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Gop byron Donalds from Florida faced frequent crowd cries in a controversial town hall on Monday with a certain number of participants asking critical questions about the Trump administration and the Ministry of Government.
The Congress member asked the crowd several times to let him speak, saying: “Do you want to shout, or do you want to hear?” At another time, he told a participant that she was disrespectful for disruption.
During the event, Donalds was invited to the surveillance he imposed on Elon Musk and the government’s efficiency department as a member of the Chamber’s supervisory committee – strong applause, applause and whistles.
The crowd’s reaction was mixed throughout the event while Donalds received applause alongside Boos at various points.
“We must actually let the Doge finish his work. What they are currently examining is ineffectiveness in the federal system,” said the Congress member.
Donalds then began to say that President Barack Obama also wanted to examine ineffectiveness in the federal government during his mandate, trying to conclude a parallel between this and what Musk does – an assertion that caused noisy cries of the crowd.
The event occurs because relatively few Republicans have organized town halls in relation to the Democratic legislators during the current recess in Congress. The legislators on both sides of the aisle have faced frustrated voters, the Republicans being confronted with criticisms of the Trump administration and the Democrats confronted with criticism that the party does not do enough to counter the administration.
Shortly after the first question on Doge, a participant asked: “Do you approve of Elon and Doge invading our social security files?” The question led to roaring applause of the crowd.
Donalds began to answer by saying: “Elon Musk and Doge were authorized by the President of the United States -” and quickly encountered noisy huae. The Congress member tried to be heard on the cries. “Do not huer. No, no, no, no, no. Not hoo. Do not huer,” he said.
While the participants continued to shout and shout, Donalds said: “You don’t want to hear the full story”, adding “, because you don’t listen to.”
The Congress member said: “Now, this is my question for the public: do you want to shout or do you want to hear?”
“Because if you want to hear, I try to give you the information,” continued Donalds. “I told you, I’m going to be factual. But you can shout or you can hear. ”
“If you think it is good that people fraud Social Security, you and I do not agree,” said the Congress member. “What the DOGE does is that they examine the files, they provide their results. Congress must weigh on these results. This is how the process works. ”
Faced with a question about the Trump administration’s efforts to reduce staff from the consumer financial protection office, the Congress member said: “I want you to know that it is not only the administration that wants to get rid of the CFPB. I want to get rid of the CFPB. ” This sparked a mixed response from the crowd – while some have applauded, others have hooked.
Stopping to address the public at some point, Donalds said: “The beauty of a constitutional republic is that we can have these very vigorous debates and disagreements. Here is what I will tell you, in all my time in the elected office and before that, even if I do not agree with you, I will respect your opinion. But I still don’t disagree with you. ”
The War of Israel against Hamas in Gaza also sparked controversial exchanges during the town hall. At one point, a woman from the public stood up and began to cry out against American support in Israel in the middle of the current war in Gaza.
Donalds called the disrespectful woman to disrupt the event. “As I said, if you want to have a disagreement, have a disagreement. But when you are going to stand up and shout and lack respect for everyone in this room because you think you are heard. Let’s be clear: you are not,” said Donalds.
“You are disrespectful. Madam, you are disrespectful. And I will respect you and I will honor the fact that you are trying here to get answers, but if you are going to keep this thing and be disrespectful, it’s time for you to be deleted. ”
An agent of the police went towards the edge of the row in which the woman stood, seeming to prevent her from leaving. The woman finally got out of the row and lifted the aisle. Songs of “free Palestine” could be heard while the woman was moving away, and Donalds continued to the following question.