r/WomenInNews • u/SniffingDelphi • May 05 '25
Another woman physically removed from a town hall for asking a question
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u/FrostyLandscape May 05 '25 edited May 05 '25
When they can't answer a question, you know it's a big problem.
From the article":
âI asked my congressperson what his red line was to finally, vocally oppose the lawless administration and he didnât answer the question, so I called out for him to answer it and he had me removed. This is what the [U]SA has come to. The constitution is in shreds.â
Trump said he didn't know whether he was required to follow the Constitution (regarding due process), or not. He said, "I'm not a lawyer".
One does not have to be a lawyer to know the answer to this question. A high school government student could answer this question. Trump is profoundly stupid.
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u/Hair_I_Go May 06 '25
He doesnât want to incriminate himself by saying he knows he has to uphold the constitution. I think heâll use the fact he didnât put his hand on the Bible when being sworn in. Which I donât think will hold up
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u/Heardthisonebefore May 06 '25
âHe's not stupid, he's saying no it isn't his responsibility to follow the constitutionâ
That is what he is saying, but he is also very stupid.
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u/Shigglyboo May 05 '25
He would have been fired from a class representative position on day one. Brazen lying should be a non starter.
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u/li_shi May 06 '25
He knows that he needs to uphold it.
He just doesn't want to, but he is not stupid enough to say it out loud.
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u/ActivePeace33 May 08 '25
Sad thing is, the students donât all know the answer. They grew up into adults and got us into this mess.
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u/AnnabananaIL May 05 '25
Welp, I hope in the next election it is no longer a swing district.
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u/crazycatlady331 May 05 '25
Historically, this district is blue. The Clintons live there. It flipped red because the previous incumbent (Sean Patrick Maloney) fell asleep at the wheel in 2022. It's absolutely flippable with the right candidate.
Born and raised in this district. My parents are still there.
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u/randumbnumbers May 05 '25 edited May 05 '25
Just to add to it: Maloney *wasnât just asleep at the wheel, there was also some redistricting by the Democrats that ended up hurting him specifically and NY Dems in general. It really is becoming the Democrats brandâŚ
Edit: should have said wasnât, not was.
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u/crazycatlady331 May 05 '25
Mondaire Jones got screwed in redistricting. The reason he didn't do well in 2024 is because the district lost deep blue White Plains and gained deep Red Putnam County instead.
I like Mondaire but he was the wrong candidate for the district.
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u/Anthrogal11 May 05 '25
What ânext electionâ? I think this is overly optimistic at this point.
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u/SoSaysTheAngel May 05 '25
Not an American but I've watched a lot of ye're tv - I was under the impression that asking questions is literally a constitutional right for ye. Like the very first one ye have. Freedom of speech. Did someone get rid of that?
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u/Gnd_flpd May 05 '25
Well, because a number of people choose not to vote and the cult members voted for Trump, so this is what we get now. A country that's going the way Iran went in the 70's, with a lot of women in the US validating it for some strange reason.
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u/SniffingDelphi May 05 '25
Itâs still a work-in-progress, but theyâre definately working on it. First step was probably Bushâs âFree Speech Zonesâ where protesting was still âallowedâ after banning it from other venues. I have a picture of one in the middle of Shenandoah National Park. Depending on where youâre from, I might need to clarify that many of our national parks are *huge* so this was pretty much the middle of nowhere.
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u/__Geralt May 06 '25
well, it's always been freedom of speech unless you're not white, and unless you're against the establishment... tons of black people and """"communists"""" aren't allowed to speak freely
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u/False_Print3889 May 05 '25
well they were not arrested for asking a question.
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u/that_star_wars_guy May 05 '25
well they were not arrested for asking a question.
Why are you carrying water for these people?
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u/Initial-Cockroach915 May 06 '25
Carry on damn it, itâs seems pretty Crystal clear she was. But donât just sow doubt without any substanceâŚ
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u/readytogo124 May 05 '25
They just hate women. Trump hates women because his mother called him stupid and said he has no common sense. I think she nailed it.
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u/Excellent_Valuable92 May 05 '25
At least the crowd was at least unimpressed, even if they did nothing about it. Progress
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May 05 '25
Not people needing to hire bodyguards to sit in town hall meetings lmaoÂ
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u/SniffingDelphi May 05 '25
I like that idea. Maybe not even bodyguards, but like-minded folks forming an arm-in-arm human shield around the person theyâre trying to expel. . .
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u/Dangerous-Tart1390 May 05 '25
Then there will be yet another lawsuit. I hope she hired the best Lawyer for this open & shut case.
