is disheartening.
True. I understand that he’s not technically a constituent of 98 of them, but the Kansas Senators should have responded.
In West Virginia The One I Got Response On Stuff From Was Shelley Moore Capito. 🤔
Marshall and Moran are garbage human beings so it isn't surprising.
Yeah, I don't understand why he didn't say he was a resident of the state he was calling. That's a prerequisite for them pretending to care. Would have increased his response rate from 6% to maybe ten. Heh, no, that's just my cynical guess. I am curious to know what the response rate would have been had they believed he was a constituent.
@@vote4mel he didn’t say he *wasn’t* a constituent.
As a California resident (still younger than voting age) I can say that I actually got a non copy paste response from one of my senators which was super cool to see. Even when I added that I was not yet a voter. And my local House of Representative actually got in contact with me numerous times to help my school get a tour in DC.
He wants YOUR vote later but with taxpayer dollars “to “help” your school with that tour”.
@@takearight. Well of course he does, that’s just being a good congressman.
May I ask, what response would have pleased you? Nothing? A lack of discourse is exactly that- nothing. It’s pointless and hollow.
Regardless of motivations, that is what we *should* WANT to see from the people that represent us and our ideas in the room that makes the law- communication with us, the American populace.
And, my friend, that is what taxpayer dollars are for. Educating the youth, trying to grow our society as a whole beyond what it would have been. Inviting kids to take interest in what is happening around them.
I’m not trying to say that you’re wrong, you could very well be correct in your assumptions. But just ask yourself, what would be better? From my point of view, the fact that they reached out and were willing to help kids see more of their nation than usual is a beautiful thing that can only promote positive growth in people.
@@takearight.That's just being cynical.
@@Bernie4life4182 No, I was simply looking at both sides..Maybe I just misunderstood what was said but I’m not going back to
research it . Btw, I’m a realist and things Are Cynical right now..
I bet someone on corys staff knew you were a RUclipsr and saw the opportunity to stand out and reach his audience. Smart guy. Was previously indifferent to booker but this increased my respect
Wait, so none of your OWN senators replied?
Hey love your channel. You should check out something called the tall poppy syndrome. It partially explains why Australian politicians and prime ministers weren't included on the aussie a-z coins. Australians are notoriously apathetic to their politicians.
Typically they don't ... I call Rep and Senate offices a lot for various work related things. The intern working the phone will tell me they'll pass things on but then here I am two weeks later calling because I never got any response. The smaller districts are better if you're actually a constituent.
Hey arnt you that dude that does that thing on the Canadian channel
He lives in Kansas, what do you expect 💀
JJ you should call every member of the Canadian parliament would be interesting
You were my middle school teacher! One of my favorites. While we don’t agree politically you definitely made me want to pursuit becoming a teacher. I hope you see this and you are doing well!
Funny story, my dad called Rob Portman and Sherrod Brown so many times that Sherrod Brown invited him to some sort of event, but the best part is my dad assumed that it was a spam call when he didn’t recognize the number and only realized it when he got a voicemail that said “Hi Clyde, this is Sherrod Brown.” And no it wasn’t just an intern it was actually Sherrod Brown lol.
Lol
That’s so funny! My dad actually got a personal call from his representative (Angie Craig from MN-2), he and my mom had made a fairly large donation to her re-election campaign, and when her office called to invite my parents to a donor’s event it was actually Angie on the line
New Jersey Republican here. I always felt Booker was one of the better senators from the party I oppose, but he certainly jumped a few points just by being that thoughtful and engaged with your response. He’s by no means perfect, but he is a politician who cares and, in New Jersey, we need a lot more of that.
Even if you disagree with him, he just seems like a nice person.
How are you still a Republican after Trump era is beyond me! 🤦🏼♂️
@@JeffXXX because we live in a democracy and people have different opinions.
@@JeffXXX Republican doesn't necessarily mean Trump supporter, I have a couple of Republican friends (quite literally, it's two of them and they are a couple), she thought that Trump was "a joke" from the beginning, the dude was initially pro-Trump, but after the capitol insurrection he went full anti-Trump, they both still view themselves as Republicans.
@@JeffXXX Trump did a better job in four years as president than his last three predecessors combined in certain areas. Definitely the biggest and loudest manifestation of popular backlash against the decades-old establishment. I hope he comes back wiser, more politically savvy, and more reformed.
Previously worked for Congress, it’s a hard job. Legislative Correspondents help the Senators write letters and often use similar letters to help save time so they can clear the incoming mail. Props to all Congressional staffers and the hard work they do!
Great to see you in the comment section Victor!
