'We're Pissed!': Angry Constituents Confront DOGE-Backing GOP Rep At Chaotic Town Hall
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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.

  • octopus_ink@lemmy.mlEnglish
    45·
    2 days ago

    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.”

    • andros_rex@lemmy.world
      2·
      7 hours ago

      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.

    • KitathallaEnglish
      2·
      19 hours ago

      Glad I’m not the only one who did a double take for duplicitous.

    • TimLovesTech (AuDHD)(he/him)@badatbeing.socialEnglish
      18·
      2 days ago

      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.