I’ve always wondered if the majority of conservative politicians are true believers or just opportunists who know how to manipulate the rubes. I’m thinking the latter.

Call. That. Shit. Out.

Word on the street is that republican senators are using this recess’s town halls to determine whether or not they will take up the AHCA. So pageantry it may be, good sir, but that doesn’t mean there arent scholarships on the line.

Defunding of schools to try to encourage stupidity in red states isn’t helping.

Come up with a new way for a rep to have face to face contact with his constituents and I’ll consider this one obsolete. They spend more than enough time away from home or only talking to people who give them scads of money, there needs to be at least something where the average person can somewhat easily get out and…

Well, it’s kind of funny that the Republicans (the first to complain about “safe spaces” and “snowflakes”) run away like scared rabbits at the thought of being confronted by their constituents. It’s like these people don’t think they’re answerable to anybody or something.

Do I expect a purple state Democrat to show up to a senior center and get bellowed at for 2 hours before fielding her third question?

There is no proof that town halls are being filled by out of town constituents. That’s just a lie being spread by the right wing to devalue the opposition and here you are spreading that very same lie. Stop it.

Or don’t piss off your whole community. Elizabeth Warren didn’t have a bad town hall.

It’s like Paul Ryan was [paraphrasing] a few weeks ago, “We’ve been an opposition party for 8 years and we just wanted to fight all the time, now we need to learn how to be a governing party.” Like, motherfucker, you were supposed to be governing this whole time. Losing a presidential race doesn’t mean the party…

This is the dumb thought process that led to the wave of Tea Party reps taking over. They are real constituents, just because you don’t like what they say doesn’t mean you get to completely invalidate them by saying they aren’t really your constituents. That’s what gets a whole bunch of people upset and motivated to…

Republicans bus in protestors, so they accuse Democratic protestors of being bussed in, too. When a Republican makes an accusation it’s an admission of his own acts. I suspect they aren’t imaginative enough to come up with scenarios that don’t directly reflect their personal experience.

The past 15 years of this shit, Republicans thinking they only represent Republican voters and not the other 40% of their district’s constituents who voted against them, is how we get gerrymandered “safe” seats that can’t be flipped, gridlock in Congress, and a 19% approval rating for Congress.

And although many are their constituents, many are probably...not their constituents.

You couldn’t be more wrong. Town Halls are often the ONLY opportunity that constituents get to talk to the congress person. And if they are doing things that are harmful to their constituents, it’s an opportunity to voice their displeasure. These congress people WORK for their constituents and therefore should have…

Oh, come on. They can put on their big girl and boy pants and explain their votes or intended vote. And many town halls are requiring pre-registration and proof of residency to attend now that people are actually going to these things. There’s no excuse to go to DC and vote for shit that’s bad for your district and…

It doesn’t matter. You are there to face your constituents, and listen to their concerns- that’s your job. You can’t just get elected and forget you have people to answer to.

Decades of consistent brainwashing by the GOP is how.

Anyone else still trying to work out how politics became this mad?

Is Darrell Issa having a breakdown? Calling the reporter unprompted and then hanging up on him is suuuuper weird.