I bet it's a bit like being santa claus, and trying to read all the letters kids send you.
I remember that net neutrality BS years ago though, I guess none of my senators listened when I called lol. They listened to my uncle who posted on the net neutrality website though, and he didn't even know what net neutrality was.
How hard/easy is it to get a job like that? I’m interested.
@@matthanyfiedtano4175 It depends. If you are good at networking and the timing works out, you can find a job. Happy to chat more if you are interested.
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Could not have predicted myself tearing up at the two senators who thanked you for contacting them, and encouraging others to, rather than act annoyed that you bothered them. There’s still hope out there.
Same, I felt touched by Bookers message and that democracy has a chance to stay alive.
Same, Cory Bookers message made me proud for living in New jersey and I was tearing up with his message aswell
Some of the responses highlight a problem I've noticed for quite some time: They don't want to deal with people who don't live in their state, but they'll certainly take campaign contributions from anywhere. Campaign finance reform is a huge need in our country, and I think changing things so that it's contained within the relevant location makes sense. We're getting big money from national sources going to Congressional and Senate races from any state. We keep hearing cries about States' rights and taking power away from federal, but there's too much money trying to effect the elections in "other" states.
True, in general I think there should be a limit to campaign funds. In France we have that, it doesn't stop scandals (one of our presidents campaigns was funded both by Ghaddafi and the heritage of a french billionaire) but at least it alleviates that this issue replicates itself even at the local level. I don't know what the budget of an US representative's campaign is, but compared to other countries it should be ludicrous.
Mr. Beat is giving us the content we didn’t know we needed.
lol that's quite a compliment actually!
@@iammrbeat have you considered running for office? We need genuinely kind and caring people like you in office. Though I will say I disagree with you on certain issues (but I agree election reform is incredibly important), I would 100% vote for you!
Seriously! I never thought I would be interested in a video about reaching out to US senators yet here we are.
@@_somerandomguyontheinternet_ considering the front runners, i might cast a write in vote for him
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Funny story:
When you called Chris Coons’ (D-DE) office, you spoke with an intern, and about a week later I found out that intern is in my congress class at the University of Delaware! Great guy.
That’s so cool lol
Did that intern shed more light on why he Mr Beat didn’t get a response?
Yeah Delaware in the house 👏
I’m British so this was interesting to learn a bit more about, we have the same problem in the UK where most politicians ignore constituents.
Or they don't even live in the constituency they purport to represent!
During Prime Minister's Questions, Members of Parliament often ask questions directly related to their constituents. So, some of them seem to care about the people.
I mean its just not possible to respond to everyone who calls. Plus Mr. Beat did not really say anything, what would they respond to?
As a Swede, this is a bit horrifying to me. I've emailed members of my parliament plenty of times, and also emailed members of the _EU parliament_ always getting responses. Most of the time the responses were not copy pasta but actually addressed the points I made in the email. The US only has 300 million people while the EU has almost 500 million, there's no excuse. I've known German activists who can get a hold of people in their government too, and Germany is way bigger than California, so don't tell me it's a regional population issue too. It's a democracy issue, an issue of feeling accountability to the people who gave you the power to begin with.
It is fundamentally an issue of corruption
How do we get Senators to respond with an actual response? Is the EU Parliament held responsible for answering the emails they get personally?
@@kevingroppe4781 The parties themselves are held responsible. They would likely not allow them to run for re-election next term if they don’t fulfill their obligation as public officials. I don’t know if they face any legal trouble if they don’t answer, but all calendars of MEPs are open so anyone can find out exactly how busy they were doing legislative stuff and how busy they were meeting lobbyists on a given day. It wouldn’t look good if they’re snubbing voters all the time to speak with lobbyists.
Edit and main point: There are only 2 senators(~Bundesrat MP’s?) for all of California. Comparing it to 96 German MEP or the German government is a little ridiculous.
While your point about the US government being less responsive is a good one, it seems like you’re also exposing how unfamiliar you are with the US. Some of your info is just wrong or misleading.
This is the US Federal Senate. If you’re comparing it to EU parliament a closer comparison would be the US House of Representatives. The senate would be as if each country got just 2 representatives regardless of all other factors(population etc). Even in the House which is distributed proportionally, and is over 4 times bigger,each representative has more constituents(~758k) then the EU parliament(~634k)(Riksdag is ~10k per member).
You can’t just have the US Congress stand in for California’s representation and then compare it Germany’s parliament after going down from the EU level. Like Germany each state has it’s own government. The California state government down from the US Congress level would be the better comparison.
