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Republican Rep’s Town Hall Goes Sideways as Voters Demand Impeachment

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This seems to be happening at the town halls with the few who have the balls to have a town hall in person. Every single one of them gets roasted by their constituents which is why the rnc didn't want them to hold them in person. Doesn't look good when your own constituents are raising hell about the party.

Republican Rep’s Town Hall Goes Sideways as Voters Demand Impeachment​



On Monday, Representative Doug LaMalfa of California became the latest Republican to face furious constituents, at an in-person town hall in Chico.

Many Republicans haven’t held such events for months—GOP leaders advised lawmakers to avoid them earlier this year—so the handful who’ve decided to break the advised embargo in recent weeks have endured fierce confrontations with their constituents.

But LaMalfa hasn’t appeared in Chico for an in-person town hall for much longer than that: Before Monday, it had reportedly been eight years since his previous one in town, as Chico City Councilmember Katie Hawley noted early in the event. At that point, LaMalfa had already been berated by the audience, including with shouts of “No fascism in America!” and “You need to be impeached!”

Republican Rep’s Town Hall Goes Sideways as Voters Demand Impeachment

Representative Doug LaMalfa went against his party leadership’s advice and held a town hall. It didn’t go as planned.
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It would be easier to get an audience with Pope Leo than with my Representative Virginia Foxx. Pretty much unless you have maxed out your political contributions to her, you have zero chance of even seeing her, let alone talking to her.
 
Safiel said:
It would be easier to get an audience with Pope Leo than with my Representative Virginia Foxx. Pretty much unless you have maxed out your political contributions to her, you have zero chance of even seeing her, let alone talking to her.
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My rep, Pat Ryan is very good.
 
I don't know.....maybe redistricting won't be necessary for CA to go completely blue next year.
 
Wait for it folks, the excuses will be coming soon................

Since this happened in California it was liberal activists (NOT constituents) that did the protesting to make Republicans look bad.

Anyone taking bets?
 
What? No American flag pin?
 
Here's the actual video. It's less than 2 minutes. RePubes have actually picked up on Fascism. Go figure.

 

The New Republic with an opinion.

Democrats are all over these republican town halls playing their games.
 
roberthughey said:
The New Republic with an opinion.

Democrats are all over these republican town halls playing their games.
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Looks like news reporting to me:

...Multiple people voiced concerns about SNAP and Medicaid cuts under the plan—with one pointing out that people in the area depend on those services to “help keep them alive.” Another common cause of concern was Israel’s war on Gaza, on which LaMalfa maintained a staunch, pro-Israel stance.

Trump’s efforts to defund PBS and NPR also elicited outrage from the attendees. LaMalfa responded to one such comment with, “Well, the people have many, many choices to receive media,” only to be met with resounding boos.

Another resident expressed concern about Trump’s tariffs. “Article 1, Section 8 talks about the power of Congress to regulate foreign trade,” he said. “It doesn’t say anything about the president unilaterally creating tariffs.”

Several in attendance also registered their worries about public education under Trump. LaMalfa, for his part, suggested that the more pressing issue regarding public schools is that they need “to be focused on what the children really need”—the so-called three R’s: reading, writing, and arithmetic—instead of on “ancillary things” like “climate change” and “LGB.”

A particularly interesting question came toward the tail end of the event, when a resident asked if LaMalfa supports the ongoing GOP attempt to gerrymander Texas in order to tilt Congress in his party’s favor. The move has led California Democrats to propose retaliatory redistricting that could possibly sound the death knell for LaMalfa’s political career.

“Texas shouldn’t be doing that,” LaMalfa said. “California shouldn’t be doing this. This is going to start a grass fire all across the country. Every single state will try to change it based on a political outcome.”...
 
No doubt LaMalfa enjoyed Israel’s targeted assassination of a prominent al Jazeera reporter and four others.
 
roberthughey said:
The New Republic with an opinion.

Democrats are all over these republican town halls playing their games.
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They are town halls. Republicans and Democrats are welcome. Anybody is welcome. Granted, the majority of people who show up arent going to show up to say, "Hey just wanted to say youre doing an excellent job." If they show up they probably have a bone to pick, so this might automatically or inherently mean more Democrats showing up to Rep town halls, or the vice versa. Either way though, an elected representative needs to appeal to all potential voters, and he needs to to deal with concerns. A well prepared politician would be able to answer questions, and a skilled one would be able to 'win over the crowd' and assuage concerns. This guy is neither, appears just to be another AIPAC and special interest whore.
 
rofl.. sure do another impeachment if you get the majority..1 trick pony
 
roberthughey said:
The New Republic with an opinion.

Democrats are all over these republican town halls playing their games.
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I guess the Da'Nile flows through your neighborhood, eh? I hear its overflowing its banks.

Haven't Republicans consistently admonished the Dems for not being able to 'read the room'? It seems that is advice that Trump supporters should take to heart themselves. They seem clueless about what is actually happening in America (hint: they are not warming up to Trump policies).
 
roberthughey said:
The New Republic with an opinion.

Democrats are all over these republican town halls playing their games.
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Once elected a representative represents EVERY constiuent in the district not just the ones who voted for them.
 
anatta said:
rofl.. sure do another impeachment if you get the majority..1 trick pony
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You want an export license? That will cost you 15% or else I'll say it's a national security issue.
 
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