In Conversation: Rep. Suzanne Bonamici ‘Not Giving Up’ During Trump 2.0
July 16, 2025
Donald Trump mobilized a record-number of Americans across voting blocs in 2024. Now, Trump 2.0 appears to be galvanizing an equally impressive opposition. Constituent engagement with the congressional office of Rep. Suzanne Bonamici in the form of calls, emails and letters has increased two to threefold since the days of Joe Biden.
The longest-serving of Oregon’s six U.S. representatives, Bonamici — a Democrat serving Oregon’s first district — is also the only one in office during the first Trump administration. She says the experience prepared her for what she calls Trump’s absurd excesses. But she admits she wasn’t prepared for the extent of it.