The few lawmakers who held town halls this summer faced voters furious with Republicans about Trump's agenda and with Democrats for not doing enough to fight back.

The few lawmakers who held town halls this summer faced voters furious with Republicans about Trump’s agenda and with Democrats for not doing enough to fight back.

With political tensions running high, the vast majority of congressional lawmakers steered clear of town halls this summer. The handful who entered the lion’s den were met with boos, jeers and tense confrontations.

President Donald Trump and the Republicans may have full control of Washington, but protesters spared neither political party. At 25 town halls across the country that were viewed or attended by NBC News this summer, voters pressured Democrats to deploy more aggressive tactics as they battle Trump and took them to task over the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

Meanwhile, Republicans faced hostile crowds over their support for Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” his nationwide immigration crackdown and Trump’s deployment of federal forces to Washington, D.C., in what he has called an effort to crack down on crime.

  • BussyGyatt@feddit.orgEnglish
    7·
    2 days ago

    i voted for harris in a gerrymandered district. i didn’t have a vote; i feel distinctly disenfranchised as a matter of fact. edit: guess the state.

      • BussyGyatt@feddit.orgEnglish
        52·
        2 days ago

        between gerrymandering, fraudulent fraud claims, last-minute roll drops, mail-in ‘challenges’, a coup, failure to enforce existing voter rights laws (and i could go on for some time in this vein i believe, and provide evidence at request for each of these), dont you feel there might be some suppressed turnout rather than simply low turnout? don’t you feel there might be some legitimate claims to election tampering that might not have to do with directly interfering with the vote tally?

        also i got no problem with you particularly smcf. i wasn’t part of the downvotes here, i stepped away to listen to some music about an hour ago and i came back to that person telling you to shut up and i want you to know that from my perspective we are having a respectful exchange of opinions, no hard feelings here for making a valid observation about lazy complacent voting habits in american voters, nor for the unstated criticism lurking behind “That’s great.”

      • thedruid@lemmy.world
        42·
        2 days ago

        Would you shut up? That’s done. We need to deal with now. Exactly what is your comment supposed to do? It helps with ZERO. What l, you want to sit and smuglybtell everyone your right? Congrats. You and millions of others. Now shut up. Pretty please

        • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
          33·
          2 days ago

          Exactly what is your comment supposed to do?

          It blames people who weren’t 100% on board with genocide in the hopes that they’ll shut up forever.

          • thedruid@lemmy.world
            24·
            2 days ago

            So your answer is to be an asshole?

            Nothing good ever came from being an Asshole.

            Nice deleting of your previous answers. Don’t b a dick.

            • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
              22·
              2 days ago

              So your answer is to be an asshole?

              If you think I have been insufficiently civil to genocide supporters, report me.

              Nice deleting of your previous answers. Don’t b a dick.

              What are you talking about?

      • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
        33·
        2 days ago

        i didn’t have a vote; i feel distinctly disenfranchised as a matter of fact.

        That’s great.

        centrism manifest.