Posted on 02/10/2017 12:26:43 AM PST by Pinkbell
Hundreds of jeering, shouting, angry voters, jam-packed in a high school auditorium, lashed GOP Rep. Jason Chaffetz at his town hall meeting in the heart of red-state Utah.
Chaffetz was frequently drowned out by boos at Brighton High School, in a Salt Lake City suburb, over the course of Thursday nights meeting, which he cut short. He was booed when he walked on stage, and he was often booed when he mentioned the name Trump.
The House Oversight Committee chairman was challenged on Donald Trumps threat to eliminate Obamacare, his vow to slash support for womens health by cutting Planned Parenthood funds, a push to sell public lands and the confirmation of Betsy DeVos as education secretary. At one point, Chaffetz promised the voters that they would be happy with the bill to abolish the Department of Education. The crowd was not amused.
Thousands of others who were not allowed in the auditorium because of police concerns about crowd control remained outside brandishing protest signs and chanting, Chaffetz is a coward! KOMO-TV reported, and Do your job! and Your last term!
One young girl asked Chaffetz what he was was going to do to protect the environment. Do you believe in science? Because I do, she said to loud cheers. I dont pretend to have all the answers, he responded. There are good people on both sides of the aisle, he added to resounding boos.
Where do you draw a line in the sand? asked one woman in the audience regarding Trumps potential conflicts of interest.
Everyone has to comply with the law, Chaffetz responded. Youre really not going to like this part, again to boos. The president, under the law, is exempt from the conflict-of-interest laws.
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Also happened at Sensenbrenner (Wisconsin) meeting yesterday. Usually this venue is very lightly attended and a bunch of Act 10 Madison area “concerned citizens” showed up and took up all time with multi part hostile statement questions. Sensenbrenner basically threw Trump under the bus and this in itself was very annoying. Also recorded by an AP “ reporter” who has previous experience at the Progressive and Politifact
This is where the Republicans fall short and eventually lose any ground they have gained! They should have stacked that town hall meeting with their REC and all peeps in their Republican clubs. They should be getting an email chain going and attend EVERY damned meeting that goes on.
We have a group in my county that is on an automatic text message chain. It’s a call that goes out every time a lib protest is staged. The Calvary shows up to counter protest. Had one last week at Representative Ron DeSantis’ office. Libs were in full force so the Calvalry showed up!
Not a time to be complicit.
That’s why they will ultimately fail.
Mercenaries do not fight as hard as citizens for their home turf.
Don’t show up, nont expect what you hope for.
No one cares about the back story you maje up. They just see you aren’t there, but the other side is.
Nothing accomplished - NOTHING!
The leftist rent-a-mobs were likely there first, and in overwhelming numbers, so that the people who actually wanted in on the town hall could not attend.
That strategy did not work very well for those who tried it. It will not work well for us if we try it.
Chaffetz might be in a safe district. But there are a lot of districts we cannot take for granted. And there are swing districts (and Senate seats) held by Dems where we can win.
But we can only win if we play smart and play hard.
“The DemocRAT infestation wont go away with one election victory. It will take decades of perseverance and activism.
We need to be scouting our next set of Reagans and Trumps to fill the House, Judiciary, and locales.”
You sir, are absolutely correct! The Socialist Democrats (Marxists) play the long game. We MUST adopt their tactics and never rest, until victory is achieved.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Thursday’s event is available to watch here.
In advance of Rep. Jason Chaffetz’s town hall meeting Thursday night, the Salt Lake County Republican Party urged “the REAL majority of Utah voters” to attend after organizers switched the venue to accommodate an anticipated large showing from liberal resistance groups.
The meeting, set to start at 7 p.m., will be held in an auditorium at Brighton High School, 2220 E. Bengal Blvd., in Cottonwood Heights. It was previously slated for City Hall across the street, but the expected attendance with more than 1,200 people RSVP’d on a Facebook page for the event and nearly 3,000 more “interested” in going exceeded the space’s capacity. http://www.sltrib.com/news/4918867-155/chaffetz-town-hall-meeting-in-utah
Exactly right, we should just start calling the racists no matter what and watch their heads explode on anger. It’s the seriousness of the charge that matters, not the accuracy.
Get better organized then. The Falcons were there first also but the Patriots did not use thatvas an excusem
It is not to talk to them. It is to bring numbers in support.
I agree that laughing at and ignoring the tea party didn’t work out well for those who tried it. Double down and show up in greater numbers and louder than the opposition keeping in mind that they are cancer and we know that ignoring cancer emboldens it. If they win back anything or think they are making us shrink back this is the last battle. If they get power it will be brutal how much will get jammed down our throats. They are out for blood it seems and are a bunch of demented cultists.
Astroturf, bingo.
https://twitter.com/townhallproject?lang=en
Notice the location of that Twitter page: Washington D.C.
They have a Facebook link too.
https://www.facebook.com/TownHallProject/?hc_ref=SEARCH
This is where they’re organizing the town hall crowds. There’s an attached spreadsheet showing the town hall schedules nationwide:
Of course these SOBs and their MSM sympathizers would compare this to a real grassroots effort - the Tea Party - to legitimize it.
Might just be home-grown. SLC has a Gay mayor, and there are plenty of lefties on the Wasatch Front.
These are paid activists, not real people.
Exactly. Some on our side think it’s okay to be complacent - just calling protesters paid by Soros. Whether they are or aren’t, they are influencing public opinion and can vote.
Exactly. I’ll give them a break this time because most probably weren’t aware what the left was going to do. Now we know, and our side is going to have to decide if we want to protect our gains or get complacent.
There were equal numbers of Patriots and Falcons.
I think that these townhall invitations should be sent via email, not announced publicly. Making a public announcement gives the leftist fascists time to organize and bus in their troops.
That would not be good. Public notice laws are good and proper.
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