Oregon is a blue state, but the 2nd congressional district, comprising the eastern half of the state, is red as the Kremlin on Lenin's birthday. So when Cliff Bentz gets reamed at a townhall in Boardman, we're not talking about bleeding-heart libruls. #Bentz talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/anoth... - ThreadSky

davidmluebke.bsky.social • 19 hours ago

Oregon is a blue state, but the 2nd congressional district, comprising the eastern half of the state, is red as the Kremlin on Lenin's birthday. So when Cliff Bentz gets reamed at a townhall in Boardman, we're not talking about bleeding-heart libruls.

#Bentz

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/another-town-halls-goes-off-the-rails-oregon-2nd-district-edition

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equinox55.bsky.social•19 hours ago

Republicans are the ones that have to fix this.

davidmluebke.bsky.social•19 hours ago

That's essentially what one of the questioners said (Charlie from Madras). It’s important to note that the GOP has a crushing majority in eastern Oregon, on the order of 70/30. This was a red audience.

davidmluebke.bsky.social•19 hours ago

The first question, at the 21:00 mark, is from a farmer named Clint. He confesses his ardent Trumpist creed for 2 minutes or so, then asks why Trump had to fire those probationary agricultural extension folks who moved out the way out here to help us.

#Coup
#FAFO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zC5I2oSJaMU

davidmluebke.bsky.social•19 hours ago

"After all this shakes out, Trump must have a plan [...] We constituents need a clue as to how this will end." "We need you to fight as our representative to help rebuild and restore the areas that were not fraud, waste and abuse."

Bentz allows that mistakes have been made. Blames the White House.

davidmluebke.bsky.social•19 hours ago

Without breaking faith with the Orange Demiurge, Bentz volunteers to try to save the needed people. The next question is from Anne, a teacher and weekend farmer (30:45). She wants to know how rural schools will survive without the Department of Education.

davidmluebke.bsky.social•19 hours ago

Bentz isn't on the committee that oversees education and he fumbles through weak assurances that hopefully nobody will be hurt. He's pretty sure that Pell Grants won't be touched, but he's not sure. He left his notes in the truck. Aw shucks.

#Sheep

davidmluebke.bsky.social•19 hours ago

An in-home care provider named Laurie (32:50) came all the way from Klammath Falls (6 hrs!). She pleads with him not to slash the Medicaid budget. It's a matter of life and death for her clients and herself. "I cannot afford a thousand dollars a month for my medication."

#SNAP
#Medicaid

davidmluebke.bsky.social•19 hours ago

"What if this was your grandchildren and they had disabilities and needed Medicaid?" Loud applause for Laurie. Bentz responds with the standard, cruel cant about how folks getting government handouts ought to be working. Goes on about how great the state's managers are. In deep-blue Oregon, that is.

redheadedcyclone.bsky.social•17 hours ago

I have a very different script for when I call his office. I tell them flat out they are on the wrong side of history and they are accomplice to the fascist dismantling of the American government.

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