Trump Gets Smothered by Town Hall Backlash
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What reactions occurred at the town halls regarding Trump and Musk?
Power to the people at these town halls. Americans from all political parties are having their voices heard. What you saw there at the beginning of the video was a town hall held in Wisconsin by MAGA Republican Congress member Representative Scott Fitzgerald. And you heard people there who were pissed. that he was enabling and allowing Elon Musk and Donald Trump to go through their personal data and have access to their social security information and medical records while they gut and destroy the government and take and tank our economy. Let me just show you a longer clip from that town hall. And then I want to show you that from Wisconsin to Georgia to New York to
How are citizens mobilizing across different states?
To the West Coast, people are rising up right now and having their voices heard. Red states, blue states, purple states, all of the colors. People are angry. People are pissed. People demand action. Watch this right here from that town hall. Let's play it.
They didn't like some of Scott Fitzgerald's answers. The end result of the fraud and abuse that has been discovered already. No. Michael Wittig is concerned with Elon Musk's role in the Trump administration. He held up a sign that read, Presidents are not kings. Are you going to subpoena him at some point after you're done with the budget or whatever? Are you willing to use your subpoena power to say, Trump, sorry, Musk, come in here, stand in front of Congress and answer some hard questions? Congressman Fitzgerald insists Musk's efforts to find waste and fraud are working and Congress will eventually have budget oversight. certainly the discussion in and around those and with the probationary moves that have already been done they're going to have to be scrutinized at some point.
What is the significance of Paul Tonko's town hall?
So now I want to share with you what was going down in New York and Representative Paul Tonko's congressional district, Democrat Paul Tonko here at this town hall. A huge ovation as a teacher encourages Congress member Paul Tonko, who is pushing back to do more. To work harder, even if that means getting arrested for civil disobedience. You're in public service right now. You cannot sit idly by as Elon Musk and these billionaires take away all of people's rights and freedoms. Watch the energy in this room in New York. Play this clip.
I'm a 20-year veteran teacher. As I said, I've been behind you in local stores. You came to the Albany, the 100th anniversary of the Albany Library branch celebration where my band played inside, okay? I saw you on TV at NOAA. I saw you on TV at the Department of Education. What I'm saying is this. Somebody asked you what your red line was and you said that the time is always right to go. Does that mean the red line has already been crossed? Because I think it has. If you ask us to show up, Congressman Tonko, we will show up. But it cannot be. We have to take the bluff out. We can't live for protocol. They're not playing by the rules. When I saw you at those races and I saw you next to Maxine Waters, I was so proud that my representative was on the front line right there.
But I thought about Jimmy Carter and I thought about John Lewis. And I know what John Lewis would have done. He would have gotten arrested that day. Make them outlaw you. We will stand behind you. We will be there with you. I will get arrested with you.
So then one of the things that we're seeing is that a lot of Republicans, surprise, surprise, because they are spineless MAGAs after all, they are not even showing up at town halls. So here, Democratic Congress member Mark Pocan, he points out that these MAGAs are not even showing up to town halls. This Congress member, the Democrat goes, I just held the town hall with Wisconsin's Farmers Union. They invited all elected officials in the area. Unfortunately, not a single Republican showed up, including Representative Van Orden and Representative Tiffany. The farmers I spoke to are worried about Trump and Elon Musk cutting their federal funding and contracts. To all of our Wisconsin farmers, I hear you and I have your back. Let me just play you this video.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What reactions occurred at the town halls regarding Trump and Musk?
0:12–1:00
2
How are citizens mobilizing across different states?
1:00–2:10
3
What is the significance of Paul Tonko's town hall?
2:10–5:18
4
Why are Republican representatives absent from town halls?
5:18–5:35
5
What concerns did farmers express at the Wisconsin town hall?
5:35–9:10
6
What controversies surround Elon Musk during this period?
9:10–10:45
7
How does Hims offer support for ED treatment?
10:45–18:34