At the beginning of March, Johnson advised his Republican colleagues not to hold town hall meetings, claiming they were giving a “forum” to “professional protesters.”
These idiots are going to find out why peaceful protest exists. The alternative is not very friendly to say the least.
Its looking more and more like thats the GOP plan. Incite an uprising, then they declare martial law where they are free from any check on their power by the courts.
Whats going to be the lynchpin is the GOP will have an army willing to put down Americans en masse.
Or the military command structure fractures and now they have several warring regional or state fractions/civil war, or the military leadership enacts a coup when given illegal orders and either holds executive under military threat or hands control back to the legislature or judicial to hold a special election.
They are unable to see any of these unintended possible consequences of their actions, the same way they are unable to identify irony, or have empathy, or entertain hypotheticals.
holds executive under military threat or hands control back to the legislature or judicial to hold a special election.
With the actual past insurrection supporters currently in control of the legislature and the judiciary, I wonder if this would be the final thing that triggers action on their part to preserve the country, or would they simply hand the reigns of power back to copycats of the ones that fomented the first insurrection.
And every single person is likely armed.
We need to start hosting our own town halls. Invite the fuckers and the media.
I like this idea. What does it look like?
One or two skilled people identify a venue (public high school gym? Public park? Local, non-corporate movie theater? A stadium?) and schedule a date and time?
Come up with a draft agenda to discuss at the meeting, publish it somewhere accessible online, and request comments to consider additions/revisions?
Do the same thing for a meeting ruleset to ensure it remains productive and not just an excuse to suck up oxygen by venting/ranting? Use something like a ‘talking stick’?
Have petitions ready for signature so attendees can formally record their views and desires upon conclusion of the meeting?
Identify 3 or so topics to rally behind and ask for volunteers to lead or serve on committees to act on them?
I want this stuff to be actionable, not just a “someone should do this!” complaint.
I’m not an organizer… I’m naive on how this kind of thing works…but I’d like to be part of an organized movement to make things trend toward better before it gets worse.
Republicans are the Nazi party in America.
It doesn’t help they seem to have a few Vichy-type collaborators on the “opposing” team.
Good use of air bunnies!
The thing is that the Nazi Party had a talented speaker who knew how to talk to the common man and a right hand man who was an expert at propaganda.
I don’t think you understand how idiotic Americans have become. All it takes is an Orange Turd to convince them.
Precisely.
He speaks to Americans.
He is their figurehead, icon, leader, exemplar.
This chant brought to you by the people who voted explicitly to tax the poor in order to give money to the rich. Just two brain cells in the entire goddamn party.
How do you know it was republicans chanting?
Fair point, but I suppose that’s the majority of the population in Columbus Nebraska
Nebraska is actually more blue than you might think. Also, it’s pretty assured that Democrats are showing up to town halls and making their voices heard. They’re EVERYONE’S rep no matter their party affiliation.
I do tend to be suspicious about that these days …… I live in a very blue area but over the last get years we’ve had town halls disrupted by chants to stop protecting our kids from diseases. From people out of our town, including out of state
Wow, that’s infuriating.
Spineless cowards. There are amateur stand up comedians living in their cars and working for beer money who handle hecklers better than these professional public speakers with lifetime Healthcare.
Meanwhile we have people like AOC volunteering to do town halls in Republican districts, just so Republican voters can actually talk to a member of congress.
What a pathetic state of affairs.
Video cut out before he no doubt retorted with some facile, bullshit strawman argument. But you just know that happened.
Yes. Basically his argument was that Biden proposed a millionaire tax, but even that tax (which didn’t pass) would not have solved the problem. So might as well not try or something like that. The question begins at around the 23 minute mark. https://www.youtube.com/live/GW2hRMYVhjQ
The thing is even more ridiculous because the Republicans warned him not to have the town hall and have told their members to only have online town halls or “moderated” chats. So they can keep any dissenting voices out and project an image of everyone loving what they are doing.
Now they are just relegated to calling things like this “democratic operatives” trying to disrupt civil Republican discourse. This isn’t gonna work as well as they think because people know who is hurting them since the Republicans own all the branches right now.
attendees voted Republican? a little cognitive dissonant if so
The district as a whole voted republican, but the attendees are just whoever showed up to the town hall to air grievances, which sounds like it was not republicans.
At least not only Republicans. Republicans may have very well been annoyed at their party, but “tax the rich” is a very Democrat chant.
Fuck around… find out 🤷
Let’s see if the Americans actually have teeth to bare. My guess is no.
lol and watch them vote for these cowards over and over again. 🤦🏽♀️
You love to see it.
The next funding dinner should help them forget about all of that
James Franco in a top hat: “Boo hoo, are the people still deciding?”
Every Republican looks like they pay for sex because no one would touch them otherwise
