Congressman says constituents asking for a town hall are enemies of democracy

[workinclasszero]

Congressman says constituents asking for a town hall are ‘enemies’ of democracy
He also accused them of “political thuggery.”
Laurel Raymond General Reporter at ThinkProgress. Feb 15

A group of Rep. Dana Rohrabacher’s (R-CA) constituents went to his office on Tuesday to deliver Valentine’s cards. They go every Tuesday now, asking Rohrabacher to hold a town hall meeting in his district.

But now, after a confused tussle in the hallway involving a 2-year old and a 71-year-old-woman, Rohrabacher is now accusing them of engaging in “political thuggery, pure and simple.”

https://thinkprogress.org/congressman-says-constituents-asking-for-a-town-hall-are-enemies-of-democracy-a492ea1e3fa0#.8ej545tz2

[dalton99a]

1. We live in the George Orwell Theme Park of Democracy

[workinclasszero]

3. And that is the truth

1984 doublespeak is the language of republicans and the alt-reich.

[Cha]

2. How about they not vote for him the next time and then

he'll really have something to whine about

[workinclasszero]

5. Damn good idea Cha!

[Vogon_Glory]

4. The Sad Thing Is That The People Who Voted For Rohrabacher Will Probably Blow This Off

and vote for him again. They ought to fire him instead, even if they really don't like Democrats. What saddens me about the mind-set of Republican voters is that even if they don't like their congressional representatives, they vote for them anyway. I would think that they'd at least occasionally choose to rotate their congressional reps out just to remind them who they're supposed to work for--THEM and not their deep-pocketed donors.