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Rep. Rich McCormick (R-GA) faced backlash at a town hall in Roswell, Georgia, over his support for Elon Musk and deep federal budget cuts.

Constituents jeered and booed as McCormick defended layoffs at the CDC, arguing AI makes some jobs redundant.

Attendees criticized the cuts as rushed and extreme, chanting "shame" and accusing him of harming local communities.

The heated event echoed past voter outrage at town halls, with some Republicans avoiding similar meetings after Trump’s first term began in 2017.

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[–] Tyfud@lemmy.world 12 points 13 hours ago

argued that “a lot of the work” done by probationary employees at the CDC “is duplicitous with AI.”

Holy jesus fuck we're doomed.

[–] polysexualstick@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

Meanwhile NBC brought this up then showed footage of people clapping at this asshats town hall. Totally trying play it has if everyone was happy and agreed with what he was saying.

[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 24 points 16 hours ago

May he face a local peaceful January 6th style protest from his base soon.

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 102 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Right wing politicians operate on leverage.

These people gave them the keys in exchange for hearing what they wanted.

They no longer have leverage as far as the politician is concerned, so he's done telling them what they want to hear.

History repeats again

[–] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 48 points 20 hours ago

Oh bullshit. Next election they’ll line up and vote red down the ballot just like they always do. They’re fools & cowards.

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 7 points 14 hours ago

Anger without action is irrelevant.

They don't care how angry people are because they know they will do nothing other than complain.

[–] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 38 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

So I wonder how many of these angry voters were Republicans.

Because it's clear that absolutely nothing will change while R voters continue to cheer Trump on.

BUT ALSO:

I love that they quoted this bit. Of course this motherfucker is stupid enough to say AI can replace CDC jobs; he doesn't even know the meaning of the words he's using. Though duplicitous is a great word for Republicans to learn, since it describes every last fucking one.

McCormick — who recently made headlines when he suggested that children taking part in school lunch programs “sponge off the government” — argued that “a lot of the work” done by probationary employees at the CDC “is duplicitous with AI.”

[–] TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social 18 points 19 hours ago

It's like they all had anemia and forget that Trump was running the country into the he ground pre-COVID. But COVID gave them all something to "own the libs" while millions of them claimed their Darwin Award. Not sure how any of them could truly believe he was going to do better for them this time around, when this time they even released their game plan ( Project 2025) before the election.

[–] TheOneAndOnly@lemmy.world 21 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Waaahhh!! They got what they wanted. I wonder how many of these people are part of the 65% that voted in this pile of garbage...

[–] meeeeetch@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

Probably a handful. But 35% of a congressional district is (in the lowest population district, which this one isn't) is 190,780 people. You can easily get a small town community center full of people who voted against him and didn't ask for any of this.

[–] TheOneAndOnly@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago

Fair enough.

[–] snekerpimp@lemmy.world 28 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Good! Get mad and in their faces! Let them know their jobs are at stake as well here. Let them know you are mad at their actions, and shame them for selling the American people like that.

[–] Nightwingdragon@lemmy.world 7 points 18 hours ago

The problem is that for most of them, the next step is to vote them right back into office.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 12 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

They got exactly what they voted for, and now they complain? Idiots.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Are you sure they voted for him? Georgia, especially that area, is kinda purple.

[–] tburkhol@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago

His district was 65-35, so not very purple.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 3 points 16 hours ago
  • IDF talking about Palestinians probably
[–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

You know in most elections slightly less than half of the voters voted for the other candidate, right?

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago

That is a problem in democracy deficit countries like the US, yes.

[–] 18_24_61_b_17_17_4@lemmy.world 13 points 20 hours ago

I guess good for them for getting pissed, but you fucking jerk offs voted for this.

[–] dodgese@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)
[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 3 points 16 hours ago

this ai will fix everything line. ai can help increase productivity but places have been understaffed so severely before it that there is no real room to get savings. at best it could bring quality back up to somewhat decent using 2023 staffing levels.