Protestors confront politicians at town halls megathread

[Steam Boat Willie]

It's amazing what 1%ers like George Soros can do.  Good luck getting them to the polls next time.

[Shadows]

Dean Heller roasted in a townhall & proved himself a far right politician in the questions, totally out of touch with his constituents & was laughing at people's misery.

He knows he is on borrowed time & is going to lose badly !

[Brittain33]

It's amazing what 1%ers like George Soros can do.  Good luck getting them to the polls next time.

Welcome to the Atlas Forum!

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

It's amazing what 1%ers like George Soros can do.  Good luck getting them to the polls next time.

Welcome to the Atlas Forum!

hasn't he already been banned

[Brittain33]

It's amazing what 1%ers like George Soros can do.  Good luck getting them to the polls next time.

Welcome to the Atlas Forum!

hasn't he already been banned

Sorry, I didn't realize I was necroposting...

[vote for pedro]

You need to defend the paid protesters instead of trying to deny them:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2017/04/26/so-what-if-protesters-are-paid/?wpisrc=nl_everything&wpmm=1

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[Confused Democrat]

I'm guessing this thread is going to become a hell of a lot more active after today. I'm looking forward to it.

[Ronnie]

Raul Labrador: "Nobody dies because they don't have access to health care".  Gets an earful in response:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/05/06/nobody-dies-because-they-dont-have-access-to-health-care-gop-lawmaker-says-he-got-booed/?tid=sm_tw&utm_term=.ca56f084f3ee

[OneJ]

Raul Labrador: "Nobody dies because they don't have access to health care".  Gets an earful in response:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/05/06/nobody-dies-because-they-dont-have-access-to-health-care-gop-lawmaker-says-he-got-booed/?tid=sm_tw&utm_term=.ca56f084f3ee

Those boos were music to my ears.

[pbrower2a]

Raul Labrador: "Nobody dies because they don't have access to health care".  Gets an earful in response:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/05/06/nobody-dies-because-they-dont-have-access-to-health-care-gop-lawmaker-says-he-got-booed/?tid=sm_tw&utm_term=.ca56f084f3ee

One doesn't have to be a paid protester to boo that sort of statement.

[Virginiá]

One doesn't have to be a paid protester to boo that sort of statement.

Pssh, fake news! We all know that in a country with over 320 million people and over 240 million adults, there is no one who cares enough to protest Trump / Republicans without being paid

[Technocracy Timmy]

Long line of protesters at Issa's office today over the healthcare vote. CNN reporting on it.

[Beet]

Paul 'Ron' Ryan came up to nyc today to visit a charter school in Harlem...got BTFO:

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At least he's going. This is what Democrats need to do... go to places where they'll throw eggs and you and spit in your face, and tell them you're there to say you will fight for their health care.

[tinman64]

Aw, did l'il Roddy get a tummy ache?

http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/television/article/Iowa-Rep-Rod-Blum-quits-interview-over-town-hall-11132256.php

Iowa Rep. Rod Blum quits interview over town hall questions

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Rep. Rod Blum stormed out of a TV interview when pressed about why he screens those who attend his public meetings. He then held a town hall, where he was booed and jeered by constituents angry over his vote to repeal the 2010 federal health care law.

The second-term Iowa Republican and member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus later said he had been "ambushed" by the television news reporter who was questioning him.

The televised exchange in front of a group of young schoolchildren and the contentious forum that followed at Dubuque Senior High School were a glimpse at the tension facing some House members, especially since last week's vote to gut major portions of the Affordable Care Act, which is also known as Obamacare.

"I'm done ... this is ridiculous," Blum said two minutes into an interview with Cedar Rapids station KCRG which was shot during a visit to the Dubuque Dream Center, which helps poor, mostly black, children in Blum's hometown of Dubuque.

Reporter Josh Scheinblum first asked Blum why he requires audience members at his public meetings to provide identification. Blum answered that it was to ensure they were from Iowa's First District, a 20-county expanse of northern and eastern Iowa that also includes Cedar Rapids, Waterloo and wide tracts of farm land.

When Scheinblum then asked Blum if he accepted campaign contributions from donors who live outside the district, Blum stood up and removed his clip-on microphone, saying, "I mean, he's going to sit here and just badger me...unbelievable."

During the town hall event that followed, Blum faced angry shouts from members of the audience of roughly 1,000.

An audience member asked Blum why he walked out of the TV interview, which was made public before the forum.

Blum replied, "Well, we get there and we were ambushed. It was very apparent that he had an agenda. It's my right to say that this interview is over."

Blum was among the roughly 30 Freedom Caucus members who helped derail a vote in March on an earlier version of the House Republican bill to repeal and replace the health care law. Blum voted for a new version last week but he remained critical, saying he doesn't think it goes far enough in undoing the 2010 law.

"This bill is a tweak of Obamacare. It's not repeal and replace. It's not even close," Blum said during a separate KCRG interview at the high school immediately before the public meeting.

The GOP health care bill would let states escape a requirement under the 2010 law that insurers charge healthy and seriously ill customers the same rates. The legislation would cut the Medicaid program for the poor, eliminate Obama's fines for people who don't buy insurance and provide generally skimpier subsidies.

