'We're Pissed!': Angry Constituents Confront DOGE-Backing GOP Rep At Chaotic Town Hall
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Rich McCormick was met with boos and jeers as "hundreds of critics" reportedly let him have it at the Georgia town hall event.

Summary

Rep. Rich McCormick (R-GA) faced backlash at a town hall in Roswell, Georgia, over his support for Elon Musk and deep federal budget cuts.

Constituents jeered and booed as McCormick defended layoffs at the CDC, arguing AI makes some jobs redundant.

Attendees criticized the cuts as rushed and extreme, chanting “shame” and accusing him of harming local communities.

The heated event echoed past voter outrage at town halls, with some Republicans avoiding similar meetings after Trump’s first term began in 2017.

    • Treczoks@lemmy.world
      81·
      1 day ago

      They can confront their local head idiot as much as they like. They could hang him from the next tree, if they want. They still are the root cause of the problem, though.

      • smokin_shinobi@lemmy.world
        172·
        1 day ago

        We need to embrace the people that are realizing they have made a mistake instead of vilifying them. We are all in this nightmare together and the only way out is for the rational to work together.

        • Treczoks@lemmy.world
          1·
          8 hours ago

          So we should embrace people who f=ing caused that? Them realizing they made a mistake will not matter if the current government will make voting against them even harder or even impossible.

        • Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works
          5·
          1 day ago

          Can’t share your optimism. I believe there is one strong bond that unifies what we now call Republicans and it’s a frightened pathetic hateful bigotry. Even when our goals might happen to align on details like this, I will never stand by their side. Fuck them, fuck them, fuck them.

          • smokin_shinobi@lemmy.world
            51·
            24 hours ago

            If we can’t unite as a rational citizenry then we have no chance at making things better. We are all angry but if you want to fix it you have to start somewhere. I’d say the people that were trapped in propaganda cycles and are now realizing it are a really good place to start.