It was supposed to be a routine town hall. Instead, it turned into a political bloodbath.
Rep. Harriet Hageman — Wyoming’s only House member and one of President Trump’s most loyal defenders — was shouted down, booed, and humiliated by furious constituents Monday night in Casper. For more than an hour, voters grilled her on Trump’s tariffs, attacks on mail-in voting, and environmental rollbacks — and she couldn’t escape the anger.
The fireworks started when a man confronted Hageman over Trump’s controversial trade policies. “Who sets tariffs in this country?” he demanded.
“Right now, the president has taken that authority,” Hageman began — and that’s when it started.
BOOOOOOOO!
The crowd roared. Some stood up and waved their hands. Others shouted “Shame!”
“You’re going to have to ask him,” Hageman deflected.
“You guys gave it to him,” the man shot back, drawing loud cheers.
Hageman insisted tariffs had raised “over $150 billion” without driving up inflation, but a woman yelled from the back:
“Who pays for them? We do!”
The audience erupted.
The confrontation escalated when a voter pressed Hageman about Trump’s plan to abolish mail-in voting nationwide — a move critics call a direct assault on democracy. “Our democracy is built on secure and accessible voting,” the man said. “How do you defend taking away one of our most basic rights?”
Hageman launched into a defense of Trump’s “election integrity” agenda — but her words were completely drowned out by chants of:
“Lies! Lies! Lies!”
Outside the venue, one Casper resident summed it up bluntly:
“This is creeping authoritarianism. And she’s standing there smiling while it happens.”
When asked about Trump’s plan to repeal the EPA’s Endangerment Finding — the 2009 ruling that declared greenhouse gases a public health threat — Hageman doubled down. She called the science “false” and claimed carbon dioxide “is not a pollutant.”
The audience exploded again.
“Tell that to the ranchers whose land is on fire!” one woman screamed, referencing the historic wildfires that have ripped through Wyoming this summer.
After the disastrous event, Hageman told Wyoming News Now that “professional agitators” were planted in the crowd.
“This wasn’t about dialogue — it was about disruption,” she claimed.
But locals weren’t buying it.
“We’re not agitators. We’re her voters,” said Kelly Simmons, a Casper schoolteacher. “We’re fed up with the excuses and Trump’s power grabs.”
This isn’t an isolated incident. In March, Hageman was booed after defending Elon Musk’s controversial Department of Government Efficiency, accused of quietly dismantling Social Security. Last week, she faced another wave of anger over Trump’s climate policies. Now, Casper marks her third public humiliation in just five months.
Political analysts warn this could signal growing cracks in Trump’s rural base.
“Trump’s allies are being forced to defend deeply unpopular policies,” said Dr. Clara Montes, a political scientist at the University of Colorado. “Even in deep-red states like Wyoming, patience is wearing thin.”
President Trump may enjoy solid backing in Washington, but his allies are facing open revolts back home.
“This is about democracy, plain and simple,” Simmons said after the event. “And if Harriet thinks she can hide behind Trump forever, she’s in for a rude awakening.”
For Hageman, the message from Casper was deafening: the boos aren’t stopping — and neither is the backlash.
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More paid protesters
Just dufus Democrats who think USA is a “democracy”… instead of a REPUBLIC… not even worth reporting on…
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Exactly Germany! I agree.
The facts speak for themselves. Inflation at 2.7% GDP growing at 3.1%. Treasury has monthly surpluses now of receipts over expenses and April’s $285 billion surplus the greatest monthly surplus in US history! $2 Trillion being re-invested in the US and we are energy self sufficient and we are the largest producer of petroleum in the world again!
As to Global warming. Yes it’s been warmer but until the climate scientists can answer these next two questions human induced climate change is false science;
1) supposedly carbon Dioxide is accumulating in the upper atmosphere and creating a blanket radiating the heat back to earth. How come NASA found virtually carbon dioxide in the upper atmosphere? ( because CO is a heavy molecule)
2) explain the 4 ice ages and the 5 interior age warming periods along with how warm the world was when the dinosaurs were here? Those could not have been caused by human activities because humans weren’t here yet for at least 3 interglacial periods! NASA confirms the amount of energy released by the Sun changes!
When so called climate scientists and activists can answer these questions and facts then I’ll listen!!
you rock wyoming!!
These peop
Paid hecklers’ by the Democrats!!!!! They already admitting to paid rioters!!!!!!!!!!
It would seem that lucifer’s leftists harassment squad was out en masse.
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