Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene defended the police officers who subdued protesters at the town hall she hosted in Georgia on Tuesday, including tasing one, saying they "conducted themselves in textbook fashion and protected every single person there by keeping the peace."
In a publication on X, the lawmaker went on to say that protestors were "deranged and aggressive and lost control of themselves the second the townhall started." "And the press knows it because it happened right in front of them!! If this had been a Democrat townhall, the headlines on national news would have been things like; 'DERANGED MAGA INSURRECTION AT DEMOCRAT TOWNHALL!' But instead they are; "Man tased at Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's townhall," she added.
For anyone questioning or criticizing the police at my townhall last night, the GREAT police officers conducted themselves in textbook fashion and protected every single person there by keeping the peace!!!!!
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) April 16, 2025
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Overall, three people ended up being arrested at the town hall in Acworth. Others were also escorted out as the lawmaker claimed they were being disruptive. However, most of the 150 attendees were supportive of Greene, who vowed to "stand by my president" during a passage of her address as she answered to a critical question. She added that she would "fight for his agenda with everything I have in Congress."
Greene added in her publication that she has "tons of video footage that absolutely proves the protestors were unruly and fighting and resisting police." She then reiterated her support for law enforcement "for the incredibly difficult job the do every single day."
Greene is one of the few Republicans holding such events in their hometowns after party members were advised not to do so by he chair of the House GOP's campaign arm, Rep. Richard Hudson (R-N.C.) amid a wave of angry backlash over the cuts and policies undertaken by the Trump administration.
Republicans have largely dismissed the town hall uproar, claiming the presence of "paid troublemakers," people who attended the meeting with the sole purpose of causing noise. In fact, Greene dismissed some of the hostile questions she received, claiming that those who had submitted them were Democrats "brainwashed" by their news diet. She had also restricted registration for the town hall to residents of her district.
Republican Senator Chuck Grassley also faced opposition in his Iowa town hall on Tuesday, being questioned about border security policies and the Trump administration's immigration enforcement measures, as well as the wrongful deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to El Salvador The Guardian reported.
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