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- atlanta
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- atlanta
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.
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.
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.
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.
A better approach would be to give them safe harbor.
If they feel they will be forever cast adrift, who do you think they’ll vote for next time?
What do you suggest we do then?
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.
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.
If they did all that, they’d be part of the solution. Surely that matters?