Liz Cheney's successor Harriet Hageman to raucus overflow 500 person town hall crowd: “It’s so bizarre to me how obsessed you are with the federal government .... You guys are going to have a heart attack if you don’t calm down. I’m sorry, you’re hysterical.” - ThreadSky

joshtpm.bsky.social • 70 days ago

Liz Cheney's successor Harriet Hageman to raucus overflow 500 person town hall crowd:

“It’s so bizarre to me how obsessed you are with the federal government .... You guys are going to have a heart attack if you don’t calm down. I’m sorry, you’re hysterical.”

Reposted from Josh Marshall

A new Gettin' Rocked for DOGE town hall round up from ultra woke districts in Wyoming, Iowa and Utah. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/getti...

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m40dotcom.bsky.social•70 days ago

Meanwhile in my district last night, and packed house at the High School for someone who gives a d*mn about us.

https://bsky.app/profile/repilhan.bsky.social/post/3lku63dylvs2q

dredecopp.bsky.social•69 days ago

She's "forgetting" we're her bosses and we don't like her "performance" so far.

juliadilliard.bsky.social•70 days ago

So, no actual concern for the fact that her constituents are extremely upset about DOGE, just a reprimand for their emotionality.

delfinr.bsky.social•70 days ago

She is delusional 🙄

caligirl2505.bsky.social•70 days ago

The sheer AUDACITY.

roadreclaimed.bsky.social•70 days ago

That's definitely one way to draw an even bigger crowd next time. Poor thing thinks it's bad now, just wait.

elove24.bsky.social•69 days ago

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annabana.bsky.social•70 days ago

Obtuse hen?

ncallaway.bsky.social•70 days ago

That’s fucking hilarious. “Why are all these people talking about the federal government? What do they think I am, some kind of representative of the government? Do they think this is some kind of ‘feedback for the federal government’ event?”

yorkiesteak.bsky.social•70 days ago

It's the way many in the 1% think. They dehumanise the little people and implicitly strip them of agency.

sallyballroom.bsky.social•70 days ago

An elected rep...the gall.

mrtoads.bsky.social•70 days ago

“It was just a joke! Why are you always so sensitive!”

chesterzeking.bsky.social•70 days ago

Another accusation that is a confession. MAGA folks are the ones obsessed with the government.

vfrankensteen.bsky.social•70 days ago

Social conservatives know nothing at all about all parts of anything. They're not just a national security threat, they're a threat to everyone around them.

The Democratic party thinks they're people you can talk to.

borisof007.bsky.social•70 days ago

Maga morons replaced Liz with someone dumber and now they're mad lololol

cdpositive.bsky.social•70 days ago

Has anyone else ever watched a child stretch a rubber band so tight that they slapped themselves in the face? Watching her reminded me of exactly that... 😏

ohzakry.bsky.social•70 days ago

Keep talking down to constituents like that & watch them vote you out.

lz000.bsky.social•69 days ago

They elected her. Finding out.

ldrberi.bsky.social•70 days ago

Why would you vote even?!?

oliviaemisar.bsky.social•70 days ago

Why wouldn't a citizen be obsessed with the Federal government?

Politics create policies that devasted or enroch the population

Guessing she thinks that's a private club that has nothing to do with us?

jmwallach.bsky.social•70 days ago

Happy to have passed along to you.

neptuniandemocracy.bsky.social•69 days ago

It’s more likely that Harriet’s going to have a heart attack
She’s projecting in a very disrespectful way
They should throw eggs

nycbubbles.bsky.social•70 days ago

🍸🍸

nancyworld.bsky.social•69 days ago

The comments on this clip, tho... People claiming that the dissidents must have been paid and shipped in from other states. https://youtu.be/qiyXwpbICJE?si=e-jX5NSBq6RuEyyv

Wait till Social Security deposits start failing to show up.

gayknaves.bsky.social•70 days ago

The federal government protects life. OUR LIVES.

cheetodusty.bsky.social•70 days ago

She is what you get when you run a schlep to the right of Liz Cheney- she is smooth brained

eightxeroxedbutts.bsky.social•70 days ago

Would love someone to stand up and explain to her where the word "hysterical" comes from.

eternaleyeroll.bsky.social•70 days ago

I had the same thought.

isammis.bsky.social•70 days ago

But… you’re Wyoming’s representative in the federal government! What questions were you expecting, exactly?

shaym114.bsky.social•70 days ago

The simplest, most logical question for ALL of these Reps is, “Exactly what event or action by this administration is a bridge too far for you? What is your red line?”

