In a video of the Tiktok from CNN more than 3 million times since late February, the voter of the voter in Rosewel, Georgia, has been penetrated by an event in the city hall held by Representative Rich McCramick (R-GA).
“The tyranny rises in the White House, and a man declared himself our king.” “So I would like to know, instead, the people I would like to know, what you will, a member of Congress, and your colleagues in Congress to curb mad at the White House. “Her voice is not shaken, every verbal syllable stipulates it completely. She speaks slowly and deliberately, and for her southern, it brings a different kind of intensity.
The sound bite is perfect for a short video era. Hundreds of people Uploaded Sections of themselves Lips coincided with the question of women. “Who is this singer?” It is a common response, along with many repetitions “voting [McCormick] outside.”
Throughout the country, the city halls like the event in Rosewel are the right place for voters and their elected representatives to come to the face often. Republican actors It was screaming from their own events and sinking After giving unsatisfactory responses. In the state of Idaho, A woman was withdrawn from an event By workers at a private security company for legislators. In a different schedule, these confrontations may have been distributed in local news reports, but not further; Now, they go viral, and they raises even those who are at the highest levels of government. the Difficult questions Come from People who define themselves as republicans Likewise, from the Democrats, many of them attend the events of the city hall for the first time, are activated by overcoming the federal government and services.
Lindsay Defranco arrived at RosWell City Hall on February 20 before starting to ensure that she has a seat. (The event had flow rooms to contain all those present.)
Defranco, who has never attended a municipal hall, says she decided to pull her phone and record the event so that she can share the clips, not edited and without comment. On Tiktok, Defranco shared a video of exchange School lunch meals for low incomes (100,000 views); Legislation that would deprive women of voting (6 million views); And Ferral is now “Tyranny rises in the White House” (630,000 views).
McCrakmik wondered about everything from the government efficiency department in Illon Musk (DOGE), to support Ukraine, to children’s school lunch. Defranco, who grew up in the region and recently returned, said McCormick came out “rejecting” and “Snide”.
“I don’t think he was listening well, and if he was, he did not really want to deal with us,” says Defranco. At some point, he said: “I do not think that you came to you, comrades, with good faith, and this is what really led us, too. Because we are like, “Are you here in good faith?”
“I really wanted people to see that this is exactly what was asked, and this is exactly what was said, and that’s how people’s reaction was,” says Defranco. They told us that it will not be broadcast directly. So I thought, “I must photograph this immediately. I must document this.”
Throughout the country, in Yuka Valley, California, Representative Jay Obernol (R-CA) faced a difficult crowd in his societal meeting on February 22 in the Congress region, which he easily won in November. Ubernolt shots appear It is removed from this event to loud difficulties and screaming From the audience, Who interrogated the legislator About Doge, discounts to medicaid, additional nutrition aid program (Snap), and other issues.
E., the present at this event was especially concerned about how Doug and Trump’s actions affect the nearby National Goshua Tree Park. New York Times At least 1000 National Park employees were calculated by the Trump administration In February, including some in Joshua Tree. (He asked e. freedom To be identified through the first first, for fear of harassment.)
This is a large part of our economy. A. “This may affect local companies and jobs, not to mention environmental degradation and the danger of forest fires. Without Rangers, we have less resources to protect our garden.”
E. In the past, they did not have strong feelings about the quality of the representation of the Obernol’s representation of society, but they believe that listening to the voters was a major part of his job. This event was full of ingredients, and E. It appears to be an equal mixture of Democrats and Republicans. There were young men and members of the older society, the warrior warriors, and some people who had discounts in national parks. Initially, the atmosphere was calm – no one was aggressive or “called”. A. One man, in particular, caught the attention of E. But he seemed to lose his patience – he began shaking his head back and forth in frustration.
“This is a kind of when [I wanted] To do a video, because I want to realize that this does not only come from one side or another. ”This is very similar to that the city itself is unhappy, and this is what resonated with me.”
“I was there. I am a real person. We just say that we are a paid actor like – when will our king come?”
Republicans, including Parliament Speaker Mike Johnson and President Donald Trump himself I paid the wrong claim The “paid demonstrators” are behind the angry city halls. Republican retreats – earlier this month, rocked the leadership of the Republican Party in the House of Representatives The actors advised to stop holding the personal city hall meetings. E. And others who were interviewed in this story refute the wrong allegations that the paid participants are the people who appear to the events.
“I was there. I am a real person.” We just say that we are a paid actor like – when will our will come? Because I love to donate this to our national garden, if so, “e. jokes.
Instead, some Republicans chose to carry out virtual events, such as Senator Ron Johnson (R-H-held a municipal hall on February 27. The Marshall Fall, which is composed, says that she wants to attend this event because she was calling Johnson’s office and never got a response. Marshall says she is particularly concerned about the Ministry of Education and wanted to hear what Johnson’s plans to finance schools in the state as well as the role of musk in the government and the future of a dedicated. By the time when the call began, 400 questions were already poured.
During the call, Marshall says Johnson seems to enjoy the questions that the callers praised or praised – but he went to the extent of cutting the callers who asked him difficult questions. Marshal was not clear how questions were chosen in the phone format.
“I personally feel this is a kind of policeman,” said Marshall. “It was really easy to hang out for someone, in exchange for being in front of him as people could continue to talk.”
After the event, Marshall made a series of Tiktoks to summarize the event, describing what the voters requested and how Johnson responded.
“I think so [elected officials] “Like a type of flying under the radar, they need more illuminated lighting on them to find out what they are doing, and what they say,” Marshall says.
Trump and members of his administration are posters first, and the second politicians
Kestin Bells, Johnson’s spokesman, said, said Johnson, a spokesman for Johnson, said freedom Senator held 113 phone halls in the 15 -year -old phone in the Senate. Bells did not answer the questions about whether Johnson would retain personal events, but he indicated that his office is downloading the records of the town’s town halls to X.
Part of what Trump did to the White House every time he was elected is that he discovered how to control the economy of interest: he and his administration members are Posters first, and the second politicians. Kamala Harris campaign Trump gave a race for his moneyBut Democrats were not able to a large extent to control the media accounts of dwarf accounts, conspiracy theory, and the ecosystem of the right -wing media that supports Trump.
Viral cities halls organized the paragraph – some Democrats admitted the opening of the power. Representative Robert Garcia (D-CA) He said last week It will hold the city halls in the republican regions, As did Tim and LazMinnesota governor and Harris his companion. MP Alexandria Okasio Cortez (D-Ny) He said in an interview If a deep red area wants to host it, it will be “ready to do so.” Getting ingredients across the political spectrum facing Republican lawmakers – and then going a step forward and sharing this frustration over the Internet – has the ability to get rid of the balance of strength, at least on the Internet.
Diranco, who joined the city hall in Rosewil, says Georgia, the current political moment is “lighting a fire” under it. She attended other events with groups such as the American Civil Liberties Union and the Women’s Association. In turn, Defranco says she wants democratic leaders to be more explicit and take a stronger position against Trump’s agenda.
“In the case of union when they wore pink solidarity, or carried the small auction oxages to say things – I don’t think this is enough,” says Defranco. “I think it seems weak, and I think we will continue to benefit from it until we defend ourselves loudly.”
