By Katherine Tinsley
4:02am PDT, Apr 29, 2025
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“The Radical Left Democrats are paying a fortune to have people infiltrate the Town Halls of Republican Congressmen/women and Senators,” Donald Trump alleged on Sunday, April 27.
“These Great Patriot Politicians should not treat them nicely. Have them immediately ejected from the room,” he continued.
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Donald Trump’s comments were seemingly fueled by the way protestors received Republican Rep. Mike Lawler at a town hall in New York on Sunday, April 27.
“They are disruptors and troublemakers. You must allow your audience to know what you are up against, or else they will think they are Republicans, and that there is dissension in the Party,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
“There is not, there is only LOVE and UNITY,” he continued. “Republicans are happy with what is taking place in our Country. We all love America!”
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White House correspondent Elad Eliahu took to X to share a video of protestors booing Mike Lawler at a New York town hall meeting on Sunday, April 27.
“Rep. Mike Lawler takes the stage at his town hall in Rockland County to a mix of cheers and boo. Liberal groups protested outside earlier and were encouraged to attend,” he captioned the clip.
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Mike Lawler asked the audience to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance, but some people audibly opposed the idea.
“Please tell me you’re not objecting to the Pledge of Allegiance,” Lawler responded.
As the audience began the patriotic verse, some attendees yelled “authoritarian” and “support the Constitution.”
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Things grew increasingly tense throughout Mike Lawler’s town hall meeting.
“None of this is helping us,” one attendee told Lawler of Donald Trump’s policies, according to the Daily Beast. “We’re getting hurt. We in the community are being harmed by this. What are you doing to stand in opposition to this administration?”
“My record speaks for itself,” Lawler replied. “If you want me to answer the questions, let the question be asked and then listen to the answer. If you’re just going to yell back and forth, then time is going to run pretty quick.”