lisstless.bsky.social•70 days ago

Their response :
What kind of hysterical, woke bs question is that?! Trump sold me this bridge, and we're Republicans with power, so that's the only red line that matters.

robert-e-630.bsky.social•70 days ago

omg it would be funny if Liz Cheney runs against him and wins

tuxedomasc.bsky.social•70 days ago

She needs to go

lorengoren.bsky.social•70 days ago

It’s their JOB, isn’t it? What did they think town hall attendees would want to talk about? Gardening?

kenspencerbrown.bsky.social•70 days ago

Republicans have been having heart attack over the federal government for the last 50 years.

ny2va.bsky.social•70 days ago

She was so incredibly condescending! What an absolutely horrible person.

lilymars.bsky.social•70 days ago

The idiots were represented by Liz Cheney. I have no fucks to give for them now.

bkv63.bsky.social•69 days ago

The Karen-olution!

We all need to speak to the manager!

dfourny.bsky.social•70 days ago

I just finished Amy Gaberman’s (WSJ environ. reporter?) book, “The Crazies: Cattlemen, Wind Prospectors, & a War Out West” where she dissects conservative wars b/n very rich, new NIMBY owners & the locals fight over land rights, wind energy, & money in neighboring Montana. Excellent read

vagrantguru.bsky.social•70 days ago

A little like your doctor telling you that you're overreacting about crippling and sudden chest pain.

worldcitizen1994.bsky.social•69 days ago

That psychotic idiot -- *she's* the one who's obsessed!

bamaguy1.bsky.social•70 days ago

They realize their country and government are being overtaken by a felon and Oligarchs! While the MAGA'S sit by and do NOTHING!

jaydeedouble.bsky.social•70 days ago

“I mean come on… it’s not like the President said that citizens accused of simple crimes should be disappeared to a Central American prison with no Due Process or legal representation or anything!”

jaydeedouble.bsky.social•70 days ago

“Gees you people, you really need a spa retreat paid for by Tesla lobbyists, they do wonders I tell you”

leeman67.bsky.social•70 days ago

Yeah that should win ‘em over

wisenerdan.bsky.social•70 days ago

Yet Trump's approval rating has dropped very little. They either blame Musk and are letting Trump off the hook, or these are vocal Democrats and independents.

veraeikon.bsky.social•70 days ago

It's so bizarre to me how obsessed Hageman is with trans people. She's going to have a heart attack if she doesn't stop sponsoring legislation to persecute us. I'm sorry, she's hysterical.

reliablenarrator.bsky.social•70 days ago

LOL. THEY'RE the ones obsessed with the federal government?

pja.bsky.social•70 days ago

If she thinks the federal government doesn’t matter she could, you know, resign

banaconda.bsky.social•70 days ago

Right...they voted for Harriet Hageman. At least they are WOKE now.

dlowther.bsky.social•70 days ago

Woke Wyoming Crew - 100🏆
Harriet Hageman - 0

kimlacapria.bsky.social•70 days ago

tell me this is paraphrasing

mpjohnson.bsky.social•70 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/nbcnews.com/post/3lktaueggg224

kimlacapria.bsky.social•69 days ago

I LITERALLY ASKED FOR THE OPPOSITE OF THIS 😭 (jkjk)

sdamackay.bsky.social•70 days ago

“What your government does is none of your business” is certainly an … argument. Not a good one, though.

papagenopdx.bsky.social•70 days ago

Someone ought to tell that lady, "hey, the federal government does a lot of important stuff, like keeping our food safe, warning us about dangerous weather coming our way, paying for older people's health care etc. and Trump and Musk are taking a wrecking ball to all that!"

joyupnorth.bsky.social•70 days ago

I demand your apathy.

eternaleyeroll.bsky.social•70 days ago

One thing that is certainly a “both sides” problem is the contempt our elected officials feel towards us.

awbird.bsky.social•70 days ago

We need to expedite Musk back to South Africa as an immigrant. I think Trump can supply a Military plane!

ike55.bsky.social•70 days ago

It's so bizarre to me that Wyoming (Pop. 587,618) has one US Representative and two US senators and the District of Columbia (Pop. 702,250) has none.

