Summary
Rep. Chuck Edwards’ North Carolina town hall erupted in chaos as constituents furiously protested DOGE, a Trump administration initiative tied to mass federal job cuts and Elon Musk’s growing influence.
Attendees, including laid-off government workers, jeered at Edwards over employment losses and reduced federal funding.
Constituents raised concerns about federal job cuts affecting veterans’ services, national parks, and Hurricane Helene recovery efforts.
Edwards struggled to respond but remained unfazed. The GOP downplayed the unrest, calling it staged, though independent voters like veteran Martin Downie say they feel directly targeted by their own government.
I guess it’s good that non-political people are starting to get involved. Shame they didn’t spend 5 minutes to check which way the wind was blowing in November last year.
They’ll still vote for fascism. They’re just angry it’s impacting them directly.
In the end it will always affect them directly. So they’ll remain angry until they get half of a fucking clue about the issues.
Then they’ll be even more angry. I know I am.
western north carolina actually saw a notable leftward shift
Which is especially weird, since they should’ve learned the importance of it from the wind in September.
2017 on line two, sir.