Political Town Halls Across The Country Are Getting Hostile As Fuck
Many Congressional members have returned to their home districts during a Congressional Recess. While there, they’re holding town halls; thus, at those town halls, their constituents are getting their first opportunities to speak up since Donnie took office.
This is how that’s going.
It's not just #CottonTownHall. Town halls across the country are erupting as constituents hold their reps accountable: pic.twitter.com/23ulGxfHY8
— Fusion (@Fusion) February 23, 2017
“No ban, no wall, Amer-ic-a has room for all” is a shit chant. Crap.
DO YOUR JOB, more reps pissig off constituents at town halls pic.twitter.com/6zfIqgwpZE
— Millennial Democrats (@Millennial_Dems) February 22, 2017
Uhhh hey politicians…
#NoDaysOff here it is! you're telling me you're 100% sure he's not a robot?! he was just stuck in a loop pic.twitter.com/tICqwe5azp
— Barstool IWU (@BarstoolIWU) February 7, 2017
More…
Crowd at @BillCassidy's townhall is getting worked up and he's not even here yet pic.twitter.com/xatOytE3nq
— john r stanton (@dcbigjohn) February 22, 2017
Sen. Ernst chickens out of her Iowa town hall early. Her constituents tell her she works for them and this will be her last term. #democracy pic.twitter.com/XmZswWX45I
— SeriouslyUS? (@USseriously) February 21, 2017
Mitch McConnell getting yelled at by a constituent deserved the perfect musical accompaniment. (By @MattBinder) pic.twitter.com/Dbc9pdh0n5
— CAFE (@cafedotcom) February 22, 2017
Inside the most memorable GOP town hall moments https://t.co/m0o24r9IPo pic.twitter.com/BgkU5K2bei
— CNN (@CNN) February 23, 2017
Notably, both Robert Gibbs in 2009 and Sean Spicer in 2017 have cited “manufactured” anger at town halls.
WH press secretaries Robert Gibbs and Sean Spicer both decried “manufactured” anger at town halls over health care, in August 2009 and today pic.twitter.com/B8b3uSgeFr
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) February 22, 2017
And this Michael Tracey dude always finds a way to pushback at the outrage machine.
These Democratic town halls in San Diego have been 99% white. That's not a criticism, but I know it'd be pointed out at a right-wing event. pic.twitter.com/owtqbFT3ID
— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) February 23, 2017
Not a terrible point. And not wildly uncommon for constituents to be upset with their representation, especially in the rocky period following a transition of power, but interesting nonetheless.