Maddow Blog The scary subtext behind the 'paid protester' line from Trump and Republicans [View all]
As members of Congress confront angry constituents at town halls nationwide, Republicans are increasingly invested in the idea that the dissatisfied Americans are insincere — and well compensated.
House Speaker Mike Johnson, for example, declared last week that he’d seen the videos from recent public events, but was confident that in “many” communities there were “paid protesters.” The Louisiana Republican, naturally, offered no evidence in support of his claim.
A few days later, Sen. Roger Marshall of Kansas held a town hall meeting with constituents that went so badly, the Republican gave up and ended the event early. The senator soon after suggested that he believed his detractors were paid.
As NBC News reported, Donald Trump took a related message to his social media platform.
Putting aside the inconvenient fact that the president did not, in reality, win by a “landslide” — he never did reach 50% of the popular vote — Trump’s rhetoric might sound familiar. There’s a good reason for that.
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