Here is a roundup of the some the protests and town hall events going on across the country.
Now being seen at GOP town halls:
"Dump Trump" tshirts, Planned Parenthood shirts, pussy hats, signs welcoming refugees scattered thru the crowd. pic.twitter.com/A1GFMHquvm
— Michel Marizco (@BorderReporter) February 23, 2017
In a front corner at Bill Cassidy's town hall, a woman in a pink pussycat hat is sitting and knitting another pink pussycat hat
— Erica Werner (@ericawerner) February 22, 2017
Love the woman in red just knitting away at this boisterous town hall held by Sen. Bill Cassidy in Louisiana. #politics pic.twitter.com/Ev0oj8svG6
— ed lavandera (@edlavaCNN) February 22, 2017
And we have people submitting amateur video of their own encounters with representatives to reporters:
Attendee at Heller/Amodei impromptu town hall yesterday gave me this video of an up close encounter. pic.twitter.com/596RlzuqYo
— Seth A. Richardson (@SethARichardson) February 23, 2017
Organizers from the Indivisible movement are setting up more of their own town halls and asking questions of empty chairs and empty suits.
Constituents of @SenToomey held a town hall last night. He didn't show, so they talked to an empty suit https://t.co/Q9VzJwQa03 pic.twitter.com/7KjlUmNJFi
— Stephanie Sigafoos (@ssigafoos) February 22, 2017
At empty chair /empty suit town hall in Miami for absentee senator Marco Rubio! pic.twitter.com/B9m5XHiaP0
— CGIndivisible (@CGIndivisible) February 24, 2017
Now: People showing up to a town hall in SW Miami-Dade organized by @IndivisibleMIA for Senator @marcorubio (he won't be here). pic.twitter.com/CgyEeVACBz
— Michael Spears (@MichaelKIRO7) February 23, 2017
We've done all the work for u @marcorubio, now all u gotta do is show up! @IndivisibleTeam @NBCNews @cnn @maddow @MiamiNewTimes @MiamiHerald pic.twitter.com/n7ZGapLSEm
— Indivisible Miami (@IndivisibleMIA) February 23, 2017
.@marcorubio can run, but he can't hide. pic.twitter.com/csPe1jEiL1
— People for Bernie (@People4Bernie) February 23, 2017
And this tonight in Texas:
Hey guys. Remember that "gay dance freak out" at Gov. @GregAbbott_TX's house? It's happening & I'm there. #txlege pic.twitter.com/Tn2K3MHmab
— Lauren McGaughy (@lmcgaughy) February 24, 2017
Kiss caught outside the Texas governor's mansion. These people are protesting the bathroom bill. #txlege #lgbt pic.twitter.com/vaxPf45FSg
— Lauren McGaughy (@lmcgaughy) February 24, 2017
So, this is the reality to some? On Wednesday, Rush Limbaugh predicted that these angry town hall protests will backfire on Democrats.
Bullshit. Did he say that about the vile way Tea Partiers treated Dems in 2009? https://t.co/0emvC8XziB
— Brad Woodhouse (@woodhouseb) February 23, 2017
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