Summary
Rep. Harriet Hageman faced loud boos at a Wyoming town hall after endorsing funding for Elon Musk’s DOGE cost-cutting initiative.
The crowd, mostly opposed to her stance, jeered as she laughed and clapped, labeling the audience’s reaction “embarrassing.”
Hageman defended Social Security funding despite concerns that Musk’s efficiency drive might cut it, calling it a “Ponzi scheme.”
The only bipartisan applause came when Hageman opposed closing rural mail distribution centers.
This woman grew up wealthy and privileged–she comes from a family in Wyoming that was always connected and always had money. She’s an attorney married to another attorney.
She is nothing like the people whose concerns she’s laughing at and calling embarrassing. She doesn’t have the same life experience as them, and she’s never, for a single second of a single day, had to worry about paying her bills or lacking necessary things.
So she laughs when her constituents worry about these things, and she mocks them when they voice those concerns.
Somehow, she thought these were good talking points:
“I voted in favor of the continuing resolution, or CR, which extends funding…” Rep. Harriet Hageman said as the booing began. She smiled as she continued, “…for the fiscal year until September 30.”
“It keeps the lights on for President [Donald] Trump and DOGE to continue their work,” she added, as the booing reached a crescendo.
It’s worth noting:
About 500 people had packed the civic center auditorium in Laramie, where a local reporter with the Cowboy State Daily estimated about three-quarters of the crowd were there to oppose her.
It was a “startling dynamic” in a state that Trump carried with more than 72 percent of the vote, according to the Cowboy State Daily.
The Luigi talk was interesting and suggests there is biparstisanship on the problem of the oligarchy:
During Wednesday’s town hall, the crowd also burst into chants of “Tax the rich!” and “January 6th!”
I’m also unsure why the crowd chanted “January 6th” given that the seditionists were pardoned and this is very red Wyoming. Could there be some bipartisanship here as well now?
These GOP townhalls are very enjoyable. Let’s hope we see more of this.
The implication I’m getting from that January 6th chant is that they’re basically threatening to lynch 'em. I grew up and am still surrounded by these ingrates, they are surprisingly murder happy towards politicians in general let alone the feds.
I grew up and am still surrounded by these ingrates
Found JD Vance’s Lemmy account
I meant the Trumpers in particular since they can be quite annoying. Also unlike Vance I’m not affiliated with wannabe weirdo pseudo philosophers.
Lol I know, I was just thinking of Vance’s “have you even said ‘thank you’?”
May I have some context? I have no clue what you’re referencing or at least I don’t remember.
I was referring to this: https://youtu.be/ayBRXIN9Kro
Specifically Vance around 3:38
Ah that. Didn’t watch any of that due to how much the whole event makes my blood boil.
These GOP townhalls are very enjoyable. Let’s hope we see more of this.
Let’s hope the energy leads to change. I do want to be entertained, but I want to safe first.
Maybe it was a “Let’s Go Brandon” moment and they were chanting “January Siths?”. Current administration does come across a bit…dark-side-y, to put it lightly…and the opposition isn’t that great at branding.
Musk and Trump have sort of an emporer/Vader dynamic. Hopefully one will find their humanity and kill the other before promptly dieing themselves. A man can dream.
Why would a cost cutting initiative need funding?
Welp, sounds like it’s time to bring balloons full of piss!
They think other people’s pain is funny even their own constituents.
Stick to milkshakes man no need to hurl a biohazard
She didn’t just call out embarrassing, she told them they were hysterical.
Traitors gonna traitor.