It’s as if you’re saying Riksdag members(Germany parliament) are more responsive then Sweden’s EU parliament members(US congressional delegations). Your point about responsiveness is valid but is undermined somewhat by comparing a more local level within the EU government’s but with the highest level in the USA’s.
You could perhaps compare Germany’s parliament to the US Congress but USA 4 times larger then Germany.
Also worth noting that the vast majority of those calls it would be as if you were calling a EU parliament members from another country. Now it’s not another country and if it’s a issue that’s before them and effects you all hopefully they’d listen. And if your a lobbyist or rich donor they would anyway. However you can understand why they’d choose not to.
The size of the country and the way our government is built comes into play in a different way over here. (Of course that was very intentional but that’s a longer discussion)
@@54321jcc I agree that comparing the Senate to the EU parliament might not be a good comparison. Better comparison would be to contact the EU commission or Council of Europe. There they represent entire countries. I should try to contact the representative of Germany (twice the size of California, and California has two Senators) as a Swede to make a better comparison.
I don’t think 634k and 758k is that big of a difference. If Mr. Beat does not get _any_ response from the US representatives I would definitely say that the US House of Representatives should look at MEPs and see what they do right.
My German friends did not just get a hold of their federal government (Bundestag) they also got a hold of their representatives in the EU.
But, sure, I’ll send an email to a German, French, Italian, and Spanish representative in the EU Commission. They all would be the sole representative for their country which has a population bigger than California’s and they would all work on the EU level. If they respond to someone not even from their country while they have a very busy workday the comparison would be more apt.
When Mr. Beat contacts every US Representative I do however think comparing it to MEPs is suitable since I can’t imagine representing 634k people means you have time to engage with your constituents but over some magic limit closer to 758k it becomes much harder.
Yess! Jeff Merkley rocks. I accidentally sent a letter intended for my senators which my computer routed to Sen Jeff! He personally responded, supporting my thoughts & position!
This guy is Oregon's treasure. We could"fix" America w/a Jeff Merkley in every state!
As an Oregonian, I am so proud of BOTH our senators!
@@AaronEdwards My letter to Sens Murkowski & Sullivan routed to Sen Merkley, regarding the "Pebble Project", Bristol Bay AK. One of the last great fisheries on earth is poised to be mined, destroyed for gold. Sen Merkley is far seeing & wise. He w always have my support.
He seems amazing
Way to go Mr. Beat! Now call all 50 governors!
That's a great idea!
Yes!
@@helios24601 I agree!
and then all 46 presidents
@@acunt It's not possible to call all 46... Considering only 5 of them are still alive! Clinton, Bush, Obama, Trump and Biden are still alive. And once they're in office the only thing that's possible for them to do is vote on issues.
As an Oregonian, it's nice to know that our senator felt it important enough to respond personally. I wish more politicians held not just their constituents, but all citizens, in the same high regard.
Love this activism Mr. Beat! You're an inspiration!
You know, I never cared for Mr. Booker and find a lot of his grandstanding to be grading at best, but holy s*** I’ll definitely give it to the man for his work ethic and selection of staff. I know this is just a point for PR, but still, much respect.
I wonder if he knew it was a RUclipsr, y'know?
Don’t you mean grating?
The thing about PR is it works lol. Just basic stuff goes a long way
He’s simply on that grindset
I will never forget the staffer who laughed and told you that it was "your time" when you explained what you were doing. He felt uniquely rude compared to the others, who were just uptight or rule-followers.
Can you time stamp that guy?
It was the Tammy Duckworth staffer (Illinois)
@@iammrbeat Thank you Matthew.
@@iammrbeat lol im from Illinois. Our politicians are famously corrupt. Not surprised
@@iammrbeat Aw that's a bummer. I've always liked Duckworth so it's a shame you got a rude staffer. She's got one of the more compelling stories of anyone in the senate IMO.
This was fantastic! I'm glad to see the various responses and its particularly cool to see Booker's video he sent you. I really like that guys positivity!
Seeing videos like this just highlights the fact that there's a serious disconnect between us and the people who are supposed to represent our best interests, and we need to bridge that gap
I used to work for Senator Wyden’s staff, the Oregon delegation is on the smaller side so they work very hard to try to get back to all of their constituents. Not surprised at all that Jeff sent a letter back! Also gotta mention, Cory Booker is by far the most friendly and open person working in any of the senate offices, and that includes the staff. The man genuinely cares so much that people are often suspicious, but that’s just how he is
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I wish Washington State's senators were more like Senator Wyden and Booker
Cory Booker is awesome, the dude literally pulled a woman out of a burning building.
