Protesters arrested, shocked with Tasers at U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s town hall

Three people were arrested two of them shocked with a Taser and about six people were escorted out of the building as Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene held a town hall in Acworth Tuesday A man was arrested Tuesday after police disclosed he tussled with law enforcement and obstructed justice at a town hall for Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene Credit Ross Williams Georgia Recorder We aren t going to be intimidated by funded Democrats that want to come in and scream and yell Greene reported after the meeting at the Acworth Group Center in Cobb County A town hall is information for our constituents and this is not a political rally this is not a campaign rally and town halls are extremely central I m glad they got thrown out that s exactly what I requested to see happen Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene speaks with reporters after a raucous town hall Credit Ross Williams Georgia RecorderThe first arrest came just after the town hall began when one man loudly booed Greene and was dragged into the hallway by police and shocked with a Taser at least twice Shortly after he was taken away police could be seen scuffling with another man in the crowd eventually using the Taser on him as well A woman was arrested near the end of the event after she shouted profanities at Greene while she was on the stage According to police the first man was charged with misdemeanor simple battery on a police officer and misdemeanor obstruction The second man was charged with misdemeanor simple battery on a police officer and felony obstruction and the woman was charged with violating a city ordinance on vulgar language a misdemeanor Greene spent the roughly hour-long town hall praising President Donald Trump s second term crediting him with lowering perimeter crossings cutting ruling body waste and seeking a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors A long-time Trump ally and conservative firebrand Greene has gone from being banished from House committees a limited years ago to now chairing the subcommittee on Delivering on Regime Efficiency DOGE which is part of the Committee on Oversight and Administration Reorganization A heated political climateGreene was one of only a handful of Congressional Republicans who planned a town hall during the current two-week recess which comes about a month after party leadership advised lawmakers to avoid in-person town halls according to reports The north Georgia congresswoman held the town hall in the more left-leaning corner of her otherwise ruby red district Greene advised reporters after the town hall that she had been planning the event since January Protestors outside Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene s Acworth town hall Credit Ross Williams Georgia RecorderOther Republicans including Georgia Congressman Rich McCormick have seen fiery town hall meetings where they have been grilled by peeved voters on issues like Trump s executive powers and Elon Musk s DOGE and its cuts to federal programs Democrats revealed the angry interactions are a sign of dissatisfaction with Trump s new administration Republicans largely dismissed them as paid protesters or rabble rousers traveling in from out of the district and recommended elected functionaries host telephone town halls or engage with constituents in other strategies meant to minimize community disruptions The crowd at Greene s town hall was mostly friendly but certain constituents could be heard scoffing or otherwise expressing their unhappiness several interrupted the event by shouting or in one situation unfurling a sign reading Jail Inside Traders Alleged insider tradingGreene went into the town hall embroiled in what opponents call an insider trading shame A Congressional statement shows Greene bought between and in stocks on April and the day before and the day that Trump revealed a pause on his tariff plan The tariffs had put the sector into a tailspin and the announcement of the pause caused a surge allowing anyone who bought low to make a tidy profit Democrats allege that Greene made the trades with foreknowledge of the pause in violation of insider trading laws Greene rejects the charges as a partisan smear Greene advised reporters she had no advanced knowledge of the tariff pause I have a fiduciary agreement with my portfolio manager I don t place my buys myself she declared That s something that my portfolio manager does for me and he did a great job Guess what he did He bought the dip And that s what anybody that has any financial sense does when they know the arena s going to be going down That was obvious to everyone An imperfect screenGreene s office made efforts to screen attendees for Tuesday s meeting requiring them to fill out a form in advance that included their home address and then show ID at the door to prove their identities Greene s staff screened attendees for residency in the district but one of the men who was arrested carried an ID that placed him outside of it according to police Reporters were notified not to interview any attendees and rather than taking questions from the audience she answered questions that people had written and submitted when they signed up for the town hall Most of of the questions were friendly though a minimal more hostile queries made their way into the venture including Why are you such a coward in the face of an obvious fascist takeover Greene laughed off her detractors questions and characterized them as misinformed earning applause from the crowd when she did so She notified reporters she read pre-screened questions because of eye trouble We constantly have people write down their questions The matter is it s formidable to read everyone s handwriting she stated So normally they write down a question and they put them in a fishbowl for me and I usually have to put on my reading glasses and read them but it was much easier to have them type out their questions on the form when they signed up for the town hall Greene s district is one of the preponderance conservative in the state stretching from the solidly red northwest corner of the state to include northwest Cobb County which is part of metro Atlanta Cobb was once a Republican stronghold but has become much friendlier to Democrats over the years as a younger and more diverse population moves in particularly in the southern part of the county Over protesters were gathered outside as Greene spoke at times their chants or the honks of passing cars could be heard during the town hall Among the crowd was Clarence Blalock a Democrat who plans to run against Greene when she is up for reelection in Blalock reported Democrats in the district feel like Greene likes to make a big show but doesn t listen to their demands She screens her questions she screens her people everything is pre-screened so this is not a real town hall he announced If you can pick your questions beforehand and your people and you make sure they re Republicans and even to contact her you ve got to put in your ZIP which is not necessary at all She has no representation in the district The post Protesters arrested shocked with Tasers at U S Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene s town hall appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta