Summary
Rep. Chuck Edwards’ North Carolina town hall erupted in chaos as constituents furiously protested DOGE, a Trump administration initiative tied to mass federal job cuts and Elon Musk’s growing influence.
Attendees, including laid-off government workers, jeered at Edwards over employment losses and reduced federal funding.
Constituents raised concerns about federal job cuts affecting veterans’ services, national parks, and Hurricane Helene recovery efforts.
Edwards struggled to respond but remained unfazed. The GOP downplayed the unrest, calling it staged, though independent voters like veteran Martin Downie say they feel directly targeted by their own government.
This was a fun one to watch. Edwards said that he was proud to vote for the budget resolution and was booed hard. He smiled in response, like a goddamn sociopath, further enraging the people. A veteran stood up, shouted louder than the crowd and was forcibly removed by police. At the end of the town hall, Edwards hid inside the building for almost an hour, waiting for the crowd to disperse. Not only were they all waiting for him outside, they surrounded his car and made him sit in the center of a parking lot protest for 20 minutes until the police broke it up. Fuck any public servant that refuses to represent their constituency.
If this is the response now, imagine the response when they crash the entire economy. Not a smart thing to do with a heavily armed population.
20 minutes?
It should be 20 fucking days.
Surround his fucking house.
They stayed until the police forced the protesters to allow him passage.
Too bad there isn’t a Dem that could really thrive at this moment of darkness for some good. 2016 Bernie’s messaging would connect now more than ever but that time has passed. I’m glad Republican voters are mad, even if I bet it is just because they are being affected too, not really mad about the harm.
Too bad there isn’t a Dem that could really thrive at this moment of darkness for some good.
AOC seems to be having a moment. And Bernie seems to be in the recruitment phase for something, at least I hope he is.
And Bernie seems to be in the recruitment phase for something, at least I hope he is.
Don’t expect much from Bernie on that front. He’s a good progressive Senator, but he’ll never actually lead a progressive movement. I don’t know if he doesn’t have it in him anymore or if he’s just not that kind of guy, but Bernie works a lot better as a symbol than as a leader.
Bernie is trying real hard to keep it up, but I’m leaning towards the former. I think he’s just worn out now, he just hops on to whatever he’s invited to, pivots to whatever his most important message is at the moment, does that laugh of his at a few comments and gets out of there.
