Republicans are stopping their town hall events.

[kentuck]

They have not been going the way they planned.

They have become very confrontational and accusatory for the elected Republicans.

People scream at them. "Do your job!"

They are feeling the heat of their constituency. Their power is threatened by the people they purportedly represent.

And to think, the consequences of their cuts and illegal activities have not yet begun to be felt by most of their supporters.

Who will they blame?

The Constitution does not give any one person the right to create their own budget or make their own cuts without the debate and input of Congress. They are indulging in an illegal and unconstitutional act.

However, it could be a long time before the Courts rule upon it.

[Lovie777]

1. Cowards..................

[newdeal2]

2. They'll be spending more time in DC

Acting as a rubber stamp for Elon and Trump in exchange for protection.

[Ninga]

3. Maybe we need to visit the offices of judges to

admonish them to do THEIR jobs!

[bucolic_frolic]

4. What's the RepubliCoward Afraid Of??? In every district. We need to be loud!

Let's Go, Krasnov!

[OrangeJoe]

8. Democratic members town halls

Every elected Democrat, both federal and state, need to hold town halls and challenge the Rs to do the same.

[serbbral]

42. Exactly!

This is what I said in another thread. This is a great opportunity for Dems to hold MANY town hall meetings! Go into red areas also.

[InstantGratification]

49. "Go into red areas also."

Exactly this. I said down thread that Dems don't need to just hold town halls. Hold them in the home districts of Republicans, especially the ones who are refusing to hold town halls because of the negative reactions they're getting from constituents. I'll flesh that idea out a little more:

Identify the Rs that are skipping town halls. Have Dems that sit on the same committees hold town halls in the conservative districts. Specifically tell the crowds:

"Your representative won't attend a town hall here, because he knows you are pissed at what is going on. He is AFRAID of you! Yes, I am a Democrat. Yes, you elected a Republican. HE IS NOT HERE, BUT I AM! Remember that a Democrat WHO IS NOT RUNNING FOR OFFICE IN THIS DISTRICT came here! I am here to HEAR YOU! I will MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD! I sit on the same committee as him and I will take video from this town hall and play your reaction here in that committee. HE WILL HEAR YOUR VOICE!"

Can you imagine the pressure that would put on the Rs? It would scare the bejesus out of them. Some of them would have to flip and start voting against this shit and if not, we would have some campaign gold for next year.

[OrangeJoe]

64. Do it yourself

If you can’t get a committee member, their time is very limited, do it yourself. Get a public space, set up an empty chair (or better yet place a rubber chicken in the chair with a name tag) and open up the floor. Make sure you have media cover it.

[4catsmom]

65. it would be a good opportunity for them

get some attention away from Republican congressman for a change

[durablend]

5. "Damned Antifa plants crashing our town halls!"

[LetMyPeopleVote]

6. Hiding from the public sounds like a great 2026 re-election strategy for Republicans

Link to tweet

[bluestarone]

7. Time for Democrats to step forward and

CHALLENGE these bastards to town hall debates, for the next two years!! It's their WEAK spot!!! Take advantage of this NOW!!

[InstantGratification]

10. Not just challenge them to debates

Democrats need to GO TO REPUBLICAN DISTRICTS and hold town hall meetings there. The optics of Republican politicians avoiding their own constituents and having Democrats step into districts THEY DON'T EVEN REPRESENT so that the will of the people can be heard will be brutal for Republicans. Imagine the campaign ads showing the people in conservative districts shouting at the Republican that "represents" that district, then cutting to a Democrat who shows up to hear the people of that district as the Republican hides from them.

[bluestarone]

13. Yes! Good idea!!

[defacto7]

23. Great idea!

[rubbersole]

35. Infiltrators! Antifa! FBI plants! Tr*mp derangement syndrome!

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[WestMichRad]

9. What a surprise!

NOT!!!

[PatSeg]

36. I can't begin to imagine what these republicans

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thought would happen at town hall meetings. Did they think their constituents would congratulate them on a job well done? "Keep it up, you're doing great."

