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Is Sen. Patty Murray listening to voters?

I learned, early in my union days, to be a good listener. To be successful at a grievance you have to have all the facts and all the opinions and you can’t gather this important information if you are not listening.

It’s part of her job. Sen. Murray has been a good listener in the past but what happened? She won’t listen to her constituents on the TPP.

She won’t listen to voters, in her own party, in her own state, in regards to her super-delegate pledge. Has she stopped listening altogether?

Being a senator requires that she listens to her constituents. How else is she going to effectively represent the people she swore to serve?

I think Sen. Murray better start listening. I think Sen. Murray better start doing her job. I can no longer accept Sen. Murray’s apparent deafness on issues that affect all Washingtonians.

Storm is coming.

This story was originally published April 1, 2016 at 2:18 PM with the headline "Is Sen. Patty Murray listening to voters?."

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