Summary

Protesters at a Kootenai County Republican Central Committee town hall in Idaho were forcibly removed after criticizing Trump policies, including the Elon Musk-led DOGE.

Event organizers dismissed their concerns, with one emcee saying, “Your voice is meaningless.”

Similar protests occurred in Georgia and Oklahoma, where Republicans faced criticism over mass layoffs.

Lawsuits have been filed against the administration over the legality of these dismissals.

  • @[email protected]
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    1213 hours ago

    Sounds like what they’re saying is that the normal methods of voicing dissatisfaction are not going to be effective, and we need to shift focus to other, more extreme, extrajudicial solutions, instead?

    • Billiam
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      933 hours ago

      ❌ Soap Box
      ❌ Ballot Box
      🔳 Jury Box
      🔳 Ammo Box

      • @breadsmasher
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        333 hours ago

        i am pretty sure the jury box is pointless at this point. how many crimes has VP trump been convicted for?

      • Match!!
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        253 minutes ago

        🔳 time clock box. unionize and strike immediately. or at least before resorting to violence

        • Billiam
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          I feel that falls under “soap box”: using a platform to convince others that your cause is morally right and the government should listen to you.

    • @[email protected]
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      433 hours ago

      Sounds like it to me.

      John F. Kennedy: ‘Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.’

      • Dojan
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        03 hours ago

        Has there ever been a peaceful revolution? I can’t think of any. Rights are taken from the oppressors, not given by them.

        • @dragontamer
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          42 hours ago

          Ghandi. MLK Civil Rights. Rosa Park.

          • @Jumpingspiderman
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            114 minutes ago

            Gandhi, murdered. MLK, murdered. Bobby Kennedy, murdered. Medgar Evers, murdered. Need I go on?

        • partial_accumen
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          41 hour ago

          Has there ever been a peaceful revolution? I can’t think of any.

          Well, yes there has been. It was so peaceful its historically even called the “Velvet Revolution” where the people of Czechoslovakia decided equally and peacefull to split into two countries, the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic (Slovakia). source

    • @meeeeetch
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      73 hours ago

      Ehh, they’re laying off the entire administrative side of the government. Should make it relatively easy to set up parallel power structures. What are they gonna do, send the cops they didn’t pay this month to arrest you and your collaborators?

    • @foggy
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      I’ma Luigi. I’ma number one.

    • SatansMaggotyCumFart
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      Don’t you see that this is exactly what they want to impose violent crackdowns on violent protesters?

      Right now is basically ride it out until the 2026 midterms and hope people actually show up to vote this time.

      • @[email protected]
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        72 hours ago

        If you believe they’re going to let an election happen without it being rigged to hell and back, I’ve got a bridge to sell you.

      • HeadfullofSoup
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        52 hours ago

        2026 midterm won’t happen without a violent revolution and the longuer it’s take to start the more violent it’s going to be.

        US are a the point where only a civil war will get thing back on track

        • Optional
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          22 hours ago

          Should have voted last time.

          • HeadfullofSoup
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            62 hours ago

            I agree violence should never be the answer but when the people in charge control everything from justice to every part of gouvernement little choice remain

            • SatansMaggotyCumFart
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              11 hour ago

              How many guns do you have where you think you can take on ‘every part of the government?’.

              Violence isn’t the answer but voting the next chance you have is.

              More people should have voted in 2024 and this wouldn’t be a problem.

              • @Jumpingspiderman
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                211 minutes ago

                You don’t take on every part of the government dumbass. Insurgencies aren’t like that.

                • SatansMaggotyCumFart
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                  I agree violence should never be the answer but when the people in charge control everything from justice to every part of gouvernement little choice remain

                  This is the comment I was replying to.

          • @Jumpingspiderman
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            411 minutes ago

            Tell that to those rescued from the Nazi death camps, and the enslaved people freed from bondage by the Civil War.

            • SatansMaggotyCumFart
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              Remember it used to be the rule that the conversation was over once someone mentioned Nazis?

      • @Jumpingspiderman
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        212 minutes ago

        Hope the elections will be reasonably free and reasonably fair.

  • Laser
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    293 hours ago

    Yeah, they dont care about any of you. They have been elected. They dont plan on having other elections in the future. Your voice is meaningless

  • Rentlar
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    You voted Trump in to screw yourselves, now scram! - Republicans

  • @eran_morad
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    One of these days, these guys are going to get their cunts kicked in.

  • djsoren19
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    93 hours ago

    Oh wow, the predictable thing is happening? But I was told the Republican voters just needed to get angry and call their representatives! Don’t worry guys, I’m sure the next plan to electorally save ourselves from fascism will work!

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    Bejarana then defended the removal, accusing protesters of attempting to “filibuster” the event as he continued talking about DOGE. “We’ve got to be a little aggressive with some of these folks here,” he said. “Your voice is meaningless right now.…I can talk over all of you.”

    Newsweek has reached out to Bejarana via for comment on Sunday.

    The confrontational approach drew criticism from many in attendance. “Is this a town hall or a lecture?” one woman yelled amid the uproar, according to Coeur d’Alene Press.

    While it’s unclear what exactly the protesters were opposing, KCRCC has since posted a statement to Facebook explaining that Borrenpohl, who allegedly belongs to Save NIC, a social welfare nonprofit organization, “alongside at least five other recognized activists from local progressive circles—including two fellow ‘Save NIC’ members—shouted down legislators with insults like ‘bigots’ and ‘liars’ throughout the meeting, drowning out attempts at dialogue.”

    “attempts at dialogue”. Right.

  • Tony Bark
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    113 hours ago

    People who protested Democrats are now telling protesters their protests are meaningless?

    • @SupraMario
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      Who would’ve thought that the fascist wouldn’t allow protests… remember though the dems are just as bad…cause gaza.

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    with one emcee

    Did they mean MC? The abbreviation for “Master of Ceremonies?” Was this written by AI?

    Edit: NVM I just forgot about the abbreviation policy! Silly me.

  • @NocturnalMorning
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    These people just don’t know when to quit. We used to show up to the owner classes house in the middle of the night and bludgeon them to death with an angry mob. They seem to forget this was the deal for people to stop doing that.