It is bad enough that they are sniveling cowards, but apparently they're totally out of touch with the people who elected them. They should be more afraid of those irate voters than that clown in the White House.

[WestMichRad]

38. They're more afraid of voters?

I dunno… maybe not, if they’re being physically threatened by party mob bosses and their sycophants. Which, judging by the behavior of obedient Congresscritters over the past several years, is a distinct possibility.

[PatSeg]

47. I'm not saying they ARE more afraid of voters

but that maybe they should be. Right now, it would seem that no matter what they do or don't do, they will put themselves in some kind of jeopardy.

[allegorical oracle]

75. Mostly, members are afraid of djt. Then they're afraid of angry voters -- both the Ds and the Rs.

But they can't hide forever. It's still early and if Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, VA programs begin failing, we won't have to do much -- because the Repug members will be helpless to fix things -- djt is calling all the shots, not them.

The midterm election is on their minds. The most important thing Dems can do is to make sure every single Republican candidate has at least one Dem opponent. Election after election, I see Repugs slither back into office because they ran unopposed. We can't win if we don't provide candidates and FUND them.

[WestMichRad]

79. "Republicans are afraid of crossing DJT." -Eric Swalwell

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/27/republicans-trump-threats

[Loubee]

11. What?! Colorado constituents of Gabe Evans...

should contact his offices to ask when they can meet with him about his vote.

[Farmer-Rick]

12. Did the upset MAGA still think the

Country belonged to American citizens??? Silly fools. It belongs to Putin now and the next step is Russians moving in.

So stand aside, your Russian dictator is going to give your property to his Russian pals. It's the next most logical step.

[Passages]

14. Perfect opportunity for our side to say, hey...we are going to have that town hall.

Come on this date, ALL are welcome.

[GoreWon2000]

15. I worry

that tRump/Musk have 5 votes on the SCOTUS to rubberstamp their coup just like the Rehnquist 5 did in 2000 to take we the people's right to vote away.

[halobeam]

73. They are behaving as if our votes won't count. Interesting. nt

[GoreWon2000]

80. The repugs threw out our votes in 2000

[mgardener]

16. Elise Stefanik has not had a Town hall in my area since 2017

Despite a high-school and college, she chose to have it in the local NPR studio.

I kid you not, you had to win a lottery to get inside to ask a question.
There were more people outside protesting her recent vote to rescind the ACA act( without any replacemebt).

She was a coward then and continues to be one to this day.

She , did however, have a goodbye tour.

[et tu]

17. this is a cout complet

they don't need the base
remember krasnov said 'vote for
me and you won't have to vote again'
he meant it and his party is soooo supportive
complicit all

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

26. When he said that, it should have been a red flag.

Instead, his mindless Pavlovian minions laughed and cheered.

[et tu]

30. so many red flags

and now almost hopeless

[Tetrachloride]

18. go tell it on the mountain

[Bev54]

19. Surprise, Surprise!! Who didn't see that coming?

[BobTheSubgenius]

20. And longer still - perhaps infinitely so - before...

... this maladminitration gives a rat's ass about either judicial rulings (except in the rare cases where those rulings go their way) or public sentiment. It's possible that the concept of term limits has sunk into that ooze of a reptilian brain (not something I'm willing to concede without a lot of evidence) and he doesn't care about reelection. Frankly, and sadly, I think our best hopes are incredibly poor diet, obesity, sloth and old age.

Never have I been so pro-indolence and self-indulgence. OTOH, it's rare when the next stop on the line of succession is so unutterably awful.

[DiamondShark]

21. And yet they voted these jokers in.

The time for the people to speak up was before November 5th, 2024. Reap what you sow.

[Rebl2]

22. Did their

constituent’s yelling at them hurt their feelings

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

28. The truth to MAGAt politicians is like sunlight to a vampire.

[Sneederbunk]

24. Source?

[GoodRaisin]

25. If all they are going to do is gaslight their constituents which is what they've been doing then

there’s no point to have town halls. Especially if they plan to cut people’s medicaid and health care. Just go do their dirty deeds and get ready to find another job 2 years from now.

