Many of the readers on this site will have had the experience of taking on the local GOP hacks in county government. My experience has been that they try to bully you by acting condescending as if you have no idea what you are talking about. What I have found is effective is when one has done one’s homework and reciting back to them what their actual voting record is. They generally start to look like a deer in the headlights and usually quickly run for cover.  read more…  https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/9/10/1697491/-Local-PA-activist-Katie-Muth-takes-on-anti-women-s-health-commissioner-publicly-and-wins