#rich mccormick

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'We're Pissed!': Angry Constituents Confront DOGE-Backing GOP Rep At Chaotic Town Hall

Rich McCormick was met with boos and jeers as "hundreds of critics" reportedly let him have it at the Georgia town hall event.

Rep. Rich McCormick (R-Ga.) got a less-than-warm reception from voters on Thursday as he faced anger and pushback over his support for the Trump administration’s cost-cutting crusade in the federal government.

McCormick ― who reportedly spoke to “hundreds of critics” at the city hall building in Roswell, Georgia ― was met with boos and jeers as attendees questioned whether he was doing them a “disservice” by backing billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency budget-slashing frenzy.

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An excellent trend in recent Black Library chaos books:

(spoilers for The Remnant Blade by Mike Vincent and Zardu Layak: The Crimson Apostle by Rich McCormick)

A lone surviving traitor guardswoman saves the day for her CSM Lord with a single well-placed shot.

It was amazing that it happened once, but holy shit -- TWICE? I'm so here for this.

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GOP loses best chance to take down Georgia Democrat

After weeks of Republican hand-wringing over who might take on Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff in Georgia, the party just lost its best shot.� O

Alex Samuels at Daily Kos:

After weeks of Republican hand-wringing over who might take on Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff in Georgia, the party just lost its best shot.  On Monday, Republican Gov. Brian Kemp announced that he won’t be running for the seat in 2026, dealing a major blow to GOP operatives who were hoping he could flip one of the most vulnerable Democratic-held seats. “I have decided that being on the ballot next year is not the right decision for me and my family,” Kemp wrote on X.  He added that he spoke with President Donald Trump and Senate leadership and pledged to help elect a “strong Republican nominee” who would “put hardworking Georgians first.”  “I am confident we will be united in that important effort, and I look forward to electing the next generation of leaders up and down the ballot here in the Peach State who will keep our state and nation headed in the right direction in 2026 and beyond,” Kemp wrote. [...] Kemp was by far the GOP’s strongest potential contender and the clearest threat to Ossoff, who has built a fundraising juggernaut. The Democratic incumbent raked in $11 million in the first quarter of 2025 alone, a staggering sum that his team says is the largest ever first-quarter haul for an incumbent senator during an off year.

But Kemp wouldn’t just have had to contend with Ossoff’s war chest. Running statewide as a Republican in 2026 will be tough. Trump’s approval ratings are dragging, and his policy agenda is already shaping up to be a political liability in key battlegrounds like Georgia. Kemp likely saw that and wisely bowed out, leaving someone else to take the hit. This isn’t just a loss; it’s a warning sign. Even in a cycle where the Senate map should tilt toward the GOP, Georgia is far from a gimme. Despite both Senate Majority Leader John Thune and National Republican Senatorial Committee Chair Tim Scott personally trying to recruit Kemp, he still turned it down.

[...] Kemp’s decision could trigger a crowded and messy primary. Trump loyalist Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene hasn’t ruled out a run, though early polling suggests that she’d struggle statewide. But that hasn’t stopped her from stoking speculation.  [...] Other names are floating around, including Reps. Buddy Carter, Mike Collins, and Rich McCormick, but none of them have Kemp’s statewide profile and infrastructure. 

Any chance of the GOP knocking off Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) in 2026 went out the door the second Donald Trump won election in November 2024.

Gov. Brian Kemp (R) declining to challenge Ossoff is further proof of the uphill climb the Republicans have to flip GA-Sen; however, had Kamala Harris won, then Kemp would have likely got in and had a good chance of flipping the seat if he got past the primary.

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They are calling off town halls and hiding from their constituents ↓

A number of Republican lawmakers faced significant pushback in their home districts over Trump and Elon Musk's slashing of the federal gover

And lying

‘You can’t argue they were all paid protestors, though, Mr. Speaker,’ CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins pushed back, prompting Mike Johnson to admi

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Republican Says Kids in School Lunch Programs 'Sponge Off The Government'

Rep. Rich McCormick told CNN that he worked his way through high school.

Rep. Rich McCormick (R-Ga.) suggested kids who participate in school lunch programs “sponge off the government.”

“How many people got their start in fast food restaurants when they were kids?” McCormick told CNN’s Pamela Brown. “Versus just giving a blanket rule that gives all kids lunches in high school, who are capable of going out and actually getting a job and doing something that actually makes them have value.”

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Republicans Head Home For 'Find Out' Phase With Their Constituents

Guess what they are finding out!

Gary Legum at Wonkette:

We wrote the other day about Rick McCormick, a dipshit of a GOP congressman from Georgia, and the rude reception he got last week when he tried to hold a town hall with constituents very, very pissed off at all the Republicans rolling over for Donald Trump and Elon Musk as they rampage through the federal government like a herd of hippos on a crystal binge. The good people of GA-07, like a lot of Americans, have noticed how capricious and destructive the firings and cuts from the federal workforce have been, and how the careers and lives of ordinary people who do stuff like get paid $20 an hour to build new trails in national parks have been upended. And they do not seem happy about it. Well, there is good news for McCormick: Erick Erickson says that those people at the town hall were not from McCormick’s district, but were mostly a bunch of Democrat plants. Which is what Republicans always think when they don’t want to believe what they are seeing with their eyes. [...] Alford understands that Elon Musk has conflicts with the federal government, but also he likes that Musk is weeding out waste and fraud and abuse, and he sneers that some of the people who don’t want that appear to be in the audience in front of him. Way to defuse things, Congressman! Alford also at one point told people upset about all the job cuts that a government gig is not a lifetime appointment, but “God has a plan and purpose for your life.” Great, everyone’s landlord will accept that in lieu of rent for March, right? What all of these congressional reps have in common is that they keep congratulating Elon Musk on getting rid of all the waste and fraud, which we guess is the GOP talking point they are leaning on to carry them through. They just keep repeating it over and over, taking their cues from Musk and Trump: You wouldn’t believe all the waste DOGE is finding and clearing out! It’s incredible! Government is going to work so much better when we trim all this fat! No, we can’t give you an example, but trust us, we’re finding it!

House Republicans fucked around, and have begun to be found out by the furious constituents of their districts.

See Also:

The Dean's Report (Dean Obeidallah): It’s the “F**k Around and Find Out” time for House Republicans

Daily Kos: ‘Call Elon Musk’: GOP lawmakers face voter rage for DOGE cuts

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GOP congressman faces criticism and several boos at Georgia town hall | CNN Politics

A Republican congressman from Georgia faced some tough criticism and occasional boos from constituents Thursday night as he fielded question

Hey! If any of these ↓ people are your representatives, give them a call and ask them why they signed on to the SAVE Act

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