'We're pissed!': Angry constituents confront DOGE-backing GOP rep at chaotic town hall
'We're pissed!': Angry constituents confront DOGE-backing GOP rep at chaotic town hall
Rich McCormick was met with boos and jeers as "hundreds of critics" reportedly let him have it at the Georgia town hall event.
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.
Right wing politicians operate on leverage.
These people gave them the keys in exchange for hearing what they wanted.
They no longer have leverage as far as the politician is concerned, so he's done telling them what they want to hear.
History repeats again
It would be nice to have the ablity to trigger a representative recall
Pretty sure that's how right and left politicians work. I'm not saying it's a good thing, that's just generally how politics works now that impeachment means nothing, especially when people have such short memories.
Nah that's just the both sides fallacy, but it sounds like you're operating from a US perspective, so I can see why you think this.
Reminder that Liberalism is also a right-wing ideology, it's just a bit more socially centrist than conservatism. You don't really have much of a left-wing voice in US politics at all, beyond a couple of politicians, I'm afraid.
Actual left wing politicians are guided by ideology to primarily benefit the greatest number of people with their policy.
Right wing politicians are guided by ideology to primarily benefit those holding the greatest amount of capital with their policy.
Pretty much everything else follows from that.
Oh bullshit. Next election they’ll line up and vote red down the ballot just like they always do. They’re fools & cowards.
Next election? Kings don't need elections. The "president" declared himself over every intentionally independent entity created by Congress. They all report to him now... So "election" spending, controlled by him. What's allowed, controlled by him, what is allowed to air on television/media, only allowed by him. No media company can speak against him or they can legally be shut down and arrested because he and his attorney general alone can decide what is illegally performed by the media.
So I wonder how many of these angry voters were Republicans.
Because it's clear that absolutely nothing will change while R voters continue to cheer Trump on.
BUT ALSO:
I love that they quoted this bit. Of course this motherfucker is stupid enough to say AI can replace CDC jobs; he doesn't even know the meaning of the words he's using. Though duplicitous is a great word for Republicans to learn, since it describes every last fucking one.
McCormick — who recently made headlines when he suggested that children taking part in school lunch programs “sponge off the government” — argued that “a lot of the work” done by probationary employees at the CDC “is duplicitous with AI.”
The school lunch stuff fucks me up.
I got booted from free lunch when my mom remarried and my step dad made too much. They didn’t want to pay for my lunch/buy food for me to pack, so I just didn’t eat. Sometimes I’d find some dimes in the vending machines and could get like a Vitamin water or something.
Like yeah, my family could have afforded to pay, and they probably should have been made to pay, but if school is mandatory then feeding you should be too.
I’d get dizzy and feel sick by the end of the day. I still struggle with disordered eating.
Anyone against feeding children is a monster.
Glad I'm not the only one who did a double take for duplicitous.
It's like they all had anemia and forget that Trump was running the country into the he ground pre-COVID. But COVID gave them all something to "own the libs" while millions of them claimed their Darwin Award. Not sure how any of them could truly believe he was going to do better for them this time around, when this time they even released their game plan ( Project 2025) before the election.
argued that “a lot of the work” done by probationary employees at the CDC “is duplicitous with AI.”
Holy jesus fuck we're doomed.
May he face a local peaceful January 6th style protest from his base soon.
Good! Get mad and in their faces! Let them know their jobs are at stake as well here. Let them know you are mad at their actions, and shame them for selling the American people like that.
The problem is that for most of them, the next step is to vote them right back into office.
Waaahhh!! They got what they wanted. I wonder how many of these people are part of the 65% that voted in this pile of garbage...
Probably a handful. But 35% of a congressional district is (in the lowest population district, which this one isn't) is 190,780 people. You can easily get a small town community center full of people who voted against him and didn't ask for any of this.
Fair enough.
They got exactly what they voted for, and now they complain? Idiots.
Are you sure they voted for him? Georgia, especially that area, is kinda purple.
His district was 65-35, so not very purple.
- IDF talking about Palestinians probably
I guess good for them for getting pissed, but you fucking jerk offs voted for this.
Anger without action is irrelevant.
They don't care how angry people are because they know they will do nothing other than complain.
this ai will fix everything line. ai can help increase productivity but places have been understaffed so severely before it that there is no real room to get savings. at best it could bring quality back up to somewhat decent using 2023 staffing levels.
"Yeah, but what if add in quantum computing?" -redcap politico, probably
Royally pissed?
Meanwhile NBC brought this up then showed footage of people clapping at this asshats town hall. Totally trying play it has if everyone was happy and agreed with what he was saying.