Statehood for DC

laurenrivers.bsky.social•70 days ago

As I recall 'hysterical' used to be a medical condition used to suppress women.

jimbrowski12.bsky.social•70 days ago

Constituents LOVE being talked down to like that.

emnorton.bsky.social•70 days ago

Tried and true strategy to be re elected… attack and ridicule your voters. Keep it up!

dcmcb.bsky.social•70 days ago

davidicouldbewrong.bsky.social•70 days ago

Republicans have no respect for their constituents. https://cbwrong.blogspot.com/?m=1

stogachess.bsky.social•70 days ago

We The People have had it. We are done with the criminal leadership in this administration.

youbreakityoubuyit.bsky.social•70 days ago

abuser talk from her

steevo57.bsky.social•70 days ago

Straight out of the MAGA playbook. Accuse your enemy of doing the thing that you are doing. The short word is “gaslighting”.

carolannie.bsky.social•70 days ago

The Federal government is we the people

soulwithoutaking.bsky.social•70 days ago

so weird the way they have claimed that phrase as their own. until it bites them in the ass.

wooble.geoffreyspear.com•70 days ago

Not if the people elect a moron to represent them and she doesn't feel like doing that.

krw2024.bsky.social•70 days ago

melissa13mw.bsky.social•70 days ago

Definitely seems like a bunch of people are in her meeting because the people *currently running* the government are the ones too obsessed and hysterical. 🤷🏼‍♀️

terrycmk.bsky.social•70 days ago

Another day I’m overjoyed not to live in Wyoming.

forestbrd.bsky.social•70 days ago

What a condescending bitch.

gidget.bsky.social•70 days ago

Crazy Eyes Santos needs to look in the mirror. Fascist bitch.

mremington.bsky.social•69 days ago

Because she doesn’t pay attention. She just hangs out and does what the leader tells her.

heyche.bsky.social•70 days ago

Pathetic & out of touch if not brainwashed.

awrjr.bsky.social•69 days ago

She just wants to watch peoples suffer. What a weird kink.

phill.hallambaker.com•70 days ago

These NAZI chuds sure like demeaning people, probably not a good idea if they are the people elected you.

Oh how stupid people are for thinking Musk made a Hitler salute when he made a Hitler salute.

Oh how stupid people are for protesting the corruption of DOGE and Trump.

politicalwitch.bsky.social•70 days ago

fuck you harriet...

unnamedwill.bsky.social•70 days ago

Time to demand them to commit to what they will do if any Social Security checks stop flowing to any of their constituents.

vgcatano.bsky.social•70 days ago

Kinda worrying that she’s not obsessed with federal government… especially since she ostensibly helps run it.

lisstless.bsky.social•70 days ago

I expect them to eventually pull there head out of their asses ( or out of trumps.). Then, reality hits that I clearly have too high of expectations for them 🙄

hudsonrivercroc.bsky.social•70 days ago

Lol, I hope she keeps this up

hereforfun.bsky.social•70 days ago

As always the lack of self-awareness is impressive.

cvilletgr.bsky.social•70 days ago

I don't know how you make someone this obtuse feel the rage of her constituents.

plannedtheride.bsky.social•70 days ago

Yep. I always calm right down when someone gets condescending with me.

lbluth.bsky.social•70 days ago

When someone says "Smile more!" it makes me feel really warm and friendly. "Relax" is also nice advice that definitely won't piss me off.

rob1946.bsky.social•70 days ago

Think there might be a few reasons for that hysteria, Harriet?

acadianrunner.bsky.social•70 days ago

Usually calling constituents “hysterical “ goes over really well

maverick72.bsky.social•70 days ago

Reading the room is not one of her strong suits.

mrsallnut.bsky.social•70 days ago

Wyomingites have gotten really placid bc I recall a time that sort of nonsense remark would not have flown.
We need to bring back tar & feathers.

dats-moy.bsky.social•70 days ago

Why do you care what your government does, is definitely an interesting take.

jerseypatrick.bsky.social•70 days ago

She expected what exactly? A couple senior citizens with canes?

phill.hallambaker.com•70 days ago

Probably who usually showed up to her things

400trix.bsky.social•69 days ago

Same crowd, different mood.

sldet.bsky.social•70 days ago

They were counting on no one paying attention since so many don't even vote

paulfuller.bsky.social•70 days ago

“I’m representing you in the US Congress and I don’t care about federal government at all.”

crimsontitles.bsky.social•69 days ago

Just pure gaslighting.

abc4democracy.bsky.social•70 days ago

I wonder what she doesn’t get? Like how are people supposed to react to having all of the rules changed on them? The constitution trashed, government stability upended, SS, Medicaid, education parks, history, legal protections stripped away. WY lost a true fighter and got a lousy Dimwit sycophant!

granny24.bsky.social•70 days ago

I attended this town hall near my home. So emotional for me!!

buddyloveakakelp.bsky.social•70 days ago

So, why are angry constituents “hysterical” for showing up at town hall meetings and showing their anger at Trump/Doge actions that hurt them personally—but when Tea Party activists rallied when Obama was president, they were labeled as “true patriots” concerned about “government overreach”?

bartnbeka.bsky.social•70 days ago

They voted for her over Liz Cheney.
Just like they voted for Hawley over Claire McCaskill.
They deserve what they got.

adoptorfoster.bsky.social•70 days ago

Fuck Harriet Hageman and her contempt for her constituency. "It's so bizarre to me how obsessed you are with the federal government" needs to be part of the Democrats' campaign arsenal.

blankfrank.bsky.social•70 days ago

Magagrift

robertcole60.bsky.social•70 days ago

Guess she told them!