That's truly nice to hear because sometimes I think he is too good to be true. The fact he could continue to respect one my senators (Tim Scott) amazes me.
That's awesome! I used to be pretty involved with OR politics so I probably have some friends of friends working for them.
I used to had no opinion on Sen. Cory Booker. He feels much more relatable now.
Me too. I used to barely even realize he existed, and now he is a top 10 current senators for sure.
Yes, I would definitely vote for him if he was nominated for president.
He was my first choice in the 2020 primaries. Unfortunately, his campaign didn't garner much momentum and was dissolved after just a few months....
Its only one little thing. but stuff like that really shows your character. 100% agree
Booker would have been a decent nominee for president in 2020.
Mr beat thank you for what your doing. Please keep up your hardwork
I just discovered your channel while looking for Mr. Beast and well mistyped. Best mistype ever. I am really enjoying your channel, more than I thought possible.
Booker’s response along with his team was very heartwarming and inspiring to see as a student of Political Science, one who wants to help make a change!
You won’t
@@pcarnold9 subbed to Styx and memelogy your opinion doesn't mater
It doesn't surprise me that they refuse to take calls from nonconstituents. About 10 years ago I was pissed about something and wrote an email to Nancy Polosi. (I've never lived in California or her district). Within 2 hours my email was sent back with a standard form reply, saying that it was rejected because she only accepts communications from her constituents. Yeah, thanks for your service, Madame Speaker. 🙄
This is the reason dems almost lost the H of R and maybe will lose it in 22. Polosi is the leading dem and should have responded. BTW she is a poster for mid America voting repubs ! From a tree hugging life long dem.
Her real constituents are donors and lobbyists, we are just her useful idiots. This goes for all politicians who take bribes.
True, but the whole point of me doing this was to show how the process was for everyone, since my viewers are from all 50 states. I also wanted to put pressure on the Senate offices that are dropping the ball.
She's the speaker of the house she don't care what you (in a whole other district) think
@@iammrbeat You even have viewers from outside the United States or North America. Your work is great :)
I called Senator Schumer (I'm a New Yorker) and left a message, and never expected a response, but surprisingly I did get a reply letter/email some 6 or 7 months later. It was specific to my queries, but more along the lines of the copy pasta Mr. Beat mentioned. I was pleased to get any response, because I imagine that in a larger state like NY there must be quite a backlog that staffers are sifting through to get responses out to people. Senator Gillibrand's office tends to be a bit quicker, usually with a 2-4 month turnaround time.
Thank you, very much, for pointing out the lack of responsiveness if our so - called representaives.
Thank you for your good work!!!
While i don't agree with them on every issue, i've gained a lot of respect for Cory Booker and Jeff Merkley. Out of all the 100 Senators plus Kamala Harris, they're the only 2 who actually put effort into their responses.
Booker knew it was a highly watched RUclipsr. Spartacus is always trying to get viral moments and mainstream media highlights.
@@USIscreaminEagles is it better to do something good with selfish intentions or to not do something good at all?
@@phantimboboto5333 what has he done? How did he improve lives of those in Newark as mayor?
@@USIscreaminEagles he brought crime down for one.
Kamala Harris is a fuckin joke
Kudos to the Senator who responded in video. If I were an American, and lived in his State, I'd vote for him on his account of the relationship he has with voters. The closest thing like that that has happened in my country was a candidate for major of my city calling to my home phone and asking for my vote. If I wasn't that young at the time I'd have voted for him because I found his gesture as a very sweet thing.
And not just him, but his STAFF, who made sure he got this message.
@@iammrbeat them too of course.
@@iammrbeat to be honest, i am surprised there weren't more replies. not because i would expect an ordinary citizen to get more than that. but this is good publicitly for comparably little effort. i was already suprised that staffers of senators you called early did not give a warning to the later ones to be ready.
just feels like something i would put emphasis on if i were on a senators media team.
Cory Booker is a certified good dude. You should watch the 2005 documentary “street fight” if you get the chance.
@@night6724 he doesn't support election fraud at all lol, you must have some serious mental issues if you think the voting rights bill is in favour of voter fraud. you're just against voting, like any antidemocratic far righter.
All of this goes through staffers so props to Booker’s team to realize what was going on and to get the senator to make a video.
Booker is going to have a major cabinet position one day, if not the big chair itself.
I'm not his constituent, I'm not even from his region of the US, I'm from the south of all places, and I can tell
Booker is genuine and sincere in a way that is just simply very, very hard to fake.
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Booker was my favorite in 2020, unfortunately his campaign never garnered much momentum...I'm glad more people are finding out who he is, he's been known for his integrity and moderating influence for years but not too many know his name on a national scale. I truly think he'll make a great president if he's ever honored to that high office
I agree! Senator Cory Booker for president in 2024!
