A GOP Lawmaker Was Heckled By A Crowd At A Town Hall Over DOGE Cuts, And The Video Is Absolutely Chilling
- Michaela Bramwell // Buzzfeed
- Mar 16
- 2 min read
"This is the energy we need!"
According to the Pew Research Center, 61% of veterans leaned toward Donald Trump in the presidential election. Still, just two months into the administration, the mass cuts from Trump's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have already left thousands of veterans jobless.
For context, the Department of Veteran's Affairs has already fired 2,400 probationary VA workers, plans to fire over 80,000 employees in the coming months, and plans to cut hundreds of VA contracts, including care for stroke and cancer patients.
But it's not just DOGE that is harming veterans; it's the entire GOP. House Republicans just voted to cut $20 billion in federal funding for the Toxic Exposures Fund (TEF) for veterans who have been exposed to burn pits.
Well, veterans across the country are angry and speaking out. A now-viral clip from a town hall in Asheville, North Carolina, has received over 2.4 million views after a veteran's emotional outburst at a GOP lawmaker caused him to be forcibly removed by police. Here's the clip:
NC Republican lawmaker Chuck Edwards was recently heckled while speaking to a group of constituents who were angry about DOGE's closing of four Social Security Administration offices in North Carolina. "You're lying! I'm a veteran, and you don't give a fuck about me!" one voter yelled from the audience.
"You're taking away my Social Security! Fuck you!"
"I will not sit down! I will stand the fuck up because it's my goddamn right!"
"You don't get to fucking do this to us! You don't get to take away our rights! You don't get to take our healthcare!"
"You don't get to do this to us!" Cries to let the man go came from the crowd.
"You're pulling out a veteran," one person yelled as the man was escorted out by multiple police officers.
"He's earned the right to speak!"
"Just to be clear, I deeply value the contributions that federal employees make," Edwards began but was interrupted by another voter who yelled, "Just to be clear, you're bullshit, and you're not fucking telling the truth, and you're not listening to us."
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