在北卡罗来纳州阿什维尔市(Asheville),共和党国会议员爱德华兹(Chuck Edwards)于3月13日的市政厅会议中遭到选民激烈质询,焦点集中于特朗普政府与马斯克推动的联邦政府裁员计划。"I'm a veteran and you don't give a fuck about me!"
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) March 14, 2025
Anger at DOGE and the GOP is boiling over. Rep. Chuck Edwards just got scorched at his own town hall over his support for massive cuts. pic.twitter.com/HCcV7qCBKZ
一名选民询问退伍军人事务部(VA)裁员的问题,爱德华兹表示并未裁员,但此说法遭到现场嘲讽与嘘声。
随后,爱德华兹在情势升级后被保安护送离场。A man at Republican House Rep. Chuck Edwards's town hall in Asheville, North Carolina is fired up about Greenland, Canada, and Ukraine.
— Art Candee (@ArtCandee) March 13, 2025
He's letting it rip on Chuck.
Someone buy this guy a beer for me!
We need more men like him standing up and asking these questions! pic.twitter.com/nRuoOvoMcw
爱德华兹坚持参与市政厅会议,尽管共和党领袖建议议员避免此类活动。
他强调自己信任人民,并表示不会投票废除社会安全福利。然而,选民对政府削减福利计划的忧虑仍未消除。