The Violent GOP Town Hall That Made National News From One Who Was There [View all]

[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/