8morebacon.bsky.social•70 days ago

Harriet Hageman=OBTUSE. I watched part of the townhall meeting. Hageman was spewing out her speech (like she was taking a walk in a park) over the voices. I have to say she did a good job ignoring all her constituents during her speech. Too bad...she should have shut her mouth & listened instead.

8morebacon.bsky.social•70 days ago

I'm probably going out on a limb here, I may be wrong,but I'm guessing that these voters are regretting that they didn't vote for Liz Cheney instead. Now they're stuck with Hageman for 21 more months.

j-lastcoolletter.bsky.social•70 days ago

This is like during a bank failure, a branch manager saying to a crowd of deposit holders "It's so bizarre how obsessed you are with money."

coldrent.bsky.social•70 days ago

Hey Doge! It would be really funny if you cut off this lady’s salary!

lineardave.bsky.social•70 days ago

People coming to see their representative to the federal government are… [checks notes]… “obsessed… with the federal government”?

What was she there to do? Juggle? Tell jokes? Meet her Trump mandated monthly Tesla sales quota? 🙄

#GOPBetrayedAmerica

swee24.bsky.social•70 days ago

They really are all equally traitorous POS aren’t they?

ehm87.bsky.social•70 days ago

I try to have empathy for these people, but they voted Liz Cheney out for this condescending bitch? Wow. Liz Cheney is one of the few true Republicans left who has not lost her ethics and credibility. If she had been my representative, I might have stayed Republican.

lestatdelc.bsky.social•70 days ago

Right? How bad does it have to be for me to be sympathetic to Liz fucking Cheney?

Yet here we are.

amyjpetty.bsky.social•70 days ago

Horse shit. Do you actually know about Cheney beyond her public statements about Trump? Because she literally voted with him ***93%*** of the time! That's an irrefutable document of public record.

She has ZERO ethics or credibility.

jpeghotdog77.bsky.social•70 days ago

And is also the nepo baby of a war profiteer/criminal.

ehm87.bsky.social•69 days ago

Don't put the sins of the parents on the child.

amyjpetty.bsky.social•69 days ago

No reason to. Liz's sins are that she literally nearly supported everything Trump did.

She didn't have any issues with him, she just put on a show because of his personality. If he'd had the temperament of someone like Romney or Bush, she'd have said and done nothing.

amyjpetty.bsky.social•70 days ago

Pretty much. If you express admiration for Liz Cheney, you're only telling everyone that you're FINE with Trump and the GOP's policies, it's just their **demeanor** that you hate.

Cheney was FINE with regressive Republican policies that hurt people. Again, she voted WITH Trump nearly every time!

ehm87.bsky.social•69 days ago

She stood up to him when he crossed the line. She at least tried to stop him. I was a Republican for 35 years until Trump was elected, my parents were Republicans. Not all Republicans lack empathy. I'm now a progressive democrat.

amyjpetty.bsky.social•69 days ago

If you were okay with how she voted, the issue isn't Trump's lack of empathy.

You expect me to believe you went from loving Cheney's policies to being a progressive?

ehm87.bsky.social•69 days ago

I would love 93% at this point.

amyjpetty.bsky.social•69 days ago

I prefer people who are actually opposed to Trump and Republicans and don't merely engage in performative opposition while they vote FOR everything he does.

ehm87.bsky.social•69 days ago

Idk about that. I do know she campaigned for Kamala and I respect her for trying to influence her followers to do the right thing and vote democratic. I don't like people who judge all Republicans as maga, there are moderate republicans just like there's moderate democrats

amyjpetty.bsky.social•69 days ago

Someone who votes in damn near lockstep with the evil that Trump is doing is NOT a good person merely because they take issue with him not pretending to engage in civility.

amyjpetty.bsky.social•69 days ago

It's very telling that you think it matters that she griped about how he presented himself but don't seem to think it matters that the whole time she was supporting the damaging things he DID.

amyjpetty.bsky.social•69 days ago

Again. She voted WITH Trump. She supported everything he did.

jehbee.bsky.social•69 days ago

Out. Of. Touch.

carbage.online•70 days ago

Yeah, that's how you calm a crowd down. Call them hysterical and obsessed.

chuckdc.bsky.social•69 days ago

They should smile more, too....

bodhipuff.bsky.social•70 days ago

Gaslighting

j0ndeaux.bsky.social•70 days ago

Gaslighting is a rite of passage for many, specific types

we-are-toast.bsky.social•70 days ago

Keep in mind, Laramie is a small town. 500 people showing up in Laramie is like 140,000 people showing up in NYC.

jamesjimmmy69.bsky.social•70 days ago

Laramie is a small college town. It hosts the state's only public university which has an enrollment of ~9,000 right now. It's probably the only place in the entire state that would have a turnout anything like this. But still, glad they showed regardless.

we-are-toast.bsky.social•70 days ago

I think Jackson WY would have had an equally big and loud crowd. I think every park ranger in Yellowstone and the Tetons would show up.

sentientpotatopdx.bsky.social•70 days ago

So weird you give a damn about our government.....

debsweet-swick.bsky.social•70 days ago

So weird government Representatives don’t give a damn about our government!!!

mareofhavertown.bsky.social•70 days ago

Her words echo the sentiments used against women across the ages, “hysterical” & that we need to “calm down”. How dare she condescend to her constituents.

auroraerratic.bsky.social•70 days ago

Oh, like it's just some random, inexplicable obsession with an obscure topic, instead of an entity that has the power to affect all of our lives.

gmeluski.bsky.social•69 days ago

People should be this “obsessed” as a norm, not an exception

kristin558.bsky.social•70 days ago

Bitch

filipvanevski.bsky.social•70 days ago

Lol, on the one hand "people voted for X" is so powerful it mandates breaking laws, but "people don't want the government to break laws," is dismissable hysteria.

These guys crack me up.

2theinfinitepower.bsky.social•70 days ago

Nasty piece of work she is.

jeananns.bsky.social•70 days ago

Sounds like some classic gaslighting.

sweetandfizzy.bsky.social•70 days ago

Nothing like gaslighting your own constituents

skyhog.bsky.social•70 days ago

It’s so bizarre how obsessed she is about carrying a figgin’ lariat around with her at the Capitol.

2b-r-c.bsky.social•70 days ago

The response of a plutocrat

unlikelyortiz.bsky.social•70 days ago

Hahahaha ultra woke districts.

wirab.bsky.social•70 days ago

What fascinates from all these elected Republicans is the level of their contempt for their constituents. No doubt always there, but usually better concealed.

ohminicharles.bsky.social•70 days ago

All the “best” people.

lestatdelc.bsky.social•70 days ago

In all of human history has “you need to calm down” ever worked as intended?

renaml.bsky.social•70 days ago

What an ignorant thing for her to say.

doublechinner.bsky.social•70 days ago

She purports to be from Wyoming, right? I imagine the fed gov has a pretty big footprint in Wyoming—NPS, forestry, BLM, BIA, etc—beyond the national impact of social security, NIH, CDC, etc.

jmwallach.bsky.social•70 days ago

Don't tell them BLM is active or they might try to shoot the land.

feliscorvus.bsky.social•70 days ago

“Just chill while my colleagues and I let everything around you fall into ruin!”

capedja.bsky.social•70 days ago

Would love to hear his thoughts on Jan 6th.

ravenna321.bsky.social•70 days ago

This is part of their job. Either listen to the rage or stop causing it, the choice is clear.

funky16corners.bsky.social•70 days ago

I’m still not 100% convinced she’s not actually the newest iteration of George Santos

penguins18.bsky.social•70 days ago

Read the room HH.

ntatejefe.bsky.social•70 days ago

bluetextam.bsky.social•70 days ago

Master at gaslighting. It’s not me, you’re crazy.

angstlos.bsky.social•70 days ago

The GOP has spent the last 45 fucking years obsessing about federal government spending. Reagan: "The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the Government, and I'm here to help." The GOP has always been psychotic in their hatred for federal government.

jpeghotdog77.bsky.social•70 days ago

It’s the evangelical movement’s pawns in the GO obsessing about social programs. They won’t touch military funding so it’s the social programs and those programs are more functional and effective than religions in taking care of people, which is why we don’t tax religions.

sfineville.bsky.social•69 days ago

The way she sneered at her constituents, what a vile person. Can’t wait to anger-donate to her challenger

happyhens.bsky.social•70 days ago

I saw a clip of that meeting. I never disliked anybody quite as fast as I disliked her.

123simco.bsky.social•70 days ago

In a fair world, this would make the Republican Party unelectable for generations.

bossyred.bsky.social•70 days ago

So Harriet has got the whole gaslighting schtick down

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