Summary
Democrats are holding town halls in Republican districts, highlighting GOP lawmakers’ absence by leaving empty chairs on stage.
Wisconsin Rep. Mark Pocan hosted a town hall with an empty chair for absent Republican Derrick Van Orden, drawing 300 attendees in a town of 4,500.
Democratic Gov. Tim Walz, Kamala Harris’ former running mate, has also held events in GOP areas, calling Elon Musk a “dipshit” and a “South African nepo baby.”
Republicans, facing backlash over Trump’s federal program cuts, have avoided in-person events, citing disruptive protests. Democrats, including Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, are hosting events nationwide, while the DNC plans billboards urging constituents to demand town halls.
How about Schumer, anyone force him to grow a spine yet? They going to throw shade about not representing constituents they should tread lightly.
Hell I called both my NY senators and told them they lost my votes and I’ll welcome any primary challenger.
Why do people think republicans care at all about this? Or that republicans voters will suddenly start having a problem with this?
I think that’s the issue–the current ‘Republicans’ in the Executive Office don’t give a single shit if any of the smaller Republicans can ever return to their home districts. They are plundering all the bank vaults of government and keeping as much as they can for themselves. It’s a party made up of powerful narcissists–the only thing keeping any of them in check is the greater power of other narcissists. They will eat each other once they’ve eaten all of us.
The issue with any of this is that we’re assuming that we’ll have another election in four years, and I’m not so sure about that.
Hope? Belief that we are still all people at the end of the carnage?
Republicans have been this way for 30 years, if not longer. How can anyone still have hope they’re going to change? Especially when this attitude has basically gotten them everything they want.
Maybe I should visit the congressional gym. Apparently they act like ordinary people there.
Especially when this attitude has basically gotten them everything they want.
Has it though?
Are you not aware that they have control of the entire federal government and most of the states?
Right, but have the voters actually gotten what they wanted, policy-wise?
No, and they never do. But that doesn’t stop them from voting Republican.
They fall in line, not in love. They’re never not going to vote Republican.
I know several people who have voted republican and now vote democrat
In every town hall that republicans cancel, the democratic challengers should host one instead. Same place. Same time.
As usual, the Democrats pat themselves in the back after achieving fuck all.