[Grins]

27. The Teabaggers did this in the Obama years

Packed local town halls who disrupted Congressmen from meeting constituents. Many of them from outside the Congressional district.

So how does it feel, now that you got what you asked for?

[Mysterian]

29. Great time for Democrats to hold town halls

Is this happening?

[IronLionZion]

31. They'll blame trans woke DEI

Especially when they find out there is no efficiency and no savings and many voters won't even get much of a tax cut.

[PatrickforB]

32. Every one of us on here should be making six calls a day to our congress critters.

One to each DC office (2 senators, 1 representative), and their local office nearest us. Six calls.

Every day.

Plenty to talk to them about.

[nilram]

63. Especially they're Rs

[Dulcinea]

74. Check out the 5 Calls app.

Easy to use, free, & is available for androids & iPhones. https://5calls.org/

[KitFox]

33. In 2017, when they got blowback about trying to repeal

the ACA, they stopped town halls. So constituents made cardboard cutouts of their rep and held gatherings with it on the streets outside their local offices which generated local news coverage, too. Some organized folks to go to D C and crowd the hallways outside rep offices in the Capitol which also generated coverage. Hopefully that can happen again.

[kimbutgar]

34. It one sees a repuke critter at a restaurant, in a store, at any public place confront them and ask why they

Hate their constituents and want them to suffer.

[Glaisne]

37. No surprise there.

Those Town Halls they do are for show. If the shows don't go the way they like, the shows get canceled. Republicans love cancel culture so long as they're the only ones doing the cancelling.

[peggysue2]

39. Republicans are stopping their town hall events which means . . .

It's time for Democrats to rev-up their own events and lean into the lies and chaos deliberately orchestrated by Republicans in their servile loyalty to President Musk and his counterpart, Donald Trump.

These arsonists need to be hammered 24/7. If James Carville is correct (not so sure of that) about the Republican Fascist Administration imploding in the near future, our own representatives and senators need to douse the whole damn mess in fire retardant, as in exposing the venal nature of this debacle.

Spread the Truth Bombs, be specific, use personal citizen narratives on how these reckless decisions are wrecking lives, hurting families, setting up health and well-being disasters for all Americans, MAGA included.

It will also spur activist groups and protest into high-gear.

Sorry, I do not see sitting back and watching the fire grow and spread and/or waiting for the timbers of democracy go up in smoke without a peep from the very people we elected to push back on the madness.

Obstruct, Delay, Agitate and Inform.

If they can't do that, everything else is a wash.

I'm looking at you, John Fetterman. I was an energetic, unapologetic supporter of your Senate run. Now? You're breaking my heart.

[Uncle Joe]

40. Cowards; who don't have the courage of their own convictions

Thanks for the thread kentuck

[AverageOldGuy]

41. Republicans holding in-person town halls?

My "Representative" is Rob Wittman (R, VA-01). He has been in office since 2007 (special election, predecessor died) and has done NOTHING -- as in NOTHING.

He held in-person town halls until late summer 2010 when he held one in Warsaw, VA, that dealt primarily with the Affordable Care Act. The place was overrun by lunatics from our two (since defunct) tea parties -- 99th District Tea Party and Montross Tea Party. They were such assholes that Wittman never held another in-person town hall.

He shows up in the district for quick photo ops at schools, cafes, businesses, but that's it.

He endorsed Trump, votes 100% with Trump; appeared alongside Trump twice during the campaign.

Ask anyone who votes for him, they tell you: "He's a nice man."

[JoseBalow]

43. That was inevitible after seeing how they have been going for them

Nobody expects them to be... accountable.

[Mblaze]

44. I try to imagine what SCOTUS

Is thinking. They are witnessing the beginning of a tsunami of litigation that will soon swamp them and seriously test whether they are "originalists" or not.

