House Republicans hit the brakes on town halls after blowback over Trump's cuts
House Republicans hit the brakes on town halls after blowback over Trump's cuts
A number of Republican lawmakers faced significant pushback in their home districts over Trump and Elon Musk's slashing of the federal government.
So yeah, the GOP method of handling the situation is as follows:
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Employ the Trump method: Don't hold town halls at all. No town halls = no angry voters. No angry voters = problem doesn't exist! taps head
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If you must hold town halls, either do them online where dissenting voices can easily be silenced by a mute button, or make sure they're invite-only so the only people that are allowed to enter are those who support Trump's position.
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Blame any other dissention on "Democrat agitators".
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There are more of us than there are of them.
And it seems like, suddenly, they realize that.
They know. They just don't care, because nobody has the balls for a jan 6.
Jan 6 was planned for MONTHS ahead of time, by a group that already had a wide and organized network of radical agitators. It took years for those groups to get to where they were to pull Jan 6 off. And it still failed. The left doesn't have anywhere close to that level of organization anymore. They used to exist in the labor unions and civil rights groups but the government has systemically targeted and destroyed them. It takes time to rebuild that organization. It's not a matter of "balls".
If they won't make themselves available to you, go to where they are. They have local offices, cars, homes.
We have a constitutional right of the people to petition the government for a redress of grievances. It is not specific what that petition for redress is. Be creative.
Whoa, these people are really angry at what we're doing... Let's keep doing it and just stop listening to them!
They're doubling down on a coup
They have to be killed to be stopped
Fucking cowards.
This should be a red flag for Trump voters, but they won't see it as such. They'll just bend over and keep taking it.
The democrats don't really treat their voters any better. Run a losing campaign and ask for donations the morning after. We need legit third party options.
#FDT
THIS should be a red flag? Sorry but what is this compared to the 1000 previous things he did/said? They do not care. You/we are the enemy to them, because that is what their sources tell them. Breaking this cycle is obviously not a matter of calling then dumb or making fun of them. The same way getting over a gambling addiction.
I think that was literally the point they were making. Agreed, though, that breaking the cycle is the most important approach. When a healthcare CEO got got, they initially celebrated it. I think they were reachable in that moment, but right-wing media chastised them, and in about 5 days or so, the murmurs in the halls started reverted to talking points.
My incorrigible Trumper mom got shook when I told her they're coming for her social security and VA benefits. Then I started sending her stories about it. Right on time, they fire a bunch of folks in Social Security and she actually said "I would need to rethink supporting him"
I guess everyone is Antifa now
To the surprise of no-one, when Nazi's find resistance from democracy, they will abandon democracy, not Nazism.
Called it. These pussies would either have jackbooted thugs evicting anyone getting uppity, have some "vetting" process involving loyalty tests for entry, or they'd just nope out entirely, is what I figured.
When you already have to cut off townhall EXPECTING to have viral clips of people rightfully telling you off... isn't that already as bad?
They don't want to hear from their constituents about how it's affecting them?
Fearing the angry mob and a known/timed location intersecting with one highly desperate, pushed to the limit individual, probably.
High odds town halls won’t be a thing going forward. What’s also high odds is this is only the beginning of pushing the masses to the edge of the unknown (what they’re capable of). I greatly dislike this timeline.