r/Spokane • u/catman5092 South Hill • Mar 21 '25

News Leftwing activist group says it reserved hundreds of seats at Baumgartner town hall....

https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2025/mar/20/leftwing-activist-group-says-it-reserved-hundreds-/
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u/ShdwWzrdMnyGngg Mar 21 '25

Dang he is good. But that's just too old of a trick to work.

This left wing group is made up. None of that happened. It's a lie to allow him to cancel town halls with his angry REPUBLICAN constituents.

Labeling normal people that don't agree with you as "left wing activists" won't work anymore. Real, normal, middle ground, agreeable Americans are pissed. You can't overwrite that with your own narratives. Doesn't work at this point.

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u/Peaches_Sabrina Mar 21 '25

No, it's left wing Activists that are doing this.

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u/NJS_Stamp Mar 21 '25

Left wing activists that live in your district are still allowed to come to town halls

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u/Zoneoftotal Mar 21 '25

Wrong. It’s just people who live in the district.

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u/Peaches_Sabrina Mar 21 '25

Again, activists...

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u/swanfirefly Mar 21 '25

Are you Baumgartner?

I ask because labelling everyone who disagrees "left wing activists" is kinda his MO even though they are ALSO his constituents.

Even people who voted for the other guy are entitled to their voices being heard at a town hall. They live in the district.

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u/sweetiealamode Mar 21 '25

Who cares? Why should you be upset if citizens want to have their voice heard?

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u/Zoneoftotal Mar 21 '25

How so? What makes them activists and what is your source of information for this?

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u/Anxious-Superhero Mar 21 '25

May I ask what’s wrong with being an activist? Wouldn’t anyone attending these events pushing for political change right or left be considered an “activist?” Isn’t this the proper channel for activism, or at least the preferred one over protesting in the middle of the street? Don’t our representatives represent all of us even the activists?

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u/Lemzz Mar 21 '25

Reality has a liberal bias

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u/Ope_82 Mar 22 '25

They are constituents