Of course a couple of them might not even know what is happening. They might be fishing in Alaska or on a yacht somewhere exotic enjoying their "gratuities". Nod - nod, wink - wink.

[JPPaverage]

45. So call them

Call them two or three times a week. Maybe more. Just keep telling them rhat we are mad as hell and wont take it anymore.

[Scalded Nun]

46. They do not answer to their constituents any more, only to Trump.

You can see the hatred in their eyes for their constituents during those town halls.

They have been assured that the fix is in, and they have only to do his bidding without question.

Either the vote count will be fixed so they win, or better yet, there will be no mid-term elections at all, with the military in place to quell any 'unhappiness' that will exist.

I am a 20+ year disabled vet and I hate to think that the military would support doing something like this, but I no longer feel assured that the current military is as constitutionally committed as in previous years.

And why obey the courts? Where would the legal consequences come from? DOJ?

The pieces are pretty much in place now. I do not think that even the corrupt/complicit SCOTUS majority will even pretend to care about what is going on.

Believe it or not, I still have hope for this country to pull through this Hell we find ourselves in and emerge victorious.

[senseandsensibility]

48. People were mean to them

and asked them to do something to help them. What do you expect?

[SheltieLover]

50. Kick

[maxrandb]

51. They have local and DC Offices

They have homes. They have businesses. They golf. They go out to dinner.

Don't let them hide!

[doc03]

52. Democrats were shutting down their townhalls because of the

Tea Party crashing them. That only made things worse.

[Skittles]

70. what were teabaggers protesting?

healthcare for all?

now people are protesting FASCISM

[CousinIT]

53. They can crawl under the bushes to hide if they want. But voters *may* make themselves heard at polls in 2026. nt

[themaguffin]

54. of course they are

[Blubird]

55. Tele town hall

John Moolenar (R) Michigan Representative only holds telephone town halls. He gets a pre screened question, answers with a lie and no one can rebut anything he says. It’s been going on for years.

[SunImp]

56. They hate freedom of speech

[Karasu]

57. ..."Snowflakes."

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[Skittles]

58. repukes don't give a fuck what WE THE PEOPLE think

NOPE

[raccoon]

71. Nope, they don't. They are hell-bent on doing along with Project 2025 and they are determined

to force it down our throats.

You're right, the Republicans don't give a hoot in Hades what the American voters want.

[BurnDoubt]

59. Is there any reason Democrats can't hold town-hall meetings?

Set up meetings in every district, introduce primary candidates and discuss current House and Senate issues. Establish outreach for constituents, assist and advocate for citizens' rights. Be visible and accessible to the community. Sponsor events to show solidarity and raise awareness. Provide Community Service and be a force for Good. Hearts and Minds, People... one at a time. Democrats need to define themselves. Republicans Lie and Cheat. What's so hard about looking better than that?

[Aussie105]

60. These town hall meetings . . .

Republicans who hold them must think the crowd will come and listen to their words, spreading the Trump-Musk delusion, and smile and cheer and declare them Good Guys.

Except the veneer and glow of Republicans now running the country has worn thin, and people notice the negative effects on them.

Must be a shock, really.

[Dem4life1234]

61. When they are not being nasty, they are being cowards

I swear that party needs to go extinct.

[nilram]

62. They'll be turning off their phones next.

[bee_peaceful]

66. Well of course they are. The optics are terrible.

[Godot51]

67. Raise the gates!

Our masters are raising the castle gates.

[swong19104]

68. A Dem substitute should step in

and dialog with the town hall attendees.

[Skittles]

69. I DID NAZI THAT COMING

OH WAIT, I DID

REPUKES DON'T GIVE A FUCK WHAT WE THE PEOPLE THINK

[Emile]

72. What 5 things did you do at work last week congressman?

[OLDMDDEM]

76. The repugs are afraid of Trump. What cowards! They are in this

only for the money. They are all grifters.

[NoMoreRepugs]

77. No matter what transpires the MAGA MORONS will ALWAYS vote republicant.

[Emile]

78. Cowards