'Duped': Analyst sees groundswell of internal GOP fury as 'snapshot' of an angry nation
Raw StoryRepublican lawmakers are facing a wave of fury as voters pack their town halls to rage against President Donald Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk — with desperate GOP leadership now even advising members to stop doing town halls altogether and blaming the protests on outside liberal agitators. "In my corner of America, there’s a common feeling emerging about the viral videos of constituents angrily confronting congressional Republicans: That’s what they get," wrote Johnson. The issue, Johnson wrote, fundamentally comes down to a question pondered ever since America was founded: "whether popularly elected representatives are delegates who act as vessels for the people’s voice or trustees who do what they think is best." In other words, he wrote, the new town hall protests flaring up are "snapshots of supporters who, after just a 30-day sample of the government they elected, feel duped."
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