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Liberals are getting rowdy at GOP town halls. Its become so intense that it appears that some of them are avoiding these events altogether, especially Republicans who are considered vulnerable in 2018. Thats still not good. This is part of their job and they just cant flee like scared wombats when a group of liberals confront them. Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI) has been dealing with these protesters, diffusing some of the tension with humorbut uncompromising in his positions. Cortney wrote about how Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) also voiced his support for people who attended one his town halls, even though they probably hate his guts. In a previous post, I wrote about how one groupIndivisiblewhich was launched by ex-Democratic aides, shows one of the reasons why this so-called movement will fail: its not organic. Ex-Republican aides didnt start the Tea Party, but before we get into whether the Democrats have a liberal Tea Partylets not forget that the Left tried this with Occupy Wall Street. They stuck around for a bit, but it ultimately failed. I feel that rowdy town halls will continue to be rowdy, but it will do next to nothing to change the composition of the next Congress. Case in point, Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) had a rather intense town hall, but he was re-elected with almost 74 percent of the vote. I doubt hes going anywhere if even more liberals vote against him in the next election. Yet, one area that the GOP needs to get a better grasp on is what theyre going to do with Obamacare, which has been one of the main rallying cries with this group of people, but I digress.

Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) was on MSNBC with Hallie Jackson who was adamant that these are organic protests, though he cited the Womens March as his main example and admitted to Jackson that liberal activists were organizing these town hall protests.

Hallie Jackson: But congressman there are groups though. I mean, you dont deny that there are groups of more liberal activists who are helping to organize some of these protests at town halls

Rep. Lieu: Well, yes, there are groups that are organizing people to show up at town halls, but these are people who are constituents of these members of Congress. Thats what people do. They show up at town halls and they give their voices to these members of Congress and youre seeing this huge reaction to Donald Trumps extreme and cruel policies.

Okayso thats another reason why Republicans probably shouldnt panic with these town hall events, especially congressmen like Chaffetz and Amash who won in landslide re-elects. These are liberals who have probably never voted for you anywaytheyre just more vocal about it.At any rate, the GOP majority is fine thanks to the partys dominance at the state level, which keeps the congressional maps drawn in their favor. Second, moreDemocratsare livingin urban areas than ever before, so liberal organizers will have to tap into that well to bring havoc to the heartland in their campaign to stop Trump.The well of support is rather depleted on the Democratic side in rural America.

TheGOP should continue to hold town halls and engage with these people. Its not like liberal anger was going to be a factor once Trump beat Hillary Clinton. In all, to say that this movement is wholly organic, as some havesuggested iswellsimply not true. Congressman Lieu admitted it.

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