The few lawmakers who held town halls this summer faced voters furious with Republicans about Trump’s agenda and with Democrats for not doing enough to fight back.
With political tensions running high, the vast majority of congressional lawmakers steered clear of town halls this summer. The handful who entered the lion’s den were met with boos, jeers and tense confrontations.
President Donald Trump and the Republicans may have full control of Washington, but protesters spared neither political party. At 25 town halls across the country that were viewed or attended by NBC News this summer, voters pressured Democrats to deploy more aggressive tactics as they battle Trump and took them to task over the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
Meanwhile, Republicans faced hostile crowds over their support for Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” his nationwide immigration crackdown and Trump’s deployment of federal forces to Washington, D.C., in what he has called an effort to crack down on crime.
As an American, I can attest that Americans as a whole are pretty stupid when it comes to politics. In our defense, we’re fed a steady diet of misinformation and propaganda from shortly after birth, and we don’t have the benefit of often encountering different cultural and political perspectives like Europeans do. We do have ready access to information, but being educated is actively frowned upon in many circles. It’s a solid swath of homogenous stupid here, coast to coast.