LEESBURG, Va.—House Democrats said on March 12 that they would visit Republican districts to conduct town halls after House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said alleged “professional protesters” are holding demonstrations in the wake of sweeping cuts across the federal government.
Last week, Johnson advised his delegation to skip town halls in their districts after several GOP lawmakers were disrupted by protests criticizing the federal spending cuts resulting from audits conducted by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Johnson alleged that Democrats were sending paid protesters to GOP town halls, echoing remarks from President Donald Trump, who called them “paid ’troublemakers’” in a Truth Social post on March 3.
