The Violent GOP Town Hall That Made National News From One Who Was There

[tgards79]

"We live in a swing district in New York, the 17th District. Over the years we have been represented by such disparate folks as GOP wingnut Nan Hayworth, Democratic stalwart Sean Patrick Maloney and now alleged 'moderate' Mike Lawler, a Republican serving in his second term, a man reportedly with gubernatorial aspirations – and likely beyond. Lawler is holding a series of town halls across his district, and we attended the one in our county last night.

The event was raucous, indeed. The crowd was boisterous in its objections to Lawler’s rambling and off-point defenses of the Trump administration, to be sure. The post-event coverage to date has centered on the fact that two women were forcibly ejected from the event, carried out physically by New York State troopers. The coverage has generally not addressed what Lawler actually said to engender such an outpouring of emotion. We will attempt to redress that below...."

https://borntorunthenumbers.com/2025/05/05/btrtn-swing-district-gop-rep-mike-lawler-ny17-bobs-weaves-and-dissembles-at-raucous-town-hall/

[Walleye]

1. I was thinking the similar thoughts I have when anyone is abusing an older vulnerable person

I just wanna say “does that make you feel like a real big man there, with your big guns carrying that woman out she’s got a weigh all of 99 pounds, big men”, but I don’t say it, usually. I’m glad they pointed out that the guy who was big, and a guy, was not carried out and was allowed to stay. Not surprising. I’ve witnessed similar behavior between the way men and women are treated, by security guards, especially. Of course, the reason they don’t drag the men out is because the men might fight back, they might get hurt