Summary.
Laid off federal employees, furious constituents, and comparisons to the Tea Party era highlight Republicans’ week back home.
Republican lawmakers faced anger at town halls over Trump and Musk’s sweeping firings at agencies like the CDC, as well as potential Social Security cuts. Voters questioned layoffs at the CDC and National Nuclear Security Administration, while some GOP officials suggested AI could replace federal workers.
“We’re pissed!” one attendee shouted, amid demands for congressional oversight.
The White House insists it’s “a few critics,” but polls show rising unease. Republicans risk political fallout next midterm if they fail to tie cuts to economic relief.
People need to just start shouting “recall” at these people
And yes I knoe you can’t recall them but I’m not sure they don’t know that 🤣
It’s so funny. They think there will be mid terms.
Too little, too late.
I’ll believe in an intelligent Republican when they stop voting against their own interests.
Yup. Americans voted for malicious, oligarchy Republicans, they got malicious, oligarchy Republicans and the damage is permanent now. Hope everyone in America likes being sick and dead with bird flu because there’s no CDC left to help.
But will the “critics” vote for someone else? I have my doubts.
That’s the thing isn’t it? Far too many people seem to NOT really learn lasting lessons about just who and what the redcaps are. Far too many make it an identity thing, no matter what the redcaps in power do to harm them: “I voted for Republicans, but I didn’t expect this to happen” seems to be a common refrain.
It might be acceptable if they were 18-20 kind of age range, but I hear this kind of thing from people way, way older than that.
How can we further rile up the dimwits against their overlords?
Why is NBC withholding the more provocative questions being asked at this town hall?
That’s not even provocative. That guy, and any rep allowing all this to happen, should be uneasy and uncomfortable when speaking to the public. Nothing will change when they smile like that at these meetings. The states aren’t getting any rights, they’re losing them.
I don’t even disagree with his answer, but what actually counts is your voting record, you smug motherfucker
We all know what the redcap answer to this problem will be.
It will be: no more town halls. Or if they do have town halls, there will be loyalty tests given to any would-be attendees…
significantly fewer critics than seems appropriate