He's just too bubbly that he came across as an actor. But he really means what he says and is passionate. That doesn't mean he doesn't get bribed and influenced like the rest of them, sadly.
@@iammrbeat
Oh, I don’t mean to imply he’s an innocent lamb or anything-but as far as politicians go, he’s one of the more honest and well-meaning folks
As I'm from New Jersey, I can give my two thoughts on him. First, I do like some of his polices (Baby Bonds, legalizing weed, and election reform). However, I had issues with his ties to the pharmaceutical companies in New Jersey (they are very strong), and I felt that he wore his feelings too much on his sleeves (I prefer someone who has a poker face). Finally, there were other candidates that I liked more, as in Sanders. In the end, while I didn't think he would've made a good President, I do think he would've been a good cabinet member.
@@Dragonite43 Indeed, I think Booker was outclassed by Sanders and other candidates in 2020, but as a representative of New Jersey he is a league above most politicians. I appreciate his efforts and hopefully he can cut his ties to the pharmaceutical industries enought to campaign for universal healthcare, I saw that as the missing element that really separated him Sanders-like candidates like Warren
Mr. Beat is the most level headed and down to earth madlad on this site
I have been very "ho-hum" about Corey Booker in the past. Since seeing him personally respond to you ... and the heartfelt way in which he did, I am now quite impressed. Thank you.
I’m not a resident of Alaska but I’ve called Senator Murkowski’s office multiple times, her staff is very kind! Very helpful! And even got back to me despite being a resident of Indiana
Thanks for calling out the corruption of politicians for responding to their owner donors and the lobbyists above the people who supposedly voted them into office as opposed to the big money that bought the office for them and expect a return on its investment.
I think it's something that all of us Americans can agree on. Perhaps we can unite on that one issue.
@@iammrbeat Tell us how we convince the Supreme Court that a Corporation IS NOT A HUMAN and has no human political standing in our country. Then we can make some head way on getting our politicians advance our needs, not the moneyed class.
@@iammrbeat You'd be surprised at the amount of corporate bootlickers there are out there with Republicans, Neo Liberals and Libertarians.
Actually, the offices are constitutionally bound to answer constituents. Not that I don't agree you here, but they represent THEIR STATE.
Your example gave me the idea to do the same thing with one change. I wrote, printed and sent a letter to all 100 senators regarding woman’s rights last weekend. I feel like I DID something to help our country. Thank you Mr. Beat. Keep doing what you are doing. Love your “legal briefs” segments too.
Thank YOU John. You also inspire me.
@J G "senators vote for what they believe in"
Actually, you'll find that most of them vote for precisely what their wealthiest donors want them to vote for.
@J Gwhenever someone says they’re “playing devils advocate” you already know whatever they’re about to say is complete bullshit
@J G I totally understand your viewpoint. But I frame my actions as one of my Responsibilities as a citizen of the United States of America.
I believe the constitution says "for the people and by the people". It does not say by and for the dark money backed Senators.
Dark money is ANOTHER issue that has to change.
@JG. I am not sure just how many straws it takes to break a camels back but on this issue my straw is on there.
@@johnrezleog3575 Great response! You're right. We don't know how our communications with them will work out, but if enough constituents act, then the reps take notice. Sometimes it does make a difference. 💜✊
Awesome video. I may not agree with Senator Booker on certain issues, but the man is a class act 100%. I would love to join a workout with him and Rep. Jim Jordan. Thanks for teaching us the importance of speaking to the elected officials. Great Series.
You GO Sen. Booker- much respect
Cory Booker seems like an amazing man with lots of integrity. It's great that he took the time to respond.
He is just genuinely a nice person, whether you agree with him on policies or not.
Best thing about Fridays is Mr. Beat’s videos!
Awwwwww
Thank you for your tenacity and I hope you know how much I appreciate your channel 🇺🇸👍
any time ive written my senator she reply's that she agrees with me and thats why shes doing the exact other thing that i did not want
Pretty awesome response from Senator Booker. I don't always agree with his policies and positions 100 %, but he seems like a genuinely nice and decent man. There aren't too many politicians where whenever I catch an interview with them I find myself thinking that they'd be cool to grab a beer with and have a genuine conversation with. Booker is one of those politicians that I think would be cool to hang out with. He just oozes charm and likeability.
He's bought and paid for like all the others. DC sucks!!!
Decent men don’t falsely accuse people of rape and gang rape for political points. Booker is a spoiled child of IBM executive parents.