If the bill became law, congressional analysts estimate that 24 million more Americans would be uninsured by 2026, including 14 million by next year.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Just when you think the bar can't get any lower, Rep. Tom Garrett said this at a town hall:

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http://thehill.com/homenews/house/332715-gop-rep-trump-small-potatoes-compared-to-nazi-germany

[Hindsight was 2020]

Just when you think the bar can't get any lower, Rep. Tom Garrett said this at a town hall:

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http://thehill.com/homenews/house/332715-gop-rep-trump-small-potatoes-compared-to-nazi-germany

Oh good grief

[Badger]

It's amazing what 1%ers like George Soros can do.  Good luck getting them to the polls next time.

[Deblano]

Aw, did l'il Roddy get a tummy ache?

http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/television/article/Iowa-Rep-Rod-Blum-quits-interview-over-town-hall-11132256.php

Iowa Rep. Rod Blum quits interview over town hall questions

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Rep. Rod Blum stormed out of a TV interview when pressed about why he screens those who attend his public meetings. He then held a town hall, where he was booed and jeered by constituents angry over his vote to repeal the 2010 federal health care law.

The second-term Iowa Republican and member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus later said he had been "ambushed" by the television news reporter who was questioning him.

The televised exchange in front of a group of young schoolchildren and the contentious forum that followed at Dubuque Senior High School were a glimpse at the tension facing some House members, especially since last week's vote to gut major portions of the Affordable Care Act, which is also known as Obamacare.

"I'm done ... this is ridiculous," Blum said two minutes into an interview with Cedar Rapids station KCRG which was shot during a visit to the Dubuque Dream Center, which helps poor, mostly black, children in Blum's hometown of Dubuque.

Reporter Josh Scheinblum first asked Blum why he requires audience members at his public meetings to provide identification. Blum answered that it was to ensure they were from Iowa's First District, a 20-county expanse of northern and eastern Iowa that also includes Cedar Rapids, Waterloo and wide tracts of farm land.

When Scheinblum then asked Blum if he accepted campaign contributions from donors who live outside the district, Blum stood up and removed his clip-on microphone, saying, "I mean, he's going to sit here and just badger me...unbelievable."

During the town hall event that followed, Blum faced angry shouts from members of the audience of roughly 1,000.

An audience member asked Blum why he walked out of the TV interview, which was made public before the forum.

Blum replied, "Well, we get there and we were ambushed. It was very apparent that he had an agenda. It's my right to say that this interview is over."

Blum was among the roughly 30 Freedom Caucus members who helped derail a vote in March on an earlier version of the House Republican bill to repeal and replace the health care law. Blum voted for a new version last week but he remained critical, saying he doesn't think it goes far enough in undoing the 2010 law.

"This bill is a tweak of Obamacare. It's not repeal and replace. It's not even close," Blum said during a separate KCRG interview at the high school immediately before the public meeting.

The GOP health care bill would let states escape a requirement under the 2010 law that insurers charge healthy and seriously ill customers the same rates. The legislation would cut the Medicaid program for the poor, eliminate Obama's fines for people who don't buy insurance and provide generally skimpier subsidies.

If the bill became law, congressional analysts estimate that 24 million more Americans would be uninsured by 2026, including 14 million by next year.

It's funny how many politicians are so arrogant.

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

I guess this would belong here...ayy, lmao

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yuuuuge ff!

[pbrower2a]

Just when you think the bar can't get any lower, Rep. Tom Garrett said this at a town hall:

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http://thehill.com/homenews/house/332715-gop-rep-trump-small-potatoes-compared-to-nazi-germany

If you can make valid comparisons of anything to Hitler, Nazis, Stalin, Assad (either one), any of the Kim dynasty, ISIS, or Saddam Hussein... you have something very bad.

I don't know this man's electoral history, but America voted in some real losers in 2010.   

[Unapologetic Chinaperson]

Epic rant by constituent against Rep. Tom MacArthur (R-NJ). Yes, the same Tom who created the infamous MacArthur Amendment.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TDkgIEn5Ac

[Ronnie]

Epic rant by constituent against Rep. Tom MacArthur (R-NJ). Yes, the same Tom who created the infamous MacArthur Amendment.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TDkgIEn5Ac

Wow.  That video is easily the best thing I've seen in a while.  It really needs to go viral.

[Hindsight was 2020]

Epic rant by constituent against Rep. Tom MacArthur (R-NJ). Yes, the same Tom who created the infamous MacArthur Amendment.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TDkgIEn5Ac

............damn son

[Shadows]

'Single Payer! Single Payer!': Key Trumpcare Backer Drowned Out During Town Hall

"This is your healthcare bill. It was dead in the water and could have stayed dead in the water. It was done," said Derek Reichenbecher, a teacher from Point Pleasant who told MacArthur he had a heart condition and fears facing the insurance marketplace if he loses his job. "You brought it back from the dead. It's yours. You own it."

Geoff Ginter of Point Beach, whose wife survived a cancer battle, told MacArthur, "You are the reason I can't sleep at night." "You're a liar. Have you read your own bill?" one audience member yelled.

As MacArthur attempted to say that the insurance market was "collapsing," an audience member shouted, "Because you drilled holes in it!" and a spontaneous chant began: "Single payer! Single payer! Single payer! Single payer!"

"Some of you want single-payer across the board? Medicare for all?" MacArthur later asked sarcastically. Wild applause followed.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/05/11/single-payer-single-payer-key-trumpcare-backer-drowned-out-during-town-hall

[Brittain33]

Odd reminder that West Tennessee has two Jewish members of Congress.