Summary
Democrats are holding town halls in Republican districts, highlighting GOP lawmakers’ absence by leaving empty chairs on stage.
Wisconsin Rep. Mark Pocan hosted a town hall with an empty chair for absent Republican Derrick Van Orden, drawing 300 attendees in a town of 4,500.
Democratic Gov. Tim Walz, Kamala Harris’ former running mate, has also held events in GOP areas, calling Elon Musk a “dipshit” and a “South African nepo baby.”
Republicans, facing backlash over Trump’s federal program cuts, have avoided in-person events, citing disruptive protests. Democrats, including Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, are hosting events nationwide, while the DNC plans billboards urging constituents to demand town halls.
… Musk as a “dipshit” and a “South African nepo baby.”
I get the move of playing up the “otherness” of Musk to try and destabilize his support, and it may even be the right move for building support in xenophobic areas.
But it doesn’t sit well with me. It reinforces a “good immigrant/bad immigrant” view that harms us all, immigrants or native-born.
How about Schumer, anyone force him to grow a spine yet? They going to throw shade about not representing constituents they should tread lightly.
wow. what an impressive uprise. strong move to fight back against facism. dems great. LOL
no seriously, what is this shit? aoc holding up a sign “lies” when facist leader laughs in senate? thats not how to actually do something.
What do you suggest they do? Keep in mind that direct action and violence is exactly what the regime is waiting for, so that they can invoke the Insurrection Act.
If you had told me a year ago that one party had to stop holding town halls because they were afraid of their constituents, I would’ve assumed it would’ve been about heavily armed far-right militias intimidating Democrats. People can downplay it but it does seem kinda significant to me that Republicans have effectively been deplatformed by their own constituents, even if the specific example in the article (a town of 4,500 people) is pretty insignificant. Combined with the narrative shifting to, “things will get materially worse in the short term, but that’s good, actually,” it’s starting to shape up to a potentially big shift in the midterms.
I love to see it. Notice how the progressive wing is out here doing this stuff while the moderates are busy trying to take such a high road that they’ve wandered off to the side in a hypoxic stupor. Let’s fucking go, I want to see even more of this!
