Democrats step up town halls amid raucous GOP forums

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Hill

03/19/25 6:00 AM ET


Democrats are using town halls to go on offense against their Republican counterparts as the party scrambles to capitalize on a weak point: GOP lawmakers taking heat for President Trump. Democratic Party leaders argue that images of Republican lawmakers being pressed and booed at home-district town halls in response to Trump’s agenda is reminiscent of Tea Party town halls during former President Obama’s first term.

Last week at their annual retreat, House Democrats announced they would travel to House Republican districts to hold town halls, while the Democratic National Committee, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and the Association of State Democratic Committees announced a joint effort, dubbed “People’s Town Halls,” to target vulnerable Republicans. As a part of that effort, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) hosted town halls in GOP districts in Iowa and Nebraska last weekend. Additional town halls are planned for this week in Pennsylvania’s 7th and 10th Congressional Districts.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) are also hitting the road for their “Fighting Oligarchy: Where We Go From Here” tour, which includes a stop in Rep. Gabe Evans’s (R-Colo.) district, as well as stops in Nevada and Arizona.

Meanwhile, the Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC) has helped build crowds at a number of town halls featuring Democratic Sens. Ruben Gallego (Ariz.), Jeff Merkley (Ore.) and Michael Bennet (Colo.) this month, targeting vulnerable House Republicans in their respective states.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5201896-democrats-target-republican-town-halls/

[Scrivener7]

1. The article mentions 7 Dems doing it. That's a good start.

But if every Dem in Congress does one, imagine the impact. Because there are well over 200 of them.

[Lovie777]

2. Either the GQP are naive or don't care or just compliant of what their senior Republicans are doing............

to the country's economy that is diminishing in their respective state's communities.

[OnionPatch]

3. They should all be doing this

Or at least getting out there in whatever way possible.

[NBachers]

4. Punctuation alert: Shouldn't it be "Peoples' Town Halls?" I'll eat crow if I'm wrong. Also- Good start, Democrats, but

they all should be out jumping on this. Make it so.

[sop]

5. You're correct

People's is used to show possession of one group of people, peoples' is used to show possession of multiple groups of people.

[NBachers]

8. Yeah, I'm figuring it's for multiple groups of people, or all people inclusively; also multiple town halls.

[BumRushDaShow]

6. The DNC site calls it "People's Town Hall" as a SINGULAR, without the "s" at the end of "Hall"

The link to it has no punctuation (and includes the "s" ) - https://democrats.org/peoples-town-halls/

[Scrivener7]

7. If it is one group of people, it's correct as is.

I think this is a case where either works depending on how you look at it.

[NBachers]

9. I will figure I can trust the word of a Scrivener.

[Scrivener7]

10. Dangerous policy!

[NBachers]

13. Get us both into trouble

[efhmc]

11. Agreed since the word people is already plural.

[republianmushroom]

12. Like this action.

Shove it down the repukes throats.