‘This Feels Like a Repeat’: Republicans Try To Get A Handle On Their Town Hall Problem
www.huffpost.com
Downplaying town hall rage is a storied tradition in Washington and something that has boded poorly for the party in power.

Summary

House Republicans face heated town halls as voters protest Trump and Elon Musk’s government cuts, echoing past backlashes in 2009 and 2017.

While GOP leaders downplay the outrage, some members consider avoiding town halls or controlling the format.

Activist groups like Indivisible are mobilizing, pushing Democrats to engage and staging “empty chair” events if Republicans refuse to meet voters.

Despite mixed public opinion on Musk’s reforms, GOP strategists aim to sell their policies, hoping the protests subside before the next election cycle.

  • @dragontamerEnglish
    4•1 day ago

    The prison camps will take years to build. The current plan is to send people to Guantanamo Bay, which literally doesn’t have enough room to make a dent in our protests.

    The ideal is to wait long enough to convince the maximum number of dumbass MAGAts that they’ve been tricked by Trump. This number is smaller than people expect, but its not 0%. I’m already seeing some questions being posed in my Republican circles (ie: “Why isn’t Trump more focused on these Federal cuts?”) but not the right questions (ex: “Why is Trump so dumb??”).

    So the current environment is to our political advantage. We need to move before things reach the concentration camp or authoritarian stages of course, but we have some degree of time to work with.

    • NoneOfUrBusiness
      1•1 day ago

      The prison camps will take years to build.

      The prison camps will take years to build (or not; never underestimate humanity’s capacity for cruelty), but they don’t need to be there for the new Gestapo to wreak havoc on Americans. Hitler definitely didn’t need to wait for years.

      • @dragontamerEnglish
        4•1 day ago

        Hitler relied upon the Reichstag fire to sieze power.

        The Nazis were the specific kind of political entity to judo-reverse protesters and “prove” to the public that it was the Communist opposition who were truly the enemy. As the German public demonized the Communists, the Fascists gained in power weeks after Hitler took power.

        The opposite is happening here: ever so slightly, public opinion is turning against Elon Musk (maybe not Trump yet, but DOGE is becoming a toxic word right now). A leftist “attack” in these times could consolidate the right much like the Reichstag fire did (or for a more American example: the two assassination attempts on Trump only allowed his side to grow stronger).