By Michael Woyton
Who won Wyoming in the 2024 election? No question that it was Donald J. Felon.
Voters in the state gave the adjudicated rapist more than 72 percent of the total count, with Vice President Kamala Harris getting a touch more than 26 percent.
Rep. Harriet Hageman of Wyoming was reelected to the House in November by more than 70 percent of the vote over her Democratic opponent.
If all that sounds like Wyoming is a solid red state, then how do you explain this video clip from Hageman’s recent town hall that took place Wednesday?
Hageman, who is the only congress person for the state of Wyoming, is heard saying that “Doge is not dismantling Social Security,” adding that even with reconciliation lawmakers are not allowed to touch it. The crowd was not amused.
There was also continuous chanting of “Deport Elon!” from the crowd.
During a Q&A portion, a woman attending the event said she was one of the employees mass fired from the USDA a month ago, despite having high performance marks. She asked Hageman what she will do to help Wyoming farms in rural communities that are being decimated by cuts from the administration.
Hageman’s reply: “I disagree. I disagree. I come from the ag community. I’m well aware what kind of programs are out there,” as the audience continued loudly booing her.
At one point in the clip, Hageman actually said, “It’s so bizarre to me how obsessed you are with federal government,” which led the audience to again erupt into raucous shouts and cat calls.
The shouting was so loud that Hageman couldn’t continue what she was saying, but eventually said, “Calm down” and laughed nervously.
The video clip ends with the two-term congresswoman telling her constituents that their hysteria was really over the top. Way to read the room, congresswoman.
While one can give props to Hageman for actually showing up to an announced town hall — in spite of being warned not to by North Carolina Rep. Richard Hudson, who heads the National Republican Congressional Committee — it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to come to the conclusion that she had no clue how her constituents were feeling about what is actually happening in Washington, D.C.
Hageman’s town hall was held in Laramie, Albany County, which flipped from Democratic to Republican in November.
The county is surrounded by deep red communities, but I’m sure that the turnout will be downplayed by the GOPmagas in D.C. as payed-by-Soros plants.
Contrast that event with one held Wednesday in the city of Poughkeepsie, New York, by Rep. Pat Ryan. His District 18 is comprised of all of Orange County and most of Ulster and Dutchess counties. Orange voted Republican (54-46) in the presidential election, while Ulster and Dutchess voted Democratic (59-41 and 53-47, respectively).
More than 800 people attended Ryan’s town hall, with thousands more watching a livestream, according to his office.
The congressman began the event by bringing out people who have been affected by the policies coming out of the administration.
They included a veteran who was concerned about the lack of staffing at the region’s only VA hospital, a woman who has been put through ringer by the medical care system and a mother whose housing could be jeopardized by the disappearance of funding.
Those in attendance were enthusiastic and concerned, with questions ranging from voter restrictions through the SAVE Act, how tariffs will affect electricity prices and whether the country is going through a constitutional crisis when the president choose to ignore a judge.
Ryan responded to the constitutional crisis question by telling the audience that they should not discount what they were doing Wednesday night and that he hoped they continue to participate.
“Do not think that that doesn’t matter,” he said. “It matters a lot. Do not go quietly into the night as these harms are being inflicted and the Constitution is being challenged.”
In response to a question from a medical doctor about how cuts of up to $880 billion to Medicaid would cause untold harm to people in the district, Ryan made reference to the congressman of the 17th congressional district to the south, without mentioning the name Mike Lawler, who voted in favor of the proposed budget plan.
“I would be happy to help you connect with them,” he said to the doctor, “and if we all do that, it would bolster us, too.”
Ryan said he doesn’t think people should feel powerless about this “and let the cruelty and the dehumanization carry the day.”
He noted that, across the country, House Republicans “are getting absolutely skewered at events like this.
“And that matters,” Ryan said.
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Lead art: Screen grab from Rep. Pat Ryan’s town hall.
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