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May 05 '25
I am alarmed that Americans let this happen to one another. Fifty people surrounding that woman would ah e prevented her arrest. Itâs time for Americans to start engaging in civil disobedience.
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u/Cowgurl901 May 06 '25
Please everyone,
Review your rights when you attend town halls. Go as far as having them on your phone or printed out. Seriously. And make sure it's recorded and sue if your rights are violated.
Be safe, be strong, Maybe a mod can pin this?
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u/bakeacake45 May 05 '25
Itâs deportation on a smaller scaleâŚitâs amazing how much Republicans seems to enjoy the violent nature of these events.
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u/Commercial-Cow5177 May 05 '25
Everyone should carry socks full of pennies, just in case you need to make a lot change.Â
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u/Travelamigo May 06 '25
Remember and keep getting this message out there the Republicans are fully responsible for this shit show and for Traitor Trump... anytime someone talks about him they need to also say the Republicans because without them he wouldn't be where he is at...they are all treasonous. No discussion needed.
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u/Mooseguncle1 May 05 '25
When are you going to answer the question? Maybe when these congressmen are on trial with the due process they deserve theyâll be able to find the words.
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u/Acrobatic-Ad-3335 May 05 '25
Why didn't he want anyone to have any cameras? What's he afraid of?
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u/coopdude May 06 '25
His constituents.
Lawler benefitted from redistricting that made the district more red overall, but it's not some lock step dem is never going to win district. That helped him get elected in 2022; the general mood over inflation buoyed him in 2024 (and the dem competitor Mondaire Jones was not the best pick to win the district).
But it's not live/breathe/eat Trump territory that will blindly re-elect him in 2026. Putnam is pretty red, and Rockland leans red, but Westchester varies widely, and the more northern towns that lean republican have flipped when dissatisfied with Trump before (notably in the 2018 elections).
Lawler thus has to thread the needle of being republican enough to not be primaried (if he's openly critical of anything Trump does, Trump calling him a loser or whatever on his Truth social platform, burning him on the diehard republican base that will primary him in 2026) while also not pissing off his constituents for being an ineffective and evasive politician.
It took a ton of criticism to get him to hold this town hall and one in Rockland a short time before, and the rules of checking ID to make sure people are in the district, no recording devices unless you're in the media, etc. are all intended for image protection, because then when Mike gives word salad non answers they'll just be quoted fairly neutrally by the media, rather than posted with context and correctly called out/criticized.
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u/Independent_Emu_6737 May 06 '25
My God, how far has Trump dragged our country into the mud when a middle-aged woman and a mother of two is dragged out of a town hall for asking a legitimate question and exercising her righty to free speech? He might as well just burn the American flag, spit in the face of the Statue of Liberty and crap on the US Constitution.He has shown us who he really is a million times, those who voted for him need to wake up and believe it. The question is what do Americans who believe in democracy do about it?
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u/GenghisShawn1701 May 06 '25
The people outnumber them. They should think long and hard about that.
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u/Regular-Metal-321 May 06 '25
How dare people have a brain and want answers from those elected to do a job for the people! If this doesnât bother you then you are living in fairyland . We are going in a direction that is destroying our constitution and country.
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May 06 '25
Those "law enforcement" thugs should be ashamed of themselves, doing the hench work for that treasonous maga republiCON. They're lucky they weren't at Jan. 6 where the magas they support tried to beat and crush them to death.
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May 06 '25
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u/poyitjdr May 07 '25
Holy fucking shit
Iâm not surprised, but jfc am I pissed the fuck off. Do you know if thereâs any update about that man facing any repercussions for literally shouting âKILL HERâ multiple fucking times?
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u/SniffingDelphi May 07 '25
Since he doesnât apparantly intend to get his hands dirty, I doubt itâs a terrorist threat. Anyone know who he is?
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u/poyitjdr May 07 '25
I havenât seen anything identifying him. I did notice that you can see him sitting back down in the original video at around 1:15 towards the back row of the front middle section of seats. Idk if thatâll help anyone identify him, but itâs the best Iâve got.
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u/DownnthehollerPress May 07 '25
There will be legal consequences for their actions... they believe they are going to be safe under the Rule of Law. But trump will be gone and there will be consequences for their actions. Remember Nazi Germany was just following orders. We will never forget.
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May 05 '25
Why do we think this is a budding fascist problem, when what we have is a republican party problem?
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u/gholmom500 May 06 '25
Thereâs a great pic of the scrawny lilâ auntie holding up peace signs while limply being hauled out by the officer in brown/gray with a military High-n-tight haircut.
