Unmarked wooden ballot box with visible slot

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Gabrielle Giffords

I’m asking citizens to go to their offices and say: You’ve disappointed me, and there will be consequences.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker urges citizens to express disappointment directly and make clear that it will have consequences. The proposed message joins criticism to accountability: an unsatisfactory performance should affect what happens next. The words call for participation without specifying exactly what those consequences will be.

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