Marjorie Taylor Greene Town Hall Turns Chaotic as Protesters Tased
At least two protesters were tased by police officers at Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-Ga.) town hall in Acworth, Georgia, on Tuesday. Several others were removed from the room for interrupting the congresswoman.
Videos on social media show one man being electrocuted by a gaggle of police officers as he was dragged out of the room. Another individual was shoved and tased by officers seemingly just outside the doors of the hall where Greene was speaking, to cheers and applause from her supporters. Police told several news outlets that at least four other people were removed from the town hall for protesting.
In a video posted to X, Greene said: “America overwhelmingly voted in November for President Trump, Republican control of the House and the Senate, and how people should handle their businesses is in the voting booth.”
“There’s no reason for screaming, yelling, ridiculous, outrageous, protesting that disrupts the entire event for every single person that is there,” she added. In the caption to the video, Greene wrote that she “refused to tolerate their selfish attempts to disrupt an event that was for all of my constituents, not just the ones who could make the most noise.”
But as much as Greene would like to claim that her main concern was listening and responding to the voters in her district, videos show her openly mocking attendees who questioned her policies and support for President Donald Trump.
When asked by a constituent what she would do as a representative to “rein in” Trump and protect services like Social Security, Greene took on a sarcastic tone: “Oh poor Christina. Poor, poor Christina. Well I’m sure Christina you think you’re pretty smart but the reality is you are being completely brainwashed by whatever source of news you listen to.”
Greene added that if “Christina” wanted to defend “fraudsters,” “illegals,” and “criminals,” then “you hate our country and you hate America.”
One protester was removed as Greene was discussing the arrest and unlawful deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a notorious prison in El Salvador. Greene accused the media of defending “an illegal alien that is a member of MS-13.” The government has produced no evidence that Abrego Garcia is a member of the gang. When a protester spoke up and was ejected from the town hall, Greene quipped “bye […] just like that illegal alien.”
Another protester called Greene a “butch body bigot” as they were escorted out of the event, a reference to comments Rep. Jasmine Crockett’s (D-Texas) made about the Georgia congresswoman during a committee hearing.
Greene is not the only Republican facing constituents who are livid over President Trump and so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) head Elon Musk’s erratic policy making and arbitrary dismantling of agencies and programs that support social safety net programs and public resources. Tack onto that the president’s incoherent economic and trade agenda and you have a recipe for a lot of very angry voters — as recent polling indicates.
This week, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) also faced off with constituents in a tense town hall where he was pressed to break with Trump’s agenda. Things have gotten so tense that last month GOP leadership and the Republican National Campaign Committee advised lawmakers to skip face-to-face gatherings and town halls with voters lest they produce even more embarrassing scenes for social media.
Many of them — according to a report from NBC News — took the advice. And those who didn’t are now being associated with scenes of constituents getting tased for exercising their First Amendment rights.
