The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports:
U.S. Rep. Rich McCormick was peppered with boos and catcalls throughout a town hall meeting in Roswell late Thursday, as hundreds of critics jeered the Republican for backing President Donald Trump’s agenda during his first month in office.
The Suwanee Republican’s staff expected a robust turnout for his first town hall since Trump took office. But they seemed caught off guard by the massive crowd of hundreds that gathered outside Roswell City Hall.
Attendees set the tone early, with one accusing McCormick of “doing us a disservice” for supporting the budget-slashing initiatives by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency that have torn through all corners of federal government.
The Huffington Post reports:
McCormick — who recently made headlines when he suggested that children taking part in school lunch programs “sponge off the government” — argued that “a lot of the work” done by probationary employees at the CDC “is duplicitous with AI.”
“Once again, one of the problems we have —,” the congressman continued before the crowd interrupted him. He later added, “If we continue to grow the size of government and we can’t afford it, it’s going to have shortfalls in your Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security.”
The response from constituents in Roswell, part of a congressional district where McCormick won nearly 65% of the vote in November, eerily mirrors scenes of voters shouting down GOP lawmakers at town halls not long after President Donald Trump first took office in 2017.
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Inside, it’s already getting spicy as attendees push back on DOGE-led budget slashing initiatives. #gapol pic.twitter.com/6pKSCnCP3n
— Greg Bluestein (@bluestein) February 20, 2025
An *overflow* crowd spills outside Roswell City Hall for a town hall tonight for Republican Rep. Rich McCormick. #gapol pic.twitter.com/yEiKXqZpOG
— Greg Bluestein (@bluestein) February 20, 2025
McCormick facing pushback as he talks about bipartisan ways to cut the federal deficit #gapol pic.twitter.com/J3sRkBjbv4
— Greg Bluestein (@bluestein) February 20, 2025
McCormick on layoffs of hundreds of employees at Atlanta-based CDC, saying some are “duplicitous” because of AI pic.twitter.com/RCUNHL9LQ7
— Greg Bluestein (@bluestein) February 21, 2025
McCormick on his remarks earlier this year that suggested that children on school lunch programs should focus on their future instead of “sponging off the government” and that teens should get jobs to help pay for meals. #gapol pic.twitter.com/s1pObhGm7t
— Greg Bluestein (@bluestein) February 21, 2025
X appears to be censoring Atlanta Journal Constitution reporter @bluestein’s posts covering Rep. Rich McCormick’s (R-GA) town hall. The now “unavailable” posts, which per Bluestein were not deleted, showed McCormick being booed after he defended DOGEhttps://t.co/RhOiwQDlSZ pic.twitter.com/IVMFb7Ho3a
— Aaron Fritschner (@Fritschner) February 21, 2025
After getting booed for defending DOGE cuts, McCormick (a Republican from Georgia) is trying to sell the constituents at his town hall on cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. It’s going about how you’d expect https://t.co/qA8D5GhsaR
— Aaron Fritschner (@Fritschner) February 21, 2025