A town hall hosted by Rep. Byron Donalds turned chaotic Tuesday, with audience members repeatedly interrupting the Florida Republican, leading authorities to remove two people — the latest raucous town hall dominated by protests against President Trump’s administration.
Donalds, a three-term congressman running in next year’s Florida gubernatorial race, was asked a litany of often-testy questions, several of which focused on billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE. Audience members booed or cheered — and, in some cases, angrily left early — throughout the almost two-hour event at Estero High School in southwest Florida. Donalds occasionally verbally sparred with the protesters.
Employers*?
Yep! Stupid phone
They are supposed to work for citizens, although too many don’t do that.
Can you imagine what your performance would be like if your boss only checked in on you every 2-4 years and gave you a pass/fail grade on a curve?!
Career politicians rely on voter apathy to take advantage of the position in order to enrich themselves and their friends at the cost of the people they are supposed to serve.
The solution is to have a more politically informed and engaged populace, who participate in local meetings, town halls, run to represent their communities and participate in elections up and down the ballot - including primaries.
Let’s not forget that AOC went from a bartending activist, to a representative in the US congress. She’s not the only one, either.
If every congressional district had an equally earnest candidate - regardless of political affiliation - then the US wouldn’t be the absolute shit show it currently is.