Democrats Show Up In Republicans' Backyards To Troll Them
HuffPost
Republicans are ghosting their constituents. Democrats are meeting with them instead.
Democrats are making good on their promise to hold town halls in Republican districts, and they’re putting on a show.
In Republican Rep. Derrick Van Orden’s Wisconsin district Tuesday night, Democratic Wisconsin Rep. Mark Pocan trolled his political rival by standing on stage next to an empty chair reserved for Van Orden, who had declined to join him at the town hall in Viroqua.
“Derrick was a NO SHOW, but over 300 people in the town of 4500 showed up. Empty seat for him,” Pocan wrote on social media. “Of note: Derrick doesn’t respond to constituents & they don’t like cuts to Medicaid & other programs.”
Van Orden “is afraid of his constituents, and he can be fired in 2026,” the progressive continued.
Van Orden’s office did not immediately respond to HuffPost’s requests for comment.
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