Town Hall Citizens Confront Rep. Grimm Over Vote To Kill Medicare And Give More Tax Cuts To Rich

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Run time: 04:13 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYmNLikbw8U   Posted on YouTube: April 29, 2011 By YouTube Member: ThinkProgress2 Views on YouTube: 2976   Posted on DU: May 02, 2011 By DU Member: democracy1st Views on DU: 203

 
On Wednesday, Rep. Michael Grimm (R-NY) held a town hall meeting with constituents in Brooklyn. As video posted on YouTube shows, his constituents peppered him with questions about the GOP budget and were clearly outraged by his vote to end Medicare and give even more tax breaks to the wealthiest Americans.

During one exchange, a frustrated constituent who works in the medical industry explained that we can’t dismantle Medicare because it would devastate seniors, drawing huge applause from the audience. Later, a frustrated Grimm asked the audience if they were all against the GOP budget, to which they responded with a chorus of “Yes!” The audience repeatedly demanded an end to the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans. Watch a video compilation of highlights from the town hall:

http://thinkprogress.org/2011/04/29/town-hall-ryan-grimm/

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1. "...a frustrated Grimm asked the audience if they were all against the GOP budget..."

Frakin' clueless Republics. Total disconnect with the people of their districts.

They've got a very short period of time to decide whether to represent their districts or the Koch brothers agenda. I'm thinking it's going to be a split decision among the (R)-Teabaggers, but we'll still take the House back, keep the Senate and re-elect the President.