Senator Booker is so awesome. It’s just amazing that he replied to you and that goes with everything I know about him and the way he presents himself
It says a lot about him
You got one shining light out of a state official. Well done. I thought they were all snuffed out already.
Thank you for your service!
Way to go, Mr. Beat. I am very impressed by Cory Booker. He would make great presidential material in the future. From the state of Florida - wrote Senator Marco Rubio once and his e-mail response asked for more information and to please reply back. Unfortunately, the e-mail to reply back was a no-reply e-mail address. That proved to me how little he cares about Floridians.
Dang Rubio. No good at all.
Booker ran for president in the 2020 primary
@@patrickdunn7804 yes Im aware, but that shouldnt stop him from running again
@@iammrbeat I am the same state as him and Gaetz .
@@patrickdunn7804 Yeah, but he was too young. You need to be, like, seventy to get the presidency in the US. XD
I reached out to Senator Feinstein regarding the stock exchange act and after a few months got an email back from a staffer that felt really generic and fake. Props to Senator Booker for giving such a cool response
Booker is a socialist who supports BLM and is thus anti-veteran
My takeaway: You can learn a lot about these senators by how professional and courteous their staff is.
Great job!!!! I'm not surprised Booker is one of the winners! Thanks for showing us what we can and should be doing!
I'm curious if any of the staffers who recognised you worked for senators that responded? It's also disappointing you didn't get responses from your own senators, since they'd be the ones you'd most expect to reply.
Yeah that's what I was most disappointed with. NOTHING from my two Senators.
@@iammrbeat our 2 senators are jokes.. Especially Marshall.. He might be the lowest IQ senator of all 100
@@jbtornado I don’t know, Ron Johnson and Tommy Tuberville might have something to say about that. Provided saying it doesn’t require anything larger than a two syllable word.
@@iammrbeat I know one of the KS ones and he said to a very close relative “don’t call this number for anything worth less than a million dollars”
@@truirnbru wait what? lol
Props to the 6 that responded. Especially Sen Booker, dude seemed cool.
I've gotten responses from Dianne Feinstein's Office on multiple occasions over the years and even talked to her on the phone once, and I'm a nobody, not rich, not famous, just a concerned constituent. She always addressed what I was asking about even when we disagreed on solutions.
oh wow
What a cool video, way to go Booker
If you think the Senate is bad, you’re in for a rude awakening when you call up members of the House.
Why are the members of the house worse
Really? I expect things to be better with the House.
They have to run re-election every cycle. Means more time for donors less for constituents
Less interns!!!
Really cool to see you call all those people! I almost died the first time I called my boss so I don’t know how you can call over a 100 political leaders. We often think about what we want to see happen but not everyone actually asks for it. It may not work every time but it doesn’t hurt to let your voice be heard.
Yeah I was shy as a kid, but I got over that in my twenties. Now it ain't no thang. :)
To be fair as a voter, you’re their boss :)
This is actually really cool; thank you for putting in the time and energy into this. That's a lot of work! Good luck if you attempt to tackle the House.
Senator Booker is MY FAVORITE senator out there. He is always so amazing to everyone including his constituents and I had the amazing opportunity to meet him a couple of years back. He really is just a wonderful person to be around and I’m not at all surprised you got a personal response from him. He’s just that kind of guy and a great example of what a senator should be.
Mr. Beat please run for Senate, we need you! I feel you would be an unequivocally better political role model/icon than almost every person in our government atm.
But I would hate that job lol Thank you, though
@@iammrbeat so does everyone in the senate, you'd fit right in
All US Representatives? Wow, if you take the same amount of time per US representative as you did for each senator it will take nearly 2 days straight to call them all. That's some serious dedication. I predict you will get a lot more responses though. Given the nature of the House you might even get a few weird responses too. Looking forward to it
I eagerly anticipate a few of them, including AOC, MTG, and my personal representative (who I shall not name bc that’s very specific personal information).
Thanks for doing this.
- A Social Studies teacher.
Props to Sen. Booker for his efforts.
Cory Booker is legitimately a great human being in general so it makes sense that he took the time out to respond to you in a video. That was really awesome of him.
Disagree, but ok
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Can’t be bothered to give any reasoning?
@@Bhubnipz I have a hunch I know why.
@@Bhubnipz Didn’t think I’ll need to elaborate (he’s a politician mate, not very hard to fill a laundry list on those) but alright, if you insist I’ll go get my sources.
He does seem like a genuinely nice person.
I've called my Senator, Rob Portman-R Ohio, many times. One time I annoyed his intern enough with questions he couldn't answer he told me I was a b**** and hung up. 😁😁
Oh no, I'm so sorry that happened to you.
Lol here is a conversation Oversimplied:
You: I have a lot of questions for Sen. Portman.
Intern: Your just a b**ch.
*HANGS UP*
@@Snowboi1963 AHAHAAHAHA that’s hilarious. Thanks for a good laugh
@@cameronmiles645 thats what happens when you deal with Karens but thanks
As an Ohioan I can confirm Rob Portman and his staff suck rotten lemons. God help us if J.D. Vance replaces him.
YAY! Keep up the Great work!
What a fun ride! I watched the first video love, missed the second video and later stumbled over this one. I agree with Senator Booker. You rock, Mr. Beat!
Shocked that a Senator would put that much effort into responding to someone. Obviously they have a lot of time on their hands, but it shows how passionate Senator Booker is and that there are most definitely great people out there
Well he seems to know who mr. Beat is so he was probably hoping it would feature in a video. It's good PR after all
He's literally just doing it do people like you say things like this.
You are remarkably susceptible to propaganda.
Wow. Good for Senator Booker. That was really cool of him. It's also pretty lame that no Republican sent a response other than adding you to a couple mail lists to try and solicit donations.
Only 2 Democrats had real responses. It's not like they did much better xD
These people are all either too busy, or they don't care. It's not a matter of Republican v Democrat.
@@j.franklin21 2 is still better than 0 i guess. moreso goes to show how shitty the politicians are in general though.
@@j.franklin21 It does matter. 2 are statistically significant with such a low example and democrats tend way more listening to their voters.
when the problems in texas started republicsns fled to cancun while democrats gathered and helped and there are more these kind of examples.
so it IS about democrats vs republicans nowadays.
in the past republicansnused to listen but nowadays they rather talk about fake fabricated gender wars instead of doing something productive.
@@zoro8117 Democrats are also not one single party. They are two parties (progressives and moderates) forced to be one party because the other one is so extreme.
@@jhonshephard921 my republican friends have much more diverse opinions than my democrat friends.
I've interned in Congress before and we did have a CRM that we tracked calls and comments. Sometimes we would get a lot of calls on an issue or get one call on a niche policy (I remember a veterinarian calling in once about a specific bill). These would all get categorized and passed along to someone who would choose a pre-approved response letter or write something up. I remember taking these letters to the mail - members of Congress have free postage as one of their perks. The 2 Senators who responded with more personal messages probably had more savvy teams who figured out they should respond to a well-followed RUclipsr. Really interesting video Mr. Beat, thank you for doing this!
This and the calling Reps. video encouraged me to call my Congressial Rep. Desjarlais and Senator Blackburn, as well as my State's (Tennessee) Election Division. I found out how difficult it is to get on the ballot here if not Republican or Democrat; it's absurd. This, and the encouragement from the lady at the TN Dept. of Labor (I called regarding a question about independent contractors using personal funds to break change for customers), got me to call my State Rep. and State Senator to ask their stance on making ballot access easier, comparing our method to those of Canada and the United Kingdom. Only Rep. Desjarlais's office picked up.
I loved that Sen. Cory Booker responded with a whole video, especially considering that you’re not a constituent! He could’ve just thanked you for your call & briefly touched on the bill you mentioned to him but he went above and beyond with the response. I think it’s great, but I do wonder if he would’ve done a similar response if you weren’t a youtuber. Still cool anyway.
He's better than a constituent, hes a guy that has the eyes of millions of people including his constituents of course he's gonna reply if made aware of who he's replying to.
Actually I can speak to this, I’m an union activist and I have spoken with Booker a few times. He is genuinely amazing (compared to politics generally) and very much in touch with his constituents. And I’m pretty much a nobody so it’s definitely not a who’s who thing
@@mikefromco wow I absolutely love this! He always seemed like a relatively genuine person but I wouldn’t have been surprised if he weren’t usually chatty with non-constituents because he probably is super busy. Thanks for sharing!
No matter his political views, I think it's awesome that Booker took the time to respond to you in this manner. :)
A few years ago, I ran into Senator Jerry Moran. He recognized me by name. He even wrote my father a letter on letterhead. They were one-time nextdoor neighbors. I found Moran quite approachable. He took time to listen to my concerns (even though we don't see eye-to-eye on a few issues).
Good luck with calling all 435 representatives. My own rep, Sherice Davids (KS-3) seems like she does a lot of that copy pasta...
I just discovered your channel. Awesome and enlightening!
Stellar work.
