Elections Republicans Congressmen Told not to Have In-person Town Halls Due to Bad Optics

[Xanzito]

No point having them if democrats are going to flood them and not allow them to happen for video content.

If the reps truly thought it was reflective of wider voter discontent and not democrats scrounging for anything that appears to be a W, then they wouldn’t entertain cancelling town halls because cancelling them is a bad idea if not everybody understands what is happening.. but they know their jobs are safe.

If this was legit, they wouldn’t think that at all..which is why they cite “optics”. The harassment is for optics so no giving them the satisfaction and nothing changes.

But as everything democrats do, it’s a show

If the elected officials are as derranged as they showed yesterday at the president's adress to congress, imagine a townhall with a bunch of soy libs. It's just counter-productive.

 

[Xanzito]

Lol at using moveon.org's paid protesters and reddit to figure out what's "unpopular". Even left wing pollster quinnipiac has approval for congressional republicans at an all time high, and an all time low for democrats. And, ya know, the fact that we just had elections in November and every state in the country got redder.



Approval for Democrats in Congress has dropped to an all-time low of 21%, with 68% of voters disapproving of their performance.

Even among their own party, Democratic lawmakers face increasing dissatisfaction. Only 40% of Democrats approve of their performance, while 49% disapprove.

MSN

The sherlibs are literally using The View's talking points about Trump's victory not being a big deal. That's how far they can go without overseeing

 

[Xanzito]

The town halls are all on video and are public information. No one was threatened. And they were specifically meeting with their voters. It probably gives you headaches to think that not everyone thinks dismantling the Government is a good idea, but that's what's happening. And your preferred leaders are cowards.

Let's remember the last leaders you guys tried to elect were afraid to sit down for a chat with a stoner for a couple hours

 

[essie]

It's always amusing to me to watch right wingers act like Trump has the mandate of fucking heaven when, not only did he win a plurality of the popular vote rather than a majority, but he also won by a slimmer margin than Biden did in 2020.

This is absolutely true, you see the Republican talking point about Trump's win being a sweeping mandate but the popular vote was quite small and like you said Biden's was much bigger and that certainly wasn't considered a landslide. There was a good interview wtih Steven Levitsky in NY Mag the other day and he talked about that:

"I don’t know. It’s true that I certainly did not expect him to win the popular vote, but we’re talking about a 1.5 percentage-point victory, and we’re talking about a 2, 2.5 percent difference from what was expected or what he’s done in the past. The idea that this was some overwhelming shift or overwhelming victory is ludicrous.


But when Trump wins by one, it feels like he wins by 30 — because he’s Trump.
Well, that’s how everybody treated it. The New York Times talked about, literally, a sweeping election victory. It was not a sweeping victory. So this gave him a legitimacy that he didn’t have before, that he probably didn’t deserve, but I think it quieted a number of dissident voices for quite a while. And, certainly, it left the Democrats on the sidelines for a few weeks."

But I actually think this trait from Trump and his supporters is one of their superpowers and is quite enviable. The sweeping action and chaos you are seeing from Trump is unimaginable coming from the other side because Dems are so like namby pamby about enforcing an agenda. Like Biden had a much bigger mandate in 2020 than Trump does now but he had to follow these silly imaginary decorum rules. If there is anything that could be good from this Trump turn its that Democrats, if they ever get power back, should absolutely enact their policy with the swiftness and illegality that Trump is.

 

[Sinister]

Let's remember the last leaders you guys tried to elect were afraid to sit down for a chat with a stoner for a couple hours

Whataboutism.

The fact of the matter is Republicans want to rule, not Represent. Being unwilling to even converse with the public at all, instructing total avoidance from the top down is a gesture of dismissal of public grievances. If you want to hear about how much I hate when Democrats do that as well (because they do), feel free to make a thread about it. But Democrats arent in power right now

 

[curryjunkie]

Is there any evidence these are paid actors? Mike Johnson made the claim in an interview and was asked if he had proof of that claim. After stuttering like Billy Bibbit from "One flew over...." the answer was "no". I'm not saying there aren't any, but making that claim was purely defensive by the GOP and not grounded in fact.

Maybe they were antifa in disguise..

 

[Sinister]

Maybe they were antifa in disguise..

Thread is a perfect example of MAGA cultism. Of you dont agree with me, you are by default the people I dislike the most. There is the in-group, and the out-group. Cant just be an angry Republican demographic who didnt want this, cant be a Trump supporter who actually got f*cked over by the preferred unelected bureaucrat, none of these things can be true.

If you speak out, you're automatically a deranged Soros radical leftist Democrat. Lol

 

[Belaya Smert]

Having to claim it was lefty plants is sad and pathetic. America Farmers don’t support the tariffs. KS (R) Senator Roger Marshall is full of shit and running damage control.

 

[Xanzito]

Whataboutism.

