Summary
At a Missouri town hall, Rep. Mark Alford faced backlash after telling fired federal workers that “God has a plan” for them and urging them to find new jobs, insisting the economy would improve.
Constituents, angered by Trump’s sweeping government cuts and Elon Musk’s influence, heckled Alford throughout the event. Similar protests have erupted nationwide, reflecting growing discontent.
Critics, including both Democrats and some conservatives, compared the movement to the Tea Party backlash in 2009.
Many federal employees fear further uncertainty under Trump’s policies.
“God has a plan”. And what part of that plan is going to help these people pay their bills?
The governor of Virginia made a similar plea after Trump fired thousands of workers from the state. He promised to come up with a “plan” to help them. And of course, we all know what this plan is: (1) Give people a bunch of lip service to appease them, (2) Repeat step 1 until something else makes the news, (3) never mention it again. And of course, he has no idea what the hell these workers are supposed to do in the meantime.
Eventually, the GOP will solve the problem of continually angering their own voters by not having town halls and considering the problem solved.
goddamn glenn youngkin sucks. i hate him and his stupid fucking vest. i’m so glad the democrats could use virginia as an experiment to see if being exclusively anti trump with no other campaign strategy could win an election, and then learn nothing when they fucking lost