It genuinely is policy to not speak with non-constituents. When I interned at my representatives office I was always told it would be considered an ethics violation. Something at least worth noting before judging the staffers enforcing that rule
He could say he's calling on behalf of the constituent in the twitch chat that has a concern though
@@rileylewisdolan i mean i could also call and say that though.
Whoever told you it was an ethics violation was straight out fibbing. It may be a time saving and administrative policy but it's not an ethical violation.
But the senators who he would legitimately be a constituent of didn't respond to him, and some like Senator Booker (who he isn't) did. I think it's just down to personal policy. Also, you're lying.
@@ryans5073 yup, and?
Pretty cool that the one Senator who sent a heartfelt, personal message was one of my Senators. I wonder how much distrust of the media has led to staffers being so unreceptive to being called/recorded/etc. That one lady definitely didn't want to end up in a "Gotcha" video, or a segment of the Daily Show or something.
On an individual level, I can sympathize with the anxiety of dealing with aggressive and intrusive people giving you a million questions. However! As a public figure in positions of power IN A DEMOCRACY, it is absolutely imperative that politicians actually give the time of day to their constituents, even if they are hostile or disapproving. It's simply a part of democracy.
Thank You for Your Service.
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I just called my senator because of this video.
I hardly knew anything about Cory Booker before watching this vid but he's already gained so much of my respect. What a king
Hes a pretty good senator. He's a little bit corporate tho.
@@stretchscreamers How so? Just wondering, still don't know too much about him
@@WiloPolis03 I believe he voted against lowering the insulin price back in like 2014. He's also a big crypto guy. I still like him tho
@@stretchscreamers How can you call him a pretty good senator when his positions that he holds that you acknowledge he holds make life harder for Americans?. My friend can only get insulin for about 500 dollars in New Jersey, while it costs 20 dollars for the same amount in Canada. It's illegal for him to bring insulin from Canada into the US, which solidifies the oligopoly that Cory Booker is paid to maintain. He's literally a prostitute, whoring out his constituents for money.
He used to date Rosario Dawson, and RuPaul is his cousin.
I 💌this idea. And your execution was humble, yet illuminating. Keep doing the great work you do on this channel b/c it gives me hope for the future of civic education
As someone who lived in New Jersey, this video of Sen. Brooker makes me proud
Here from Locals! Absolutely love the exclusivity and seeing the video before anyone else! Let’s gooo! 🔥
Well thanks for joining that!
That was cool of Sen. Booker
It really was
That’s awesome you got a kind of personal letter from an Oregon senator. I actually got a similar email from him after my one and only ever email to him. I think I should be contacting my representatives more often.
Mr. Beat, I know that this is 2 months old now. I wanted to give feedback. Bravo to you for taking time to do this huge task in the first place. Mr. Booker is a Rockstar! Man, I'd like to see that attitude in my state, which gets me to my experience. In late June, I contacted/emailed my 2 Democrat female Senators via their websites. We are a Blue state and still have women's reproductive rights. The overturn of Roe v. Wade was very upsetting for me. One Senator's website did have a check box that asked if I wanted a response. I checked Yes. The Senator that covers my area did not have that option. Even thought we are in the middle of our primary here which ends August 2nd (we only have mail in ballots, which I like), I have yet to hear from either office. I've even contacted President Biden and I've gotten a response within a week. Standard email, but at least I know that someone read the email that I sent. I say shame on those Senators that didn't respond to you. Yes, they are busy and I chuckled about your bribe comment, but, you know we the constituents who vote them in office or keep them in office. Some of these people REALLY SERIOUSLY NEED to RETIRE! Good job, Mr. Beat!
Senator Merkley is one of the most genuine people I've ever seen. Always takes time to speak and answer questions for the press, his constituents, and even folks that he doesn't directly represent. A very humble guy, would love to meet him and have a conversation with him some day. Also loved the video from Senator Booker, he addressed you, your comments, and even your viewers in a video when he could have just written a personalized letter. Took the time and went the extra mile, love to see it.
I wrote back in 2020 to the junior Senator of my state, Shelly Moore-Capito. I was urging her to vote against the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, due to the fact that her party leaders stated "we don't fill Supreme Court seats during election years". She wrote me back basically a copypasta email, about how the Senate has a duty to confirm her, ya know the normal stuff. I was then added to her email list without my consent. After about the 10th email I wrote her back stating that I wished to be removed from her newsletter, and if I did receive another email from her office, I would be flagging the rest as spam. Well sure enough a few days later I received another newsletter and just like I said I flagged any future ones as spam. From time to time when I check my spam email I see about 2-3 emails from her office. Quite sad that they'll put you on an email list without your consent, then when you ask to be removed they wont acknowledge it.