The fact of the matter is Republicans want to rule, not Represent. Being unwilling to even converse with the public at all, instructing total avoidance from the top down is a gesture of dismissal of public grievances. If you want to hear about how much I hate when Democrats do that as well (because they do), feel free to make a thread about it. But Democrats arent in power right now

What's the part of whataboutism? Did Kamala or Waltz went to Rogan? That's a fact.
But w/e, not gonna derail the topic. It's too much fun to watch to derail anyway.

 

[Darkballs]

Except you fell for another fake story. They were advised not to do in person town halls because they were being threatened with violence from leftwing lunatics. Are you guys ever gonna stop letting the media manipulate you?

That's the excuse you're gonna go with? That republicans aren't avoiding town halls because they suck at their jobs, their avoiding town halls because their really scared?

They grow them soft in Orange County, don't they?

 

[PEB]

"Recent" the article also stated his approval rating is 52%, that's the Harris poll, most others have him at around 45 to 47%, come back in a month and we'll see what

So much for angry REPUBLICAN voters being Soros paid agitators. But this is pretty on-point for showing the constituency that these politicians dont give a single f*ck about them.

Republican Reps: "Uh guys, yeah so the voters are mad. Like really mad. They dont like all this extra sh*t we're doing and they're saying so vehemently at town halls.

Republican leadership: ".........yeah well, just stop talking to them."

Worker uprising imminent.

Workers at Tesla stores are scared to go to work. This feels like an actual tea party movement instead of tea it's cars. Did you see apple iPhones someone modding them an apple had difficult time fixing it is worldwide too.

NEW YORK, March 4 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Tesla (TSLA.O), opens new tab is losing its wow factor. Boss Elon Musk has long relied on hyperbolic predictions to pump up the electric-car maker’s image, and its stock price – from how quickly vehicle production would ramp up, to the ever-impending arrival of self-driving cars and fleets of robo-taxis, to the appeal of its humanoid robot, Optimus. It all helped routinely foil doubters and short-sellers, while also creating the impression that Tesla would always be on the cusp of cracking the next big thing. Yet Musk's antics are now so divisive, his company so large and its challenges so stark that the same old tricks may no longer have the magic touch.

 

[Islam Imamate]

Having to claim it was lefty plants is sad and pathetic. America Farmers don’t support the tariffs. KS (R) Senator Roger Marshall is full of shit and running damage control.

And when you fire so many people from the federal government you're bound to hit some districts worse than others to include some GOP ones.

 

[Sinister]

Workers at Tesla stores are scared to go to work. This feels like an actual tea party movement instead of tea it's cars. Did you see apple iPhones someone modding them an apple had difficult time fixing it is worldwide too.

NEW YORK, March 4 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Tesla (TSLA.O), opens new tab is losing its wow factor. Boss Elon Musk has long relied on hyperbolic predictions to pump up the electric-car maker’s image, and its stock price – from how quickly vehicle production would ramp up, to the ever-impending arrival of self-driving cars and fleets of robo-taxis, to the appeal of its humanoid robot, Optimus. It all helped routinely foil doubters and short-sellers, while also creating the impression that Tesla would always be on the cusp of cracking the next big thing. Yet Musk's antics are now so divisive, his company so large and its challenges so stark that the same old tricks may no longer have the magic touch.

I'm telling you these idiots are going to trigger a working class uprising because their cronyism and corporatism is on full display, unapologetically. And the more they try to hand-wave it off as "they're paid Democrat agitators" is just going to make those REPUBLICAN voters realize that MAGA doesnt, and never did give a f*ck about them.

 

[Sinister]

And when you fire so many people from the federal government you're bound to hit some districts worse than others to include some GOP ones.

There are entire towns who only exist around a Federal office who have ZERO economy now. Sure try to convince them that TESLA will turn it into a company town or something. That might keep them

 

[Belaya Smert]

And when you fire so many people from the federal government you're bound to hit some districts worse than others to include some GOP ones.

The senator specifically chose the venue.
Showing how out of touch he is with his constituents and the issue at hand.

 

[Sinister]

What's the part of whataboutism? Did Kamala or Waltz went to Rogan? That's a fact.
But w/e, not gonna derail the topic. It's too much fun to watch to derail anyway.

You literally did the whataboutism again and then asked what part of it is whataboutism.

 

[Xanzito]

You literally did the whataboutism again and then asked what part of it is whataboutism.

I think i'd be engaging in whataboutism if i have said they lost cause they didn't go to Joe Rogan. Saying they didn't have the balls to go is not whataboutism, is just facts.

 

[Sinister]

I think i'd be engaging in whataboutism if i have said they lost cause they didn't go to Joe Rogan. Saying they didn't have the balls to go is not whataboutism, is just facts.

Oh ok, well this makes more sense.

You just would like for your whatboutism to not be classed as a whataboutism because either a) you don't understand what it is, or b) you realize it makes you look bad. Maybe both.

Bringing up someone this thread isnt about, because of something they did that isn't relevant to the current subject, as a counterpoint to a comment on who this thread is about, and what the subject of the thread did...is absolutely whataboutism.