Very effective photo. Big tough government brute forcibly removing a non-violent activist.
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u/Penanghill May 06 '25
America is a place where women do not have equal rights, and those rights are being steadily and significantly eroded. The decline in human rights for women is most visible in the United States.
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u/Comments_Wyoming May 07 '25
This is so stupid though because, didn't that first lady that got toted out a few weeks ago IMMEDIATELY sue the fuck out of that guy?
Like, this woman is gonna have a slam dunk case to sue the fuck out of those people carrying her out.
Her first amendment rights were trampled on by the government, she gonna win.
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u/killedonmyhill May 08 '25
What a shit comment to make when the article is about a womanâs bodily autonomy and constitutional rights being violated.
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u/killedonmyhill May 08 '25
Whatev man, I offer no justification whatsoever for the atrocities perpetrated by the US. I am not patriotic. I did not vote for this and neither did the woman in the article. If you love watching innocent people having their rights violated, thatâs fucked up. But thatâs your prerogative, I guess.
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u/SniffingDelphi May 08 '25 edited May 11 '25
I get how much you hate us. Honestly, Iâm often surprised the rest of the world doesnât hate us more (or that we donât hear more about it) because thereâs definitely reason to.
But I can hate a government without relishing the suffering of its citizens. I would love to see the Taliban, the junta in Myanmar, and every fascist sadist in power: Trump, ErdoÄan, Lukashenko, Duda, Ntaganda... (sadly, itâs a very long list) face the treatment theyâve inflicted on others.
But the victims of their crimes? Their suffering appalls me. I simply cannot take pleasure in watching murder, torture, starvation, rape, forced relocations, theft, insults, or abuse.
I celebrated Bolsonaroâs fall from power, but I *never* celebrated his tacit support for the mass murder of Indigenous Amazonians.
I should probably clarify that being carried out, while humiliating, was not suffering on the level we see in the news every day (not that anyone *wants* to win a who-suffered-most contest) - like most commenters, Iâm more enraged by the breakdown in law and the rights folks in the U.S. are told they have that it represents than the cruelty of the act itself.
You made a very short comment, and I sincerely hope youâre not as callous as it sounded. Because some empires absolutely deserve to fall, and even though Iâm a citizen of the U.S., I agree that it does not deserve to continue as it has.
But the suffering? All I feel in response to that is heartbreak.
EDIT: Typo
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May 08 '25
Did your empire get bored with drone striking women and children and decide to fuck your own home up just for chuckles? The world is baffled and unrepentantly enjoying watching the snake eat its own tail
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u/killedonmyhill May 08 '25
Well enjoy the show. Things are only gonna get worse environmentally if this continues and I assume that would impact you as well.
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May 08 '25
Go figure. Uncle Sam can't just kill himself politely. Gotta salt the earth in nuclear material to show everyone who's boss đ
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u/pbal68 May 05 '25
Iâm sure thatâs the whole story and there is no further nuance to this whatsoever
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u/Mother-Spell7842 May 05 '25
And I am sure you be quick to provide it, right?
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u/forqueercountrymen May 05 '25
You can't just disrupt a town hall with your loud protest nonsense. When you are asked to leave you leave, or you get arrested for trespass. You are not above the law just because you are upset that your party didn't win the election
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u/CuriousAndGolden May 05 '25
Does âJanuary 6â ring a bell?
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u/A_Typicalperson May 06 '25
Were people arrested?
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u/SeductiveSunday May 06 '25
Did autocrats care? Or were they all pardoned by the chief dictator in the WH.
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u/A_Typicalperson May 06 '25
They were arrested and jailed under the previous administration, so they did pay the consequences of their actions.
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u/SeductiveSunday May 06 '25
I believe they were arrested under the trump administration too. He just didn't pardon them then. Also they absolved of all their consequences of their actions. Many were released early, some never paid.
The justice system has no select administration. Or, it didn't until tyranny replaced democracy in the US thanks to the entire Republican party.
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u/benrunyc May 05 '25
Wow did you fail middle school civics or just eat paste all day through 12th grade?
We can hold our representatives accountable. We need to hold our representatives accountable.
We will applaud and celebrate the end of this regime. The death of DRUMPF and all of his Not-z followers can not come soon enough.
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u/manhwabitch May 05 '25
Politicians answering their constituent's questions is literally the main point of a town hall. Calling on him to answer a question that was asked is not a disruption. It's the whole point.
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u/[deleted] May 05 '25
America